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This volume contains a selection of papers dealing with constructions that have a passive-like interpretation but do not seem to share all the properties with c
Organizing Grammar
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Dutch linguist Riemsdiyk is honored by scholars, presumably fellow linguists though they do not say so, with 71 papers. Among their topics are moving verbal com
Subjects in Constructions – Canonical and Non-Canonical
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This volume analyzes constructions with non-canonical subjects in individual languages and cross-linguistically, drawing on insights from cognitive and discours
Non-canonical Control in a Cross-linguistic Perspective
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Control, typically defined as a specific referential dependency between the null-subject of a non-finite embedded clause and a co-dependent of the matrix predic
Canonical Morphology and Syntax
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Authors: Dunstan Brown
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This is the first book to present Canonical Typology, a framework for comparing constructions and categories across languages. The canonical method takes the cr