Among the topics are typology and diachrony of partitive case markers, partitive noun phrases in the Estonian core argument system, dialectical variation in the definite articles and the partitive particle in Basque, the Russian partitive and verbal aspect, and the ancient Greek partitive genitive in...
In French, superlatives require a double use of the definite article (e.g., l'étudiant le plus in- telligent 'the smartest student'). (17) Modern Greek a. i kondés fústes 'the short skirts' b. i fústes i kondés 'the short skirts' c. i kondés i fústes 'the short skirts'...
DefinitereferentialnullobjectsinAncientGreek0.IntroductionThepurposeof thepresentpaperis todescribetheconditionsun-derwhichdefinitereferential N(ulldirect)O(bjects)canoccurin An-cient Greek.Inordertodefinethetopicofthisarticle,let'sStartbycomparingthefollowingtwoexamples:(1)τοισιδεδεχιόνή...
“Glauber’s salt”, which conveys nothing about the composition of the substance; it should recall the constituents of a compound; it should be non-committal if nothing is known about the substance; the names should preferably be coined from Latin or Greek, so that their meaning can be ...
L1 transfer in article selection for generic reference by Spanish, Turkish and Japanese L2 learners This study examines second language (L2) acquisition of English generic noun phrases (NPs) by Spanish, Turkish and Japanese learners. The aim is to identif... N Snape,MDP García-Mayo,A Gürel...
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110732221-010Urtzi Etxeberria The partitive marker in Basque, and its relation to bare nouns and the definite articleThis paper aims at making a thorough description of the use of bare nouns, the definite determiner as well as the partitive marker in Basque and its...
In French, superlatives require a double use of the definite article (e.g., l’étudiant le plus in-telligent ‘the smartest student’). (17)Modern Greeka.ikondés fústes‘the short skirts’b.ifústes ikondés‘the short skirts’c.ikondés ifústes‘the short skirts’(Joseph and Philipp...