Verb form alternations in Mauritian
Domain:
natural language processingRecord type:
paper
Creator:
FabAnn
Publisher:
Uni
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This paper presents a constraint-based account of verb form alternations (Short and Long Forms)
in Mauritian which, basically, is syntactically driven: Short Forms appear with Canonical
complements while Long Forms are expected with no realized complements. However, in
specific contexts, Long Forms are unexpectedly authorized in declaratives with canonical
complements and expresses Verum Focus.