Klingvall 06 On a possible candidate for a Swedish middle EVA KLINGVALL (LUND UNIVERSITY ) Abstract In this paper I argue that there is a Swedish middle construction if middle is defined from a semantic point of view as in Lekakou (2005). Based on Swedish data, I also criticise one of the main points in Lekakou’s cross-linguistic analysis of middles, namely that the form of the middle is predictab

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Microsoft Word - WP3 Fabian Beijer EDITERAD15 aug 2003.doc Michal Starke’s Move Dissolves into Merge: A Theory of Locality. A Summarizing Review. FABIAN BEIJER 1 Introduction After having presented the main ideas at various seminars, conferences and EGG summer schools1 at least since 1999, Michal Starke completed his doctoral thesis in 2001. The thesis has not yet been published in book format2. I

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WP.doc 1 Is the notion of linguistic competence at all relevant in Cognitive Linguistics? CARITA PARADIS 1 Introduction Linguistic competence is a term we associate with Chomsky (e.g. 1965: Ch 1), who made the distinction between people’s knowledge of language (competence), and that knowledge put to use in real situations (performance).1 Competence is an aspect of our mental capacity underlying ou

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This is the title of my paper Is the notion of linguistic competence at all relevant in Cognitive Linguistics? CARITA PARADIS 1 Introduction Linguistic competence is a term we associate with Chomsky (e.g. 1965: Ch 1), who made the distinction between people’s knowledge of language (competence), and that knowledge put to use in real situations (performance).1 Competence is an aspect of our mental c

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Maria.PDF Register Differences between Prefabs in Native and EFL English MARIA WIKTORSSON 1 Introduction In the later stages of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learning, and foreign language learning in general, emphasis is put on approaching a native-like command of the target language. Native-like command of a language entails, besides using correct grammar and vocabulary, being able to use

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Microsoft Word - WP3 Hans Malmström och Carita Paradis EDITERAD15 aug 2003.– Modelling speech production – evidence from Swedish blends HANS MALMSTRÖM CARITA PARADIS 1 Introduction1 This paper is concerned with a type of speech errors called blends and what they may tell us about speech processing. A blend is a contamination of elements from two different lexical items. Sometime during the process

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Fabian.doc The syntax and pragmatics of exclamations and other expressive/emotional utterances1,2 FABIAN BEIJER 1 Introduction In the linguistic literature we find discussions and descriptions of linguistic phenomena such as EXPRESSIVE UTTERANCES, EXCLAMATORY UTTERANCES, EXPRESSIVE SENTENCES, EXCLAMATIONS, EXCLAMATIVES, and EXPRESSIVE SPEECH ACTS. Linguists have thus observed that there are emotio

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This is the title of my paper Towards a theory of lexical meaning as ontologies and construals CARITA PARADIS Abstract The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework of lexical meaning, broadly along the lines of Cognitive Semantics (Langacker 1987a). The paper focuses on interpretations of adjective-noun (ADJ N ) combinations in English. Within the proposed model, all aspects of meaning are

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Cim.doc Between epistemic modality and degree: the case of really1 CARITA PARADIS 1 Background and major claims Research on the interpretation of adverbs such as really, just, only, rather, quite, apparently or absolutely shows that they are contextually sensitive and highly flexible.2 This paper takes a closer look at really in order to account for its various interpretations. Stenström’s (1986)

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This is the title of my paper The Use of Modal Expressions in English by Native Speakers of Russian ANNA WÄRNSBY 1 Introduction This study examines in what ways and to what degree of success native speakers of Russian use modal expressions in English. The study is based on a translation experiment from Russian into English designed for use within the frame of the computer program ScriptLog (see Se

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Microsoft Word - Anvisningar Uppsats LV.docx   Anvisningar  för  uppsatsskrivning  i   litteraturvetenskap,  svenska  med   litteraturvetenskaplig  inriktning,   barnlitteratur  och  teatervetenskap   på  grundnivå  och  avancerad  nivå       Avdelningen  för  litteraturvetenskap,  Språk-­‐  och  litteraturcentrum,  Lunds   universitet         2   Innehåll       Att  skriva  uppsats      3   Uppsa

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Microsoft Word - MarieTapper format-14pt.doc Connectives in advanced Swedish EFL learners’ written English – preliminary results MARIE TAPPER (LUND UNIVERSITY) Abstract The purpose of this study is to investigate how advanced Swedish EFL learners use connectives in argumentative essays in comparison to how American University students use them in their writing. The data were taken from the Interna

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huber-06 On the theory of presentation STEFAN HUBER (LUND UNIVERSITY ) Abstract The aim of the paper is to introduce a new information-structural category presentation and to argue for its relevance and independence from other information-structural layers. It is shown that a successful presentation consists of two steps, namely the import of a new discourse participant and its establishing (proce

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Joe.doc Comments on Vacuous Subject Movement1 JOE TROTTA, DEPARTMENT OF THE HUMANITIES , HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY 1 Introduction In this working paper, I discuss the phenomenon known as VACUOUS SUBJECT MOVEMENT (henceforward also referred to as VSM) in English and the problem posed for VSM by Chomsky’s (1986) VACUOUS MOVEMENT HYPOTHESIS (henceforward also referred to as VMH), ie the idea that overt wh-

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Microsoft Word - WP3 Anna Wärnsby EDITERAD 15 aug 2003.doc (De)coding epistemic modality in English and Swedish ANNA WÄRNSBY 1 Introduction When hearers are confronted with modal expressions in their native language, especially expressions that contain a modal verb, they are normally able to interpret these expressions immediately as being either epistemic or non-epistemic1. What it is that enable

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Stefan.doc Extractions from Relative Clauses in Swedish as Self-answering Questions 1 STEFAN HUBER, DEPARTMENT OF GERMAN, LUND UNIVERSITY 1 Introduction Since the earliest days of generative grammar, it has been pointed out that extractions out of relative clauses (henceforth: RCs) are banned, hence the ungrammaticality of the English examples in (1): (1) a. * Whoi did you read [[DP an article [CP

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