This squib investigates parallels between nominal and verbal comparatives. Building on key insights of Hackl (2001) and Bale and Barner (2009), we show that more behaves uniformly when it combines with nominal and verbal predicates: (i) it cannot combine with singular count NPs or perfective telic VPs; (ii) grammatical properties of the predicates determine the scale of comparison–plural marked...

This paper makes two claims about non-finite constituents headed by the affixes -tu/-i/-n/-Ø in Basque. First the semantics of these elements in modal contexts indicates that the standard analysis of these constituents as aspectual phrases is incorrect. We argue that -tu/i/-n/-Ø are merged as infinitival markers, which we take to be of category n. In perfective contexts the verb+-tu/-i/-n/-Ø ra...

The study examines how prototypes and typological relationships between the L1, L2 target language (TL) interact with TL proficiency in learning Italian as additional language. Low-proficiency high-proficiency undergraduate learners of (N = 25) Swedish L1 performed an oral retelling story test, aiming to elicit aspectual contrast perfective-imperfective. Their tense selection was analyzed consi...

This article examines prenatal education in the perfective of Islamic education, Prenatal is an aspect that less demand, either form studies or applications educational institutions oriented to education. Several have been found prove baby womb has able respond events related their biological mother, this described Qur'an QS Al Mukminun: 12, between and mother there a strong bond, Qararin Makin...

Language is a significant aspect of every culture. Kankanaey one the most widely spoken languages in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Philippines. Regrettably, study this language has very few resources and material available for it. This presents centering on -an morpheme words, how they developed, present situation, can be improved or enriched to meet needs future times generations ter...

Throughout this paper, the semantic domain under scrutiny will be designated by the acronym ATAM (i.e., Actionality / Temporality / Aspect / Modality). This involves a modification of the usual practice, where TAM (or TMA) is routinely used. As will soon become clear, however, the actionality category cannot be neglected, considering its role in the semantics and acquisition of tense and aspect...

It is a cross-linguistically robust fact that the same modal auxiliaries come in different flavors: epistemic, deontic, ability, teleological... This fact is neatly captured in a system where each modal has a single lexical entry, where the difference in flavor comes from contextuallyprovided accessibility relations (cf. Lewis 1973, Kratzer 1981). Equally robust, however, are the phenomena that...