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Evaluative Adjectives as a Window onto Inner-Aspect
(2017-05-23)
This thesis proposes that Evaluative Adjectives (EAs) (brave, intelligent, rude) are stative causative predicates that undergo the causative alternation just as many verbs do (break). It is argued that EAs syntactic and ...
Differential object marking and datives in basque syntax
(2017-05-26)
Doktore tesi honen helburu nagusia zenbait euskal hizkeratan gertatzen den Osagarrien Markatpen Bereizgarria (Differential Object Marking, DOM) aztertzea da. Ikerketa lan honek DOM osagarrien izaera sintaktikoa argitzea ...
Agreement, Binding and the structure of clitics
(2021-07-01)
In this thesis, I offer the results of a detailed investigation I have conducted on the binding relations that Direct Object (DO) and Indirect Object (IO) clitics can establish with the associated DP that they double (and ...
Syntactic structure and modal interpretation: the case of basque "behar"
(2018-03-09)
This dissertation is an investigation of the syntactic structure and modal interpretation of clauses involving the denominal necessity predicate behar `need¿ and an infinitival complement. On the one hand, it analyses the ...
Drawing comparisons: a syntactic and semantic approach to basque, spanish and english inequality comparative structures.
(2020-09-07)
Tesi honek euskarak, gaztelaniak eta ingelesak agertzen dituzten konparazio egituren deskribapena,sailkapena eta azterketa sintaktiko eta semantiko sakona aurkeztea ditu helburu. Tipologikoki oso ezberdinak diren hiru ...
The literal/non-literal divide synchronically and diachronically: The lexical semantics of an English posture verb
(2022-12-12)
This thesis' main research goal is to provide an account of the English posture verb sit, from a synchronic a diachronic perspective. My proposed account of sit comprises various components, including a characterisation ...
Euskararen sintaxi diakronikorantz: egitura konplexuak 2
(2017-12-18)
Tesi honen helburua da euskararen sintaxi diakronikoari ekarpena egitea. Bi gai hauek dira analisien ardatz: (1) izenaren eta modifikatzaileen arteko hitz-ordena: perpaus erlatiboetan, -ko atzizkiarekin eta genitiboarekin, ...
An investigation into the processing of unaccusativity and PHI-Features: evidence from native and non-native speakers of basque and spanish.
(2021-07-12)
Tesi honetan argumentu egitura, tasunak eta natibo/ez-natiboen prozesamendua jorratu ditut, eta horretarako zehaztasuna, erreakzio denborak eta garunaren aktibitatea neurtu ditut. Lehenik eta behin,Perlmutter-ek (1978) ...
Propositional Content and Communication: An Act-based Approach
(2023-11-06)
Esta tesis tiene como objetivo principal ofrecer un nuevo modelo de la comunicación lingüística humana. Para ello, se parte de la hipótesis de que la naturaleza de las proposiciones, las entidades que juegan el rol del ...