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SKY Journal of Linguistics Volume 27:2014 sky SKY Journal of Linguistics Editors: Markus Hamunen, Tiina Keisanen, Hanna Lantto, Lotta Lehti, Saija Merke SKY Journal of Linguistics is published by the Linguistic Association of Finland (one issue per year). Notes for Contributors Policy: SKY Journal of Linguistics welcomes unpublished original works from authors of all nationalities and theoretical persuasions. Every manuscript is reviewed by at least two anonymous referees. In addition to full-length articles, the journal also accepts short (3–9 pages) ‘squibs’ as well as book reviews. Language of Publication: Contributions should be written in English, French, or German. If the article is not written in the native language of the author, the language should be checked by a qualified native speaker. Style Sheet: A detailed style sheet is available from the editors, as well as via WWW at http://www.linguistics.fi/skystyle.shtml. Abstracts: Abstracts of the published papers are included in Linguistics Abstracts and Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. The published papers are included in EBSCO Communication & Mass Media Complete. SKY JoL is also indexed in the MLA Bibliography. Editors’ Addresses (2014): Markus Hamunen, School of Language, Translation and Literary Studies, Kalevantie 4, FI- 33014, University of Tampere, Finland Tiina Keisanen, Faculty of Humanities, P.O. Box 1000, FI-90014 University of Oulu, Finland Hanna Lantto, Department of Modern Languages, P.O. Box 24, Unioninkatu, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland Lotta Lehti, French Department, Koskenniemenkatu 4, FI-20014 University of Turku, Finland Saija Merke, Department of Finnish, Finno-Ugrian and Scandinavian Studies, P.O. Box 3, Fabianinkatu 33, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland Editors’ E-mail: sky-journal(at)helsinki(dot)fi Publisher: The Linguistic Association of Finland c/o General Linguistics P.O. Box 24 (Unioninkatu 40) FI-00014 University of Helsinki Finland http://www.linguistics.fi, http://www.linguistics.fi/skyjol.shtml The Linguistic Association of Finland was founded in 1977 to promote linguistic research in Finland by offering a forum for the discussion and dissemination of research in linguistics, both in Finland and abroad. Membership is open to anyone interested in linguistics. The membership fee in 2013 was EUR 25 (EUR 15 for students and unemployed members). Members receive SKY Journal of Linguistics gratis. Cover design: Timo Hämäläinen 1999 SKY Journal of Linguistics 27 Suomen kielitieteellisen yhdistyksen aikakauskirja Tidskrift för den Språkvetenskapliga föreningen i Finland Journal of the Linguistic Association of Finland Editors: Markus Hamunen Tiina Keisanen Hanna Lantto Lotta Lehti Saija Merke Copy editor: Jouni Harjumäki Advisory editorial board: Werner Abraham Kimmo Granqvist Auli Hakulinen University of Vienna University of Helsinki University of Helsinki Martin Haspelmath Marja-Liisa Helasvuo Anders Holmberg Max Planck Institute of University of Turku Newcastle University Evolutionary Anthropology Tuomas Huumo Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila Juhani Härmä University of Turku University of Helsinki University of Helsinki Fred Karlsson Seppo Kittilä Meri Larjavaara University of Helsinki University of Helsinki Åbo Akademi University Jaakko Leino Marja Leinonen Matti Miestamo University of Helsinki University of Helsinki University of Helsinki Jussi Niemi Urpo Nikanne Martti Nyman University of Eastern Åbo Akademi University University of Helsinki Finland Krista Ojutkangas Mirja Saari Helena Sulkala University of Turku University of Helsinki University of Oulu Kari Suomi Ulla Tuomarla Maria Vilkuna University of Oulu University of Helsinki Institute for the Languages of Finland Jussi Ylikoski Jan-Ola Östman UiT The Arctic University University of Helsinki of Norway 2014 ISSN-L: 1456-8438 ISSN: 1456-8438 (Print) ISSN: 1796-279X (Online) Hansaprint, Turku 2014 Contents External Reviewers of SKY JoL 27 (2014) .................................................... 5 Thomas Groß Some Observations on the Hebrew Desiderative Construction – A Dependency-Based Account in Terms of Catenae ........................................ 7 Wojciech Lewandowski Deictic Verbs: Typology, Thinking for Speaking and SLA ........................ 43 Ulla Vanhatalo, Heli Tissari & Anna Idström Revisiting the Universality of Natural Semantic Metalanguage: A View through Finnish ............................................................................................ 67 Mari Wiklund La transmission des effets stylistiques des phrases sans verbe fini dans les traductions finnoises – L’exemple des pièces de théâtre de Jean-Paul Sartre............................................................................................................ 95 Peter Wikström #srynotfunny: Communicative Functions of Hashtags on Twitter ............ 127 Squibs: María Luisa Carrió-Pastor Cross-cultural Variation in the Use of Modal Verbs in Academic English ....................................................................................................... 153 Book reviews: Maurer, Philippe (2009) Principense (Lung’Ie). Grammar, Texts, and Vocabulary of the Afro-Portuguese Creole of the Island of Príncipe, Gulf of Guinea. Reviewed by Angela Bartens ....................................................... 167 Susana S. Fernández & Johan Falk (eds.) (2014) Temas de gramática española para estudiantes universitarios, Una aproximación cognitiva y funcional. Reviewed by Ilpo Kempas ........................................................ 173 Harvey, Kevin (2013) Investigating Adolescent Health Communication. A Corpus Linguistics Approach. Research in Corpus and Discourse. Reviewed by Pirjo Salomaa ....................................................................... 179 External Reviewers of SKY JoL 27 (2014) The following scholars, among a few others wishing to remain anonymous, have acted as external reviewers for SKY Journal of Linguistics in 2014: Adi Yasran Abdul Aziz (Universiti Putra Malaysia), L.O. Adewole (Obafemi Awolowo University), Lotta Aunio (University of Helsinki), Pauli Brattico, Mark Dingemanse (MPI for Psycholinguistics), Małgorzata Fabiszak (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań), Noam Faust (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Rania Habib (Syracuse University), Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila (University of Helsinki), Thomas Hanneforth (Universität Potsdam), Larry Hyman (University of California at Berkeley), András Imrényi (Jagiellonian University Kraków), Anni Jääskeläinen (University of Helsinki), Olaf Koenemann (Radboud University), Aino Koivisto (University of Helsinki), Marcin Kuczok (University of Silesia), Dennis Kurzon (University of Haifa Jerusalem), Veronika Laippala (University of Turku), François Lareau (Université de Montréal), Meri Larjavaara (Åbo Akademi), Jaakko Leino (University of Helsinki), Stephen Levinsohn (SIL International), Pekka Lintunen (University of Turku), Marit Lobben (University of Oslo), Geda Paulsen (Institute of the Estonian Language), Andrea Pešková (Universität Hamburg), Pekka Posio (Universität zu Köln), Alain Rabatel (Université de Lyon 1), Susanna Shore (University of Helsinki), Dick Smakman (University of Leiden), Karen Sullivan (University of Queensland), A.M. Tessier (University of Alberta), Heli Tissari (University of Eastern Finland), Catherine Travis (Australian National University), Mari Wiklund (University of Helsinki), Maria Vilkuna (University of Helsinki), Michele Zappavigna (University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia), Dr Zawada (University of South Africa (UNISA)) SKY Journal of Linguistics 27 (2014), 5 Thomas Groß Some Observations on the Hebrew Desiderative Construction – A Dependency-Based Account in Terms of Catenae1 Abstract The Modern Hebrew (MH) desiderative construction must obey four conditions: 1. A subordinate clause headed by the clitic še= ‘that’ must be present. 2. The verb in the subordinate clause must be marked with future tense. 3. The grammatical properties genus, number, and person tend to be specified, i.e. if the future tense affix is underspecified, material tends to appear that aids specification, if contextual recovery is unavailable. 4. The units of form that make up the constructional meaning of the desiderative must qualify as a catena. A catena is a dependency-based unit of form, the parts of which are immediately continuous in the vertical dimension. The description of the individual parts of the desiderative must address trans-, pre-, and suffixes, and cliticization. Catena-based morphology is representational, monostratal, dependency-, construction-, and piece-based. 1. Purpose, means and claims The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the Hebrew desiderative construction. This construction is linguistically interesting and challenging for a number of reasons. 1. It is a periphrastic construction, with fairly transparent compositionality. 2. It is transclausal, i.e. some parts of the construction reside in the main clause, and others in the subordinated clause. The complementizer is also part of the construction. 3. The construction consists of more than one word, but it does not qualify as a constituent. Rather the construction cuts into words. 4. Two theoretically 1 I want to thank Outi Bat-El (Tel Aviv University) and three anonymous reviewers for their help and advice. Statements made in this paper do not necessarily reflect their positions. Any mistakes remain my responsibility. SKY Journal of Linguistics 27 (2014), 7–41 8 THOMAS GROẞ challenging phenomena are in play: transfixes, and clitics. These aspects
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