German measurement structures: Case-marking and non-conservativity

R Pasternak, U Sauerland - The Journal of Comparative Germanic …, 2022 - Springer
This paper addresses the syntactic and semantic analysis of nominal measurement
structures like two liters of black coffee in German. German allows the case-marking on the …

The design of semi-lexicality

H Klockmann - Utrecht: LOT Publications, 2017 - lotpublications.nl
The Design of Semi-lexicality Page 1 220 460 Heidi Klockmann The Design of Semi-lexicality
Semi-lexicality refers to lexical items which show both lexical and functional properties …

[PDF][PDF] Measure noun polysemy and monotonicity: Evidence from Romanian pseudopartitives

A Brasoveanu - Proceedings of the 38th meeting of the north east …, 2008 - Citeseer
Measure Noun Polysemy and Monotonicity Page 1 Measure Noun Polysemy and Monotonicity:
Evidence from Romanian Pseudopartitives* Adrian Brasoveanu UC Santa Cruz 1. Measure …

Partitives, pseudopartitives and the preposition apo in Greek

A Alexiadou, M Stavrou - Linguistics, 2020 - degruyter.com
In this paper we revisit the main properties of the partitive (PC) and the pseudopartitive
construction (PPC) in Greek placing our focus on the distribution of the preposition apo …

[PDF][PDF] Diachronic variation with Romanian (pseudo)-partitives

M Tănase-Dogaru, C Ușurelu - 2015 - dspace.bcu-iasi.ro
The paper discusses partitive and pseudo-partitive constructions in Old and Modem
Romanian. The main claim is that Old Romanian featured a partitive preposition de …

Diagnostic criteria for semi-lexicality

M Tănase-Dogaru - Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics, 2011 - ceeol.com
Starting from a tripartite classification of syntactic categories into lexical, functional and semi-
lexical, the paper analyzes pseudo-partitive constructions and monoclausal modal …

Agreement and interpretation of partitive constructions in Spanish: The dual nature of nominal features

I Pérez-Jiménez, V Demonte - Probus, 2017 - degruyter.com
This paper analyzes the role of the interaction between syntax and semantics in determining
the mixed agreement patterns shown by Spanish partitive constructions when they appear …

The silence of exclamation: exclamative constructions, singular indefinite predicates and silent nouns

M Tănase-Dogaru - Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics, 2008 - ceeol.com
The goal of this analysis is to compare constructions containing singular indefinite
predicates (SIPs) of the type'Ion e un tăran/Ion is a peasant'with N de N constructions of the …

Classifiers of quantity and quality in Romanian

M Tănase-Dogaru - Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics, 2013 - ceeol.com
The present paper proposes that classifiers in Romanian pertain to two distinct categories:
classifiers of quantity or “massifiers” and classifiers of quality or “count-classifiers”, to borrow …

Romanian double-definites: Double-DP qualitatives

M Tănase-Dogaru - Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics, 2012 - ceeol.com
The paper proposes that there are two types of binominal qualitative constructions in
Romanian: single-DP qualitatives and double-DP qualitatives (henceforth SDPQs and …