This dissertation is a study of the roles played by degree modifiers-functions from sets of
degrees to sets of degrees-across different constructions and languages. The immediate …

This paper considers the meaning and use of the English particle man. It is shown that the
particle does quite different things when it appears in sentence-initial and sentence-final …

[eng] The thesis" Wh-exclamatives in Catalan" is a research that intends to shed light on the
characterization of exclamatives, a type of clause that has not been paid as much attention …

This article brings new evidence to the fore supporting the hypothesis that the architecture of
the DP domain mirrors that of the sentence, particularly concerning the topic–focus …

This chapter provides an overview of the different structures typically included under the
category of exclamative sentences. After discussing the theoretical and empirical problems …

In this paper a snapshot is offered of the state of the art in the research on exclamatives,
reviewing our current understanding of" classic''issues, like factivity, high degree, or the …

This paper deals with exclamatives in Mandarin and has two main objectives. The first is the
application of the exclamativity tests proposed in the literature to identify “true” sentential …

Esta tesis pretende dar una explicación del fenómeno de la polaridad positiva en español,
es decir, de la incompatibilidad que presentan ciertos elementos, los denominados términos …

There seems to be a consensus in the literature (both in formal and in functional frameworks,
in theoretical work and in more pedagogically-oriented approaches) that clauses belong to …

Movement is a metaphor for a syntactic configuration in which a syntactic object surfaces in
a position where it is not ultimately interpreted. There are a number of movement-related …