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Neg-Raising via Proform 通过Proform提高负性

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Linguistic Inquiry Pub Date : 2024-04-04 DOI: 10.1162/ling_a_00474

Yuta Sakamoto

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Constraining Predicate Fronting 约束谓词前沿

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Linguistic Inquiry Pub Date : 2024-04-04 DOI: 10.1162/ling_a_00466

Coppe van Urk

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(Im)possible Traces (可能的痕迹

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Linguistic Inquiry Pub Date : 2024-04-04 DOI: 10.1162/ling_a_00467

Ethan Poole

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Ā-Probing for the Closest DP Ā-Probing为最近的DP

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Linguistic Inquiry Pub Date : 2024-04-04 DOI: 10.1162/ling_a_00459

Kenyon Branan;Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine

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Adjective Order and Adnominal Modification in Naasioi Naasioi中的形容词顺序与名词修饰

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Linguistic Inquiry Pub Date : 2024-04-04 DOI: 10.1162/ling_a_00464

Jason Brown

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Condition B and Other Conditions on Pronominal Licensing in Serbo-Croatian 塞尔维亚-克罗地亚语代词使用的条件B和其他条件

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Linguistic Inquiry Pub Date : 2024-04-04 DOI: 10.1162/ling_a_00475

Ivana Jovović

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Nasal Assimilation Counterfeeding and Allomorphy in Haitian: Nothing Is Still Something! 海地语中的鼻腔同化反哺和异形：没有什么还是有的！

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Linguistic Inquiry Pub Date : 2024-04-04 DOI: 10.1162/ling_a_00469

Mohamed Lahrouchi;Shanti Ulfsbjorninn

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Large Language Models and the Argument from the Poverty of the Stimulus 大型语言模型与刺激贫困论证

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Linguistic Inquiry Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.1162/ling_a_00533

Nur Lan, Emmanuel Chemla, Roni Katzir

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The Relevance of Unaccusativity to Possessive Datives 非指称性与所有格助词的相关性

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Linguistic Inquiry Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.1162/ling_a_00532

Ziv Plotnik, Aya Meltzer-Asscher, Tal Siloni

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A Learning-Based Account of Phonological Tiers 基于学习的语音层级解释

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Linguistic Inquiry Pub Date : 2024-03-07 DOI: 10.1162/ling_a_00530

Caleb Belth

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