Michael D Kliffer
Biographic Data
| ID | 1498328 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael D Kliffer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael D |
| FAMILY NAME | Kliffer |
| SIGNATURE | KLIFFER M D |
| AFFILIATIONS | McMaster University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Western Romance drift away from external dative possessors
Romance external possession (EP) can encode the possessor as subject, accusative, or dative; e. g. (1) J'ai baisse les yeux.‘I lowered the eyes.’(2) Elle l'a caressé sur les joues.‘She caressed him on the cheeks.’(3) Paul.lui a gratté le visage.‘Paul dtv.-3sg. scratched the face.’This paper argues that while the first two have remained stable, internal possession (IP) is taking over from dative-encoded external possession (D-EP) in French and Bra…
Commonalities of French and Mandarin inalienable possession
Interpenetration of linguistic levels: French inalienable possession
Beyond syntax: Spanish inalienable possession
The Case of the Missing Reflexive
of his own study. So, on balance, the hypothesis that some correlation might exist between the opinions and practices of Philip II and the course of the evolution of Spanish orthography must be abandoned. But questions remain. If Spanish is a phonetic language, why was it established with so much reliance on sheer tradition? Why has it resisted continued efforts to reform, especially when Spanish speakers pride themselves on the notion that Spani…
The Case of the Missing Reflexive
of his own study. So, on balance, the hypothesis that some correlation might exist between the opinions and practices of Philip II and the course of the evolution of Spanish orthography must be abandoned. But questions remain. If Spanish is a phonetic language, why was it established with so much reliance on sheer tradition? Why has it resisted continued efforts to reform, especially when Spanish speakers pride themselves on the notion that Spani…
Beyond syntax: Spanish inalienable possession
Interpenetration of linguistic levels: French inalienable possession
Commonalities of French and Mandarin inalienable possession
The Western Romance drift away from external dative possessors
Romance external possession (EP) can encode the possessor as subject, accusative, or dative; e. g. (1) J'ai baisse les yeux.‘I lowered the eyes.’(2) Elle l'a caressé sur les joues.‘She caressed him on the cheeks.’(3) Paul.lui a gratté le visage.‘Paul dtv.-3sg. scratched the face.’This paper argues that while the first two have remained stable, internal possession (IP) is taking over from dative-encoded external possession (D-EP) in French and Bra…
Linguistics (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · History (3 works) · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis (3 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (3 works) · History (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies (2 works) · Art (1 works)