Author: Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics

  • Vol. XII Nr. 1

    Jutta M. Hartmann The predicate nominal analysis of English there-sentences Abstract: In this article, I argue against the predicate nominal analysis of English there-sentences (especially Williams 1994, 2006 and Hazout...

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  • Vol. XI Nr. 1

    Maria M. Manoliu Cognitive categories and noun classification. Romance neuter: from [passivity] to [indifference] Abstract: The present contribution aims to reveal the ways in which the evolution of the grammatical...

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  • Vol. X Nr. 2

    Cay Dollerup Relay in translation Abstract: This article focuses on the phenomenon of relay in translation. Relay is by nature difficult to discuss and therefore it is no surprise that...

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  • Vol. IX Nr. 2

    Frans H. van Eemeren Reasonableness in situated discourse: Fallacies as derailments of strategic manoeuvring Abstract: In the pragma-dialectical approach fallacies are defined as violations of rules for critical discussion which...

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  • Vol. XVIII Nr. 2

    View contents Robert Cirillo On variation in the positioning of the progressive marker am in non-standard German: Kölsch (Colognese) and Pennsylvania Dutch Abstract: Progressive constructions involving the progressive marker am...

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  • Vol. XVII Nr. 2

    View contents Virginia Hill The grammar of conversation: How much of it is syntax? Abstract: This paper examines the interaction between conversational pragmatics and syntax with a view to identifying...

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  • Vol. XVII Nr. 1

    View contents Gabriela Alboiu and Michael Barrie A feature geometric approach of verbal inflection in Onondaga Abstract: Iroquoian inflectional verbal morphology is well-documented in the descriptive literature (Chafe 1961, Lounsbury 1949,...

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  • Vol. XVI Nr. 2

    Mihaela Marchis On the causative verb faire in Romance languages Abstract: Analytic causatives have been of paramount interest in literature on Romance languages beginning with Kayne’s (1975) pioneering work on...

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  • Vol. XV Nr. 2

    Jutta M. Hartmann Apparent exceptions to the definiteness effect in English Abstract: In this article, new data from a corpus study and experimental data concerning the definiteness effect in English there-sentences is...

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  • Vol. XIV Nr. 1

    Petra Sleeman Quantifier preposing in French and Italian as a root phenomenon: a syntactic or a pragmatic approach? Abstract: On the basis of a corpus research it is shown that...

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