The term existential construction has been argued to be a misnomer, as the primary function of these constructions is not to predicate existence. In this study, I compare these constructions with ones whose primary function is to predicate existence using a stratified sample of European languages. This comparison is done both in terms of structure and formality. I find that, while the constructions differ within a given language, similar structural characteristics to those common in existential constructions are also found in constructions predicating existence, in particular, the use of a special predicate. The latter are also found to be noticeably more restricted to formal registers than existential constructions are, based on corpus dat...
The analysis of the syntactic structure of the notional subject NP confirmed the indefinite and zero...
International audience[Introduction] Over the last two decades, linguists have shown considerable in...
This paper aims to provide a full analysis of perfect constructions with existential verbs in nDrapa...
The term existential construction has been argued to be a misnomer, as the primary function of these...
The Diploma thesis analyses the existential construction there is/are and its Czech translation equi...
Freeze (1992) argued on the basis of data from several different languages that there is a close rel...
Freeze (1992) argued on the basis of data from several different languages that there is a close rel...
2012-12-02This dissertation is concerned with the specific relationship between copular sentences an...
Linguists working on existential and predlocative clauses are often confronted with the question whe...
National audienceThe most common philosophical view about the notion of existence is that it is a se...
Though the term “existential sentence” goes back at least as far as Jespersen (1924, 155) and is use...
The articles in this collection deal with the expression of existential values in several languages ...
The aim of the present thesis is to analyze the Norwegian existential construction (presenteringskon...
Within various frameworks interested in domain-specific language, like language for specific purpose...
The article is devoted to the analysis of a specific syntactic structure in Lithuanian, the BKI cons...
The analysis of the syntactic structure of the notional subject NP confirmed the indefinite and zero...
International audience[Introduction] Over the last two decades, linguists have shown considerable in...
This paper aims to provide a full analysis of perfect constructions with existential verbs in nDrapa...
The term existential construction has been argued to be a misnomer, as the primary function of these...
The Diploma thesis analyses the existential construction there is/are and its Czech translation equi...
Freeze (1992) argued on the basis of data from several different languages that there is a close rel...
Freeze (1992) argued on the basis of data from several different languages that there is a close rel...
2012-12-02This dissertation is concerned with the specific relationship between copular sentences an...
Linguists working on existential and predlocative clauses are often confronted with the question whe...
National audienceThe most common philosophical view about the notion of existence is that it is a se...
Though the term “existential sentence” goes back at least as far as Jespersen (1924, 155) and is use...
The articles in this collection deal with the expression of existential values in several languages ...
The aim of the present thesis is to analyze the Norwegian existential construction (presenteringskon...
Within various frameworks interested in domain-specific language, like language for specific purpose...
The article is devoted to the analysis of a specific syntactic structure in Lithuanian, the BKI cons...
The analysis of the syntactic structure of the notional subject NP confirmed the indefinite and zero...
International audience[Introduction] Over the last two decades, linguists have shown considerable in...
This paper aims to provide a full analysis of perfect constructions with existential verbs in nDrapa...