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"This book is a collection of contemporary essays and squibs exploring the mental representation of Spanish and other languages in the Romance family. Although largely formal in orientation, they incorporate experimental and corpus data to inform questions of synchronic and diachronic importance. As a whole, these contributions explore two areas of particular interest to linguistic theorizing. The first is linguistic interfaces with chapters on syntax-information structure, syntax-prosody, syntax-semantics, and lexicon-phonology. The second consists of explorations of noun phrases of all sizes-from clitics to nominalized clauses. The results and conclusions of these studies encourage researchers to continue to explore individual languages in particular in order to gain insight on human language in general. This edited volume in honor of Dr. Paula Kempchinsky is reflective of the diversity of approaches that inspired her teaching, research, and mentoring for over thirty years at the University of Iowa and beyond"--

Romance languages --- Syntax. --- Noun phrase. --- Grammar, Comparative.

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This book looks at some phenomena within the grammar of the noun phrase in a group of traditional North Germanic varieties mainly spoken in Sweden and Finland, usually seen as Swedish dialects, although the differences between them and Standard Swedish are often larger than between the latter and the other standard Mainland Scandinavian languages. In addition to being conservative in many respects – e.g. in preserving nominal cases and subject-verb agreement – these varieties also display many innovative features. These include extended uses of definite articles, incorporation of attributive adjectives, and a variety of possessive constructions. Although considerable attention has been given to these phenomena in earlier literature, this book is the first to put them in the perspective of typology and grammaticalisation processes. It also looks for a plausible account of the historical origin of the changes involved, arguing that many of them spread from central Sweden, where they were later reverted due to the influence from prestige varieties coming from southern Scandinavia.

Germanic Languages --- Languages & Literatures --- E-books --- typology --- grammar of the noun phrase --- grammaticalization process --- north germanic varieties --- Adjective --- Article (grammar) --- Dative case --- Definiteness --- Elfdalian --- Genitive case --- Swedish language

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Syntax of Dutch: Verbs and Verb Phrases consists of three volumes. Volume 1 opens with a general introduction to verbs, including a review of various verb classifications and discussions on inflection, tense, mood, modality and aspect. This is followed by a comprehensive discussion of complementation (argument structure and verb frame alternations). Volume 2 continues the discussion of complementation, but is more specifically focused on clausal complements: the reader will find detailed discussions of finite and infinitival argument clauses, complex verb constructions and verb clustering. Volume 3 concludes with a description of adverbial modification and the overall structure of clauses in relation to, e.g., word order (verb placement, wh-movement. extraposition phenomena, scrambling, etc.).

Dutch language --- Verb. --- Verb phrase. --- Syntax. --- Flemish language --- Netherlandic language --- Germanic languages --- syntax --- verbs --- dutch --- Dative case --- Noun phrase --- Object (grammar) --- Passive voice --- Reflexive verb --- Transitive verb --- Unaccusative verb

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"The Quechan people live along the lower part of the Colorado River in the United States. According to tradition, the Quechan and other Yuman people were created at the beginning of time, and their Creation myth explains how they came into existence, the origin of their environment, and the significance of their oldest traditions. The Creation myth forms the backdrop against which much of the tribe's extensive oral literature may be understood. At one time there were almost as many different versions of the Quechan creation story as there were Quechan families. Now few people remember them. This volume, presented in the Quechan language with facing-column translation, provides three views of the origins of the Quechan people. One synthesizes narrator George Bryant's childhood memories and later research. The second is based upon J.P. Harrington's A Yuma Account of Origins (1908). The third provides a modern view of the origins of the Quechan, beginning with the migration from Asia to the New World and ending with the settlement of the Yuman tribes at their present locations. Publication of this book is made possible by the Institute of Museum and Library Services Native American / Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program grant number MN-00-13-0025-13. This collection is for the Quechan people and will also interest linguists, anthropologists, oral literature specialists, and anyone curious about Native American culture."--Publisher's website.

Yuma Indians -- Folklore. --- Yuma Indians -- Origin. --- Yuma Indians --- Gender & Ethnic Studies --- Social Sciences --- Ethnic & Race Studies --- History --- Origin --- Yuma Indians. --- Origin. --- Cuchan Indians --- Cuichana Indians --- Cutgana Indians --- Kwichan Indians --- Quechan Indians --- Umea Indians --- Yutcana Indians --- Indians of North America --- Yuman Indians --- george bryant --- quechan language --- quechan people --- a yuma account of origins --- amy miller --- world oral literature series --- Cocopah --- Creation myth --- Noun phrase --- Prosody (linguistics) --- Rattlesnake --- Sanya

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Focusing on French, this collection of articles spans different facets of second language acquisition research, including different areas of a learner’s language system in French such as the development of verbal, nominal, and adjectival morphology. Other articles explore input matters relating to the learner’s language exposure as well as the role of individual factors in the learner’s developmental trajectory. The studies presented offer insight into contemporary developments in relation to the investigation of both well-established and newer emerging themes and issues in second language acquisition research and showcase the contributions of French in such work. They draw on different approaches and methods to offer an exploration of contemporary areas of focus in French second language acquisition among learners of different source languages, at different levels of development, and in different learning contexts.

tense --- aspect --- mood --- modality --- L2 French --- Interface hypothesis --- longitudinal study --- study abroad --- proficiency --- self-perceived proficiency --- linguistic gains --- French --- L2 acquisition --- verb morphology --- subject–verb agreement --- number --- transfer --- cross-linguistic influence --- collocation --- frequency --- MI score --- Log Dice --- stay abroad --- instructional practices --- proficiency outcomes --- French as a second language --- CEFR --- DELF --- action-oriented instruction --- task-based language teaching --- aller + V --- SLA --- spatial reference --- discursive function --- French L2 acquisition --- addition --- scope particles --- German L1 --- syntactic embedding --- prosody --- discourse cohesion --- vocabulary depth --- L3 French --- vocabulary knowledge --- spelling --- form-meaning --- word parts --- migration --- adult SLA --- high performance --- individual factors --- input --- morphosyntax --- usage-based approaches --- motivation --- LOTEs --- French as a foreign language --- ideal self --- intervention --- noun phrase --- determiner system --- French L2 --- beginning stages in L2 --- ESF corpus --- Spanish L1 --- Moroccan Arabic L1 --- L2 learner productions --- Basic Variety --- learner varieties --- n/a --- subject-verb agreement