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Intransitive Causatives in English: productivity regularities and asymmetries
(University of Konstanz, 2020-09-17)
We analyze a construction generally overlooked in the literature, with key implications for of argument structure alternations and VP-internal configuration. This construction involves an object-less causative variant of ...
A natureza das causativas sintéticas com verbo transitivo no português brasileiro
(Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrasilFALE - FACULDADE DE LETRASPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Estudos LinguísticosUFMG, 2019-03-12)
This thesis aims at investigating the behavior of causative sentences, specifically the synthetic causative formed with transitive verb (SCTV), in Brazilian Portuguese. We identified that sentences like “Congresswoman cuts ...
A Natureza das causativas sintéticas com verbo transitivo no português brasileiro
(Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisUFMG, 2019-03-12)
This thesis aims at investigating the behavior of causative sentences, specifically the synthetic causative formed with transitive verb (SCTV), in Brazilian Portuguese. We identified that sentences like Congresswoman cuts ...
Are environmental risk factors for current wheeze in the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) phase three due to reverse causation?
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2019-04-01)
Background: Phase Three of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) measured the global prevalence of symptoms of asthma in children. We undertook comprehensive analyses addressing risk factors ...
Syntax or nothing: Some theoretical and empirical remarks on implicit arguments
(Septentrio Academic Publishing, 2014-12)
I show that core implicit subjects in Spanish (i.e., agentive subjects in analytical passives, impersonal "se", and analytical "hacer" causatives) can be derived from a theory under which absence of Merge in external ...
Spanish-English Bilinguals' Processing of Two Types of Causative Constructions
(Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisUFMG, 2018-05-07)
The main purpose of this research is to compare the processing cost and the acceptability judgment of two syntactic configurations from two types of causative sentences that are licensed in English, and their equivalent ...
Inferring phenotypic causal networks for tick infestation, Babesia bovis infection, and weight gain in Hereford and Braford cattle using structural equation models
(2020-08-01)
Tick infestation and associated diseases (i.e., babesiosis) constitute major drawbacks for improvement of beef cattle productivity in the tropics, mainly when purebred and crossbred taurine animals are used. Host-parasite-pathogen ...
Are Environmental Factors for Atopic Eczema in ISAAC Phase Three due to Reverse Causation?
(Elsevier B.V., 2019-05-01)
Some previously described environmental associations for atopic eczema may be due to reverse causation. We explored the role of reverse causation by comparing individual- and school-level results for multiple atopic eczema ...