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Ultraconserved words point to deep language ancestry across Eurasia by Pagel, Mark, Atkinson, Quentin D., Calude, Andreea S., Meade, Andrew

“…The search for ever deeper relationships among the World’s languages is bedeviled by the fact that most words evolve too rapidly to preserve evidence of their…”
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The history of number words in the world's languages-what have we learnt so far? by Calude, Andreea S

“…For over 100 years, researchers from various disciplines have been enthralled and occupied by the study of number words. This article discusses implications…”
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Wake up New Zealand! Directives, politeness and stance in Twitter #Covid19NZ posts by Burnette, Jessie, Calude, Andreea S.

“…As Covid-19 made its way to the shores of Aotearoa New Zealand in 2020, Kiwis took to Twitter to share their experiences and opinions regarding both the virus…”
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How do we use language? Shared patterns in the frequency of word use across 17 world languages by Calude, Andreea S., Pagel, Mark

“…We present data from 17 languages on the frequency with which a common set of words is used in everyday language. The languages are drawn from six language…”
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Using Character-Grams to Automatically Generate Pseudowords and How to Evaluate Them by König, Jemma, Calude, Andreea S, Coxhead, Averil

“…Abstract This paper provides a practical solution to the problem of generating (good) pseudowords, which are commonly used in vocabulary testing and…”
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Analysing A/O Possession in Māori-Language Tweets by Trye, David, Calude, Andreea S., Harlow, Ray, Keegan, Te Taka

“…This article contributes the first corpus-based study of possession in Māori, the indigenous language of Aotearoa New Zealand. Like most Polynesian languages,…”
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Perception and flagging of loanwords – A diachronic case-study of Māori loanwords in New Zealand English by Levendis, Katharine, Calude, Andreea

“…This paper combines a quantitative and qualitative analysis of a diachronic corpus of New Zealand newspapers built to analyse the use of Māori loanwords in New…”
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Coding causal–noncausal verb alternations: A form–frequency correspondence explanation by HASPELMATH, MARTIN, CALUDE, ANDREEA, SPAGNOL, MICHAEL, NARROG, HEIKO, BAMYACI, ELİF

“…We propose, and provide corpus-based support for, a usage-based explanation for cross-linguistic trends in the coding of causal–noncausal verb pairs, such as…”
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Hybrid Hashtags: #YouKnowYoureAKiwiWhen Your Tweet Contains Māori and English by Trye, David, Calude, Andreea S, Bravo-Marquez, Felipe, Keegan, Te Taka

“…Twitter constitutes a rich resource for investigating language contact phenomena. In this paper, we report findings from the analysis of a large-scale…”
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Linguistic evidence supports date for Homeric epics by Altschuler, Eric Lewin, Calude, Andreea S., Meade, Andrew, Pagel, Mark

“…The Homeric epics are among the greatest masterpieces of literature, but when they were produced is not known with certainty. Here we apply…”
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Reply to Mahowald and Gibson and to Heggarty: No problems with short words, and no evidence provided by Pagel, Mark, Atkinson, Quentin D, Calude, Andreea S, Meade, Andrew

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The social meaning potential of loanwords: Empirical explorations of lexical borrowing as expression of (social) identity by Zenner, Eline, Rosseel, Laura, Calude, Andreea Simona

“…The use of loanwords is not merely a lexical act (filling a lexical gap in a given language, or using a shorter word in place of a longer expression) but also…”
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The science of numbers: does language help or hinder? by Calude, Andreea S.

“…This paper examines Roy Harris’ discussion of number and the language of science in his book History, Science and the Limits of Language in light of recent…”
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Demonstrative clefts and double cleft constructions in spontaneous spoken English by Calude, Andreea S.

“…  The current paper reports on the grammatical structure and discourse role of demonstrative clefts found in spontaneous, spoken language. Constructions such…”
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"This was never about a virus": Perceptions of Vaccination Hazards and Pandemic Risk in #Covid19NZ Tweets by Long, Maebh, Calude, Andreea, Burnette, Jessie

“…In this paper, we draw on qualitative methods from the medical humanities and quantitative approaches from corpus linguistics to assess the different mappings…”
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Dominant words rise to the top by positive frequency-dependent selection by Pagel, Mark, Beaumont, Mark, Meade, Andrew, Verkerk, Annemarie, Calude, Andreea

“…A puzzle of language is how speakers come to use the same words for particular meanings, given that there are often many competing alternatives (e.g., “sofa,”…”
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Intensifying expletive constructions and their use on social media: Innovative functions of the hashtag #wokeAF in English tweets by Calude, Andreea S., Anderson, Amber, Trye, David

“…•The hashtag #wokeAF instantiates a novel and previously undocumented construction, which we term an intensifying expletive.•Woke has changed its meaning and…”
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The role of statistical learning in the acquisition of motion event construal in a second language by Treffers-Daller, Jeanine, Calude, Andreea

“…Learning to talk about motion in a second language is very difficult because it involves restructuring deeply entrenched patterns from the first language. In…”
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The typology and diachrony of higher numerals in Indo-European: a phylogenetic comparative study by Calude, Andreea S., Verkerk, Annemarie

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The use of Māori words in National Science Challenge online discourse by Calude, Andreea, Stevenson, Louise, Whaanga, Hēmi, Keegan, Te Taka

“…New Zealand English is well-known for its heavy borrowing of words from Māori. This lexical component, unique to New Zealand English alone has been studied…”
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