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Agreement mismatches in Dutch relatives 荷兰亲属的协议不匹配

Belgian Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2017-01-01 DOI: 10.1075/BJL.00006.BOU

G. Bouma

引用次数: 2

Cognitive and geographic constraints on morphosyntactic variation: The variable agreement of presentational haber in Peninsular Spanish 形态句法变异的认知和地理限制:半岛西班牙语表征haber的可变一致性

Belgian Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2017-01-01 DOI: 10.1075/BJL.00002.CLA

Jeroen Claes

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引用次数: 3

Syntactic alternation research: Taking stock and some suggestions for the future 句法交替研究:回顾与展望

Belgian Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2017-01-01 DOI: 10.1075/BJL.00001.GRI

S. Gries

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引用次数: 10

Computational construction grammar and constructional change 计算结构、语法和结构变化

Belgian Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1075/BJL.30.01BEU

Katrien Beuls, Remi van Trijp

引用次数: 4

Embodied cognitive semantics for quantification 量化的具身认知语义

Belgian Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1075/BJL.30.11PAU

S. Pauw, Joseph Hilferty

引用次数: 5

Why are embodied experiments relevant to cognitive linguistics 为什么具身实验与认知语言学相关

Belgian Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1075/BJL.30.12VAL

Javier Valenzuela, Joseph Hilferty, Ó. Vilarroya

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引用次数: 1

A boy named Sue: The semiotic dynamics of naming and identity 一个叫苏的男孩:命名和身份的符号学动态

Belgian Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1075/BJL.30.07STE

L. Steels, Martin Loetzsch, Michael Spranger

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引用次数: 1

Chopping down the syntax tree: What constructions can do instead 砍掉语法树:什么结构可以代替

Belgian Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1075/BJL.30.02VAN

Remi van Trijp

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引用次数: 8

Tracking shifts in the literal versus the intensifying fake reflexive resultative construction : the development of intensifying dood 'dead' in 19th-20th Century Dutch 追踪字面与强化假反身结果结构的转变:19 -20世纪荷兰语强化“死”的发展

Belgian Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1075/BJL.30.04GYS

Emmeline Gyselinck, T. Colleman

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引用次数: 2

A reflection on constructionalization and constructional borrowing, inspired by an emerging Dutch replica of the ‘time’-away construction 对建筑化和建筑借用的反思，灵感来自荷兰新兴的“时间”建筑复制品

Belgian Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1075/BJL.30.05COL

T. Colleman

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引用次数: 4