Search Results - "Linguistics"

Why we need a gradient approach to word order by Levshina, Natalia, Namboodiripad, Savithry, Allassonnière-Tang, Marc, Kramer, Mathew, Talamo, Luigi, Verkerk, Annemarie, Wilmoth, Sasha, Rodriguez, Gabriela Garrido, Gupton, Timothy Michael, Kidd, Evan, Liu, Zoey, Naccarato, Chiara, Nordlinger, Rachel, Panova, Anastasia, Stoynova, Natalia

“…This article argues for a gradient approach to word order, which treats word order preferences, both within and across languages, as a continuous variable…”
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Placeholders in crosslinguistic perspective: abilities, preferences, and usage motives by Seraku, Tohru

“…In spontaneous discourse, a speaker sometimes encounters word-formulation trouble, and she may use a ‘placeholder’ (PH) such as and , a dummy expression to be…”
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Dialect separation and cross-dialectal influence: a study on the grammatical gender of Oromo by Feleke, Tekabe Legesse

“…The extent to which the grammar of one dialect influences the grammar of another and the mechanisms that bidialectal speakers employ to distinguish a target…”
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Do languages spoken in multilingual communities converge? A case study of reflexivity marking in Mano and Kpelle by Khachaturyan, Maria, Moroz, George, Mamy, Pe

“…This paper explores variation in the patterns of reflexivity marking in the Mano language and possible influence from the Kpelle language by using an…”
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From location to conjunction, disjunction, partition, exemplification and association: Hebrew bein constructions by Bardenstein, Ruti, Ariel, Mira

“…Analyzing the diachrony of Hebrew , originally a spatial preposition ‘within/among’, this article traces several grammaticization clines associated with ’s…”
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Competing constructions in Kaqchikel focus contexts by Heaton, Raina

“…This study provides new data on the use of agent focus (AF) versus transitive constructions in Kaqchikel. This work follows up on a study done by Heaton et al…”
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From gesture to Sign? An exploration of the effects of communicative pressure, interaction, and time on the process of conventionalisation by Janke, Vikki, Aumônier, Lizzy, Hofweber, Julia, Gullberg, Marianne, Marshall, Chloë

“…This study explored how non-signers exploit their gestural repertoire during a process of handshape conventionalisation. We examined how communicative context,…”
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Morphosyntactic stereotypes of speakers with different genders and sexual orientations: an experimental investigation by Posio, Pekka, Kachel, Sven, Uclés-Ramada, Gloria

“…Previous research has identified differences in language use between speakers representing different genders and sexual orientations, as well as stereotypical…”
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Processing Chinese object-topicalization structures in simple and complex sentences by Wu, Fuyun, Wang, Fang, Li, Jinman

“…Chinese has the basic word order of Subject-Verb-Object (SVO), yet it is also known as a topic-prominent language, where an object can be topicalized from…”
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A cross-linguistic study of lexical and derived antonymy by Koptjevskaja-Tamm, Maria, Miestamo, Matti, Börstell, Carl

“…Antonymy is the lexical relation of opposition. The nature of the oppositeness may differ – e.g., contradictory (‘true’–‘false’) or gradable (‘tall’–‘short’) –…”
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Ethical practice in participant-centred linguistic research by Atkins, Sarah, Mackenzie, Jai, Jones, Lucy

“…Abstract This article outlines ethical principles for ‘participant-centred linguistic research’ (PCLR), a term we coin to incorporate a range of linguistic…”
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Semantic variation and semantic change in the color lexicon by Viti, Carlotta

“…Abstract Color terms show a remarkable variation in their possible lexicalization patterns across different languages. In the literature, the interest has been…”
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Left Dislocation in Spoken Hebrew, it is neither topicalizing nor a construction by Ozerov, Pavel

“…Abstract Left Dislocation/Detachment (LD) and related constructions consist of a detached NP and a subsequent clause that conveys information about it…”
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A formal approach to reanalysis and the Early Semantic Stability Hypothesis: exploring the test case of the negative counterfactual marker ʾilmale in Hebrew and Aramaic by Bar-Asher Siegal, Elitzur A.

“…Abstract This study delves into the intricate process of reanalysis, wherein linguistic expressions undergo grammatical or semantic changes, or sometimes both…”
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What a nominal predicate may mean: eel, merfolk, and other creatures by Oshima, David Y.

“…Abstract A nominal predicate construction (NPC; e.g. “Cicero is {Tully/an orator}”) typically indicates the relation of identity or inclusion. NPCs, however,…”
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Dialogical and monological functions of the discourse marker bueno in spoken and written Spanish by Posio, Pekka, Rosemeyer, Malte

“…Abstract The Spanish discourse marker bueno has multiple functions ranging from the expression of (dis)agreement to topic management. The present paper sets…”
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Sequence, gaze, and modal semantics: modal verb selection in German permission inquiries by Zinken, Jörg, Mack, Christina

“…Abstract Two modal verbs of German are regularly used to express deontic possibility: können (‘can’) and dürfen (‘may’). We examine how speakers select between…”
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Areal and phylogenetic dimensions of word order variation in Indo-European languages by Ebert, Christian, Bickel, Balthasar, Widmer, Paul

“…Both areal and phylogenetic affiliation have been discussed as driving factors of the distribution of word order in the languages of the world. However,…”
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Kurpian glides by Rubach, Jerzy

“…This article addresses the problem of vowel-generated glides in Kurpian. In general, glides come from two sources: Gliding and Glide Insertion, for instance,…”
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Between (anti-)grammar and identity: a quantitative and qualitative study of hyperdialectisms in Brabantish by Doreleijers, Kristel, Grondelaers, Stefan

“…Abstract Incomplete mastery of dialect grammar engenders ‘hyperdialectisms’ which may be unconscious errors, but which may also be the result of indexical…”
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