Abstract: Determining the head of complex noun phrases is in general not an easy task in Portuguese. In the case of uma garrafa de vinho ‘a bottle of wine’, in combination with quebrou-se ‘broke’ or derramou‘spilled’, it is the selection restrictions of the verb that d

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Abstract: The verbal periphrases constitute a typological feature of the Romance languages and they are especially frequent in the Iberoromanic languages. In the context of this paper the diachronic evolution of the Italian periphrase andare + participio passato, which

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Abstract: This contribution focuses on relative constructions in German and Italian. After sketching the theoretical background, the relativization strategies attested in standard and non-standard varieties of both languages will be presented and analysed from a typolo

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Abstract: In this paper, I investigate if phraseodidactic approaches can be transferred to grammar and vocabulary training in foreign language lessons to the same extent. Taking a usage-based approaches to foreign and second language didactics, it is shown that phraseo

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Abstract: Interactional positioning has to do with how people express their attitudes and dispositions to others (stance) and signal how they wish to relate with other participants in the discourse (engagement). These are closely connected with the extent to which impo

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