-miento). There are, however, quite a lot of suffixes of Latin origin that begin to form abstract nouns only in Romance (cf. Rainer, 2015, p. 1280). Among these are, for example, the outcomes of -aticu (Fr. péage‘toll’, Sp. hallazgo‘discovery’), -aceu (Sp. cuchillazo‘...
Only relatively recently did grammarians begin a debate over noun cases in English. Some now contend that it does not have noun cases at all; others argue that it has two while still others maintain that there are three or four cases. The difficulty is compounded if a linguist is not ...
The correlation between the familiarity ratings per- formed by our subjects and Coltheart familiarity (Colt- heart, 1981) was extremely high (r = .92, p < .0 I). This suggests that our subjects had a great deal in common with the subjects who participated in those studies. AI- though ...
In addition, this paper describes the use of the Basque parti-tive determiner [-(r)ik] (cf. de Rijk 1972, 1996, Etxepare 2003, Etxeberria 2014), its relation with the use of the definite determiner and its evolution from the parti-tive case marker. Finally, the paper argues that the ...
surface with arguments. Finally, we will turn to an examination of the size of the domain that is nominalized. Since, in our cases, we observe root allomorphy conditioned by a nominal affix in the presence of a zero verbal head, we will suggest thatPruningis the mechanism that allows this...
While very complex in grammar and sentence structure, basic vocabulary in Japanese is easy to pick up. Certain words can get you into trouble, but one word will not — the word that means beautiful, "kirei." Compliments are highly regarded in Japanese cu
Only relatively recently did grammarians begin a debate over noun cases in English. Some now contend that it does not have noun cases at all; others argue that it has two while still others maintain that there are three or four cases. The difficulty is compounded if a linguist is not ...