Hiroki Nomoto
List of John Benjamins publications for which Hiroki Nomoto plays a role.
Articles
2023 Chapter 9. A null stem analysis of Persian copular verbs Advances in Iranian Linguistics II, Karimi, Simin, Narges Nematollahi, Roya Kabiri and Jian Gang Ngui (eds.), pp. 231–262 | Chapter
Traditional grammars of Persian recognize two copular series for the affirmative indicative present tense, which we call the independent copulas and dependent copulas. The former has been considered as a full verb whereas the latter has been described as an enclitic. This paper explores the… read more
2011 Bare classifiers and definiteness: A cross-linguistic investigation Studies in Language 35:1, pp. 168–193 | Article
In some (numeral) classifier languages, a classifier may occur “bare” (i.e. with a noun but without a numeral) and the nominal expression receives a definite interpretation. On the basis of evidence from Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese, Cheng and Sybesma (1999) hypothesize that classifier languages… read more
2009 On indefinite subjects of pivot verbs in Malay International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 14:2, pp. 221–254 | Article
Indefinite subjects of so-called pivot verbs in Malay can appear on either side of the verb. This paper discusses the following two tendencies concerning their behaviour: (i) the longer the subject is, the more likely it is to occur after the verb; (ii) in adverbial clauses the preferred word… read more
2007 Voice in relative clauses in Malay: A comparison of written and spoken language Corpus-Based Perspectives in Linguistics, Kawaguchi, Yuji, Toshihiro Takagaki, Nobuo Tomimori and Yoichiro Tsuruga (eds.), pp. 353–370 | Article