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The syntactic flexibility of German and English idioms: Evidence from acceptability rating experiments 德语和英语习语的句法灵活性——来自可接受性评级实验的证据

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Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-04-14 DOI: 10.1017/s0022226723000105

Marta Wierzba, J. Brown, G. Fanselow

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Attack of the snowclones: A corpus-based analysis of extravagant formulaic patterns 雪克隆的攻击:基于语料库的奢侈公式化模式分析

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Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-04-14 DOI: 10.1017/s0022226723000117

STEFAN HARTMANN, TOBIAS UNGERER

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Directional serial verb constructions in Mandarin: A neo-constructionist approach 汉语定向连动结构的新建构主义研究

IF 1.1 2区文学

Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-04-05 DOI: 10.1017/S0022226723000129

Zhishuang Chen

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Viewpointed morphology: A unified account of Spanish verb-complement compounds as fictive interaction structures 视点形态:西班牙语动词补语复合物作为有效相互作用结构的统一描述

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Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-03-17 DOI: 10.1017/s0022226723000075

Esther Pascual, Bárbara Marqueta Gracia

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LIN volume 59 issue 2 Cover and Front matter LIN第59卷第2期封面和封面问题

IF 1.1 2区文学

Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-03-15 DOI: 10.1017/s002222672300004x

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LIN volume 59 issue 2 Cover and Back matter LIN第59卷第2期封面和封底

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Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-03-15 DOI: 10.1017/s0022226723000051

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The prosody of surprise questions in Estonian 爱沙尼亚语中惊喜问题的韵律

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Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-03-13 DOI: 10.1017/s0022226723000014

Eva Liina Asu, Heete Sahkai, P. Lippus

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引用次数: 1

Fluctuations in allomorphy domains: Applying Stump 2010 to Armenian ordinal numerals 异态域的波动:将Stump 2010应用于亚美尼亚序数

IF 1.1 2区文学

Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-03-09 DOI: 10.1017/s0022226723000099

Hossep Dolatian

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Bundling telicity, verbal quantification, and perfective aspect: A study on lǝ in Yixing Chinese 捆绑性、数量性与完成体——宜兴汉语lǝ研究

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Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-03-06 DOI: 10.1017/s0022226723000063

Xuhui Hu

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Bidirectional grammaticalization: Chinese modal and conditional 双向语法化:汉语情态与条件

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Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-03-02 DOI: 10.1017/s0022226723000087

Y. Kuo

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