The syntax and semantics of past participle agreement in Alemannic
This paper investigates agreement on past participles in Highest Alemannic dialects of German. We will first show that participle agreement only occurs in contexts where the participle is adjectival, viz., in stative passives and in resultative perfects, but not in eventive perfects. The participles...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2019-09-01
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Series: | Glossa |
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Online Access: | https://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/756 |