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What's hidden below definiteness and genitive: on indefinite partitive articles in Romance. Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Francesco Pinzin
In French, Italian, and other Romance languages indefinite nominal phrases can be introduced by what appears to be the conflation of a genitive preposition and a definite article, the so-called "indefinite partitive articles" (e.g., Fr. Je cuisine de la soupe depuis deux jours. 'I've been cooking soup for two days'). This is rather unexpected, since these nominal phrases are neither definite nor in
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Multi-variate coding for possession: methodology and preliminary results. Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Natalia Chousou-Polydouri,David Inman,Thomas C Huber,Balthasar Bickel
In this work we are presenting a database structure to encode the phenomenon of differential possession across languages, considering noun possession classes and possessive constructions as independent but linked. We show how this structure can be used to study different dimensions of possession: semantics, noun valence, and possessive constructions. We present preliminary survey results from a global
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Avoiding stress on non-lexical material in nouns and verbs: predictable verb prosody in Serbo-Croatian stress standard varieties. Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-11 Marko Simonović,René Kager
We consider two asymmetries reported in the literature on word prosodic systems: the tendency to allow more prosodic contrast in nouns than in verbs and the tendency to avoid stress on functional material. We focus on the interaction between these two tendencies and propose a formal mechanism to handle this interaction couched in Optimality Theory. In a case study on a group of standard Serbo-Croatian
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The sound symbolism of food: the frequency of initial /PA-/ in words for (staple) food. Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-05-17 Ian Joo
In different languages around the world, morphemes representing the (cooked form of) staple food or food in general tend to begin with a [+labial] phoneme followed by a [+low] phoneme (/pa-/, /ma-/, /fa-/, /wa-/, etc.). This article provides evidence for this phonological similarity by analyzing 66 sample languages' morphemes representing the staple food within the society where each language is spoken
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Theticity and sentence-focus in Italian: grammatically encoded categories or categories of language use? Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-04-28 Thomas Belligh,Claudia Crocco
Abstract This article aims to examine whether Italian has theticity and sentence-focus among its grammatically encoded categories. After the categories of theticity and sentence-focus are introduced, the concepts of grammatically encoded category and category of language use are operationalized along the lines of Integral Linguistics. For a functional category to qualify as a grammatically encoded
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Noun phrase complexity and contiguity in a Papuan language Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-04-18 Bruno Olsson
Abstract This article considers NP complexity and discontinuity in the Papuan language Coastal Marind. First, I give an overview of NP structure in the language, which is characterized by extremely limited possibility of elaboration and modification. I connect this to the observation that Papuan languages are characterized by exceptionally simple NP structures. The lack of research makes it difficult
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A typology of northwestern Bantu gender systems Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-04-08 Francesca Di Garbo,Annemarie Verkerk
Abstract Northwestern Bantu is the most linguistically diverse area of the Bantu-speaking world. Several unusual grammatical gender systems are reported for this area, but there has been a lack of comprehensive comparative studies. This article is a typological investigation of northwestern Bantu gender systems based on a sample of 179 languages. We study the distribution of various patterns of animacy-based
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The frequency of word gender as a variable for lexical access in Spanish Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-04-07 Anthea Santos,Beatriz Bermúdez-Margaretto,Carlos J. Alvarez,Alberto Dominguez
Abstract The endings of Spanish nouns reflect gender with varying degrees of frequency and regularity. The most common and regular endings are -o for masculine nouns and -a for feminine nouns, -o being more frequent and less closely associated with a specific gender category (masculine) than -a. Pairs of words occurring with both gender categories differ in the frequencies with which they are used
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Prosodic phrasing and the emergence of phrase structure Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-02-25 Nikolaus P. Himmelmann
Abstract To clarify the role of prosodic phrasing in the emergence of phrase structure, it is necessary to be clear as to how syntactic phrasing relates to prosodic phrasing. The core proposal here is that a distinction must be made between two basic types of syntactic constructions; namely, syntactic configurations for which prosodic phrasing is part of the definition of the construction, and phrase
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Prenominal possessives in Yiddish: mayn khaver versus mayner a khaver Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-02-21 Dorian Roehrs
Abstract This article provides a systematic comparison and detailed analysis of two prenominal possessive constructions in Yiddish, the familiar mayn khaver ‘my friend’ and the less well-known mayner a khaver ‘a friend of mine.’ It is demonstrated that the first construction is definite and that the second construction is indefinite. It is argued that the possessor in the first construction is in Spec
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Dualism and superposition in the analysis of English synthetic compounds ending in -er Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-02-21 Elisa Mattiello,Wolfgang U. Dressler
Abstract This article studies the role of synthetic-compound families, both formal families and their semantic (or rather conceptual) subfamilies, in the analysis of synthetic compounds (SCs). For this purpose, four formal families of English non-Latinate synthetic compounds sharing their second base and three Latinate families have been investigated. Unlike previous approaches ranging from a purely
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Selectives (“topic markers”) on subordinate clauses Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-02-14 Bernhard Wälchli
Abstract This typological study based on data from a parallel text corpus is a two-step investigation of selectives (“topic markers”). First, a set of selectives in 81 languages from all continents is compiled on the basis of their occurrence with emphatic personal pronouns in contrast constructions. In a second step, it is explored how this set of markers is used across 19 subordinate clause domains
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Attributive modification in South American indigenous languages Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-02-14 Olga Krasnoukhova
Abstract The article deals with attributive modification in South American languages. It focuses on descriptive terms that denote properties. First of all, it is observed that attributive modification with property terms is possible in most, but not all South American languages. The typology of attributive constructions is argued to constitute a continuum, from syntactically loose nominal expressions
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Aspect construal in Mandarin: a usage-based constructionist perspective on LE Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-01-17 Zhuo Jing-Schmidt,Jun Lang,Heidi Hui Shi,Steffi H. Hung,Lin Zhu
Abstract Despite extensive research efforts to explain the Mandarin Chinese particle le, confusion persists in the absence of a unitary theory and sufficient empirical evidence. This study provides a unitary account of le by adopting a usage-based constructionist approach, one that liberates grammatical aspect from, and is able to accommodate, lexical aspect. We argue that le participates in two distinct
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Nominal and pronominal negative concord, through the lens of Belizean and Jamaican Creole Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-01-17 Johan van der Auwera
Abstract The article aims to advance the general understanding of negative concord through a comparative analysis of nominal and pronominal negative concord in Jamaican and Belizean Creole, based on the translations of the New Testament. It supplies a general characterization of Jamaican and Belizean negative concord and then focuses on negative concord with a negator like what corresponds to English
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Frontmatter Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-01-01
Article Frontmatter was published on January 1, 2022 in the journal Linguistics (volume 60, issue 1).
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A semantic typology of location, existence, possession and copular verbs: areal patterns of polysemy in Mainland East and Southeast Asia Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Hilary Chappell, Shanshan Lü
This study is based on a sample of 116 languages from the Mainland East and Southeast Asian linguistic area. Its first objective is to examine four distinct synchronic patterns of areal polysemy, created by the semantic domains of copular, locative, existential and possessive verbs and the constructions they form. As a consequence, its second objective is to model the diachronic change underlying four
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Foot-based allomorphy in Tlapanec (Mè’phàà) Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Hiroto Uchihara, Gregorio Tiburcio Cano
Tlapanec (Mè’phàà), an Otomanguean language spoken in Mexico, has several allomorphic alternations which are sensitive to the number of syllables of the stem (monosyllabic vs. disyllabic). We argue that these alternations are motivated by the foot structure which consists of two syllables, and that such alternations can be captured by subcategorization frames. An alternative, P » M analysis is also
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Semantic scope restrictions in complex verb constructions in Dutch Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Evie Coussé, Gerlof Bouma
This article addresses the question of how and why verbs combine in complex verb constructions in Dutch. We discuss introspective data reported in reference grammars and add evidence from corpus data to uncover the systematic ways in which Dutch verbs combine. Our analysis shows that verbs expressing meanings such as tense, aspect, modality and evidentiality are organized in a semantic scope hierarchy;
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On the grammaticality of morphosyntactically reduced remnants in Polish sluicing Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Joanna Nykiel, Jong-Bok Kim
This paper explores the grammaticality status of reduced sluicing remnants (i.e., remnants realized as NPs due to preposition drop) in Polish. We provide experimental evidence that reduced remnants are variously acceptable in a specific environment (where there is a prior explicit correspondent in the antecedent clause) and are as unacceptable as ungrammatical structures elsewhere. We interpret this
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Subject autonomy marking in Macro-Tani and the typology of middle voice Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Mark W. Post, Yankee Modi
Middle voice constructions are generally understood as syntactically detransitivizing and as semantically characterized by a “low degree of event elaboration” (in Kemmer’s terms) involving a relatively affected subject. Middle voice constructions thus characterized have been identified in several Trans-Himalayan (Sino-Tibetan) languages, in particular by LaPolla. In Macro-Tani languages, we find a
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Stress, gender, and declension class in Belarusian Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Christina Y. Bethin
Ongoing innovations in Standard Belarusian nominal declension indicate that speakers are aware of and actively using paradigmatic stress patterns for grammatical purposes. The adoption of new mobile stress patterns in paradigms which originally had fixed stress is now complementary in Declension Ia masculine nouns and in Declension II feminine nouns; most neuter nouns simply default to fixed stem stress
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Additive particles, prosodic structure and focus sensitivity in Hungarian Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Kata Balogh, Corinna Langer
The main aim of this article is to investigate the prosody-information structure interface in the analysis of the Hungarian additive particle is ‘also, too’. We present a prosodic study of narratives, collected through guided elicitation, and provide a prosodic basis for a focus-based analysis of is . Standard formal semantic approaches to the interpretation of additive particles regard additive particles
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Syntactic discontinuous reduplication with antonymic pairs: a case study from Italian Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Francesca Masini, Simone Mattiola
This article aims at giving a comprehensive account of a so far undescribed reduplicative pattern in Italian named syntactic discontinuous reduplication with antonymic pairs (SDRA). This pattern, characterized by the non-contiguous repetition of the same element within a larger fixed configuration defined by two spatial antonyms, can be schematized as , where Adv 1 and Adv 2 are antonyms (e.g., di
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Typologizing nominal expressions: the noun phrase and beyond Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-12-13 Dana Louagie,Uta Reinöhl
Abstract This article develops foundations for a new typology of nominal expressions. Despite the significant diversity attested in languages around the world, a view traditionally and sometimes still found holds that languages either have ‘classic’, rigidly structured noun phrases (NPs) or lack them. A simple dichotomy, however, does not adequately represent the significant language-internal and crosslinguistic
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The AMAR mechanism: nominal expressions in the Bantu languages are shaped by apposition and reintegration Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-12-07 Mark Van de Velde
Abstract Nominal expressions in the Bantu languages have extraordinary typological characteristics. Their word order patterns are extremely diverse and some of the attested patterns are crosslinguistically very rare, or even unique. The same diversity can be found in the number of agreement marker paradigms. Equally remarkable are the prosodic idiosyncrasies found at the level of nominal expressions
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On the habitual verb pflegen in German: Its use, origin, and development Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-10-15 Łukasz Jędrzejowski
Abstract In this article, I examine the distributional properties, emergence conditions, and development of the habitual verbal head pflegen ‘use(d) to’ in the history of German. Synchronically, I argue that Present-day German possesses subject to subject raising verbs and that they can all be brought down to a common denominator: They allow promotion of the embedded subject into the matrix subject
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Light heads and predicate formation: on two scopes of discontinuity Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-10-13 Jan Wiślicki
Abstract The present article addresses the problem of syntax-semantics mapping of syntactically complex structures that are interpreted as semantically simple terms. While these morphosyntactic mechanisms have been successfully applied to roots in Marantz’s framework, more complex structures turn out to be formally and conceptually challenging. To solve these problems, I make use of Cooper’s type-theoretic
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Copularity of French and Dutch (semi-)copular constructions: a behavioral profile analysis Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-10-12 Niek Van Wettere
Abstract This study aims to characterize prototypical copularity in contrast with semi-copulas based on probabilistic distributional traits, which indicate preferential associations rather than absolute restrictions. This evaluation of prototypical copularity will be based on a set of 15 French and Dutch copular verbs. A behavioral profile analysis, involving multiple clustering procedures, will demonstrate
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Embedded root phenomena and indirect speech reports Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-10-08 José María García Núñez
Abstract This article analyzes the occurrence of performative root phenomena in complement clauses. I show that the clauses that host this kind of phenomena have the same distribution as direct speech complements. I argue that the correspondence is based on the fact that, due to their rich syntactic left periphery, these embedded clauses convey speech acts. This assumption receives further support
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The word as a unit of internal predictability Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-10-01 John Mansfield
Abstract A long-standing problem in linguistics is how to define word. Recent research has focused on the incompatibility of diverse definitions, and the challenge of finding a definition that is crosslinguistically applicable. In this study I take a different approach, asking whether one structure is more word-like than another based on the concepts of predictability and information. I hypothesize
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Stress and stem allomorphy in the Romance perfectum: emergence, typology, and motivations of a symbiotic relation Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-09-30 Borja Herce
Abstract Perfective stem allomorphy and stress are morphological traits which interact in complex ways in Romance verbal inflection. This article surveys the whole range of variation of these traits across Romance varieties, typologizes the observed interactions between the two, and examines attested and unattested possibilities. A comparison between the modern-day and the original Latin systems suggests
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How to embrace variation and accept uncertainty in linguistic and psycholinguistic data analysis Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-09-01 Shravan Vasishth,Andrew Gelman
Abstract The use of statistical inference in linguistics and related areas like psychology typically involves a binary decision: either reject or accept some null hypothesis using statistical significance testing. When statistical power is low, this frequentist data-analytic approach breaks down: null results are uninformative, and effect size estimates associated with significant results are overestimated
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The replication crisis, scientific revolutions, and linguistics Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-09-01 Lukas Sönning,Valentin Werner
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Variables are valuable: making a case for deductive modeling Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-09-01 David Tizón-Couto,David Lorenz
Abstract Following the quantitative turn in linguistics, the field appears to be in a methodological “wild west” state where much is possible and new frontiers are being explored, but there is relatively little guidance in terms of firm rules or conventions. In this article, we focus on the issue of variable selection in regression modeling. It is common to aim for a “minimal adequate model” and eliminate
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Independence and generalizability in linguistics Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-08-30 Bodo Winter,Martine Grice
Abstract Quantitative studies in linguistics almost always involve data points that are related to each other, such as multiple data points from the same participant, multiple texts from the same book, author, genre, or register, or multiple languages from the same language family. Statistical procedures that fail to account for the relatedness of observations by assuming independence among units can
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Reflecting on the quantitative turn in linguistics Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-07-21 Bernd Kortmann
Abstract Linguistics, English linguistics in particular, has witnessed a remarkable quantitative turn since the 1990s and the early 2000s. It was a turn both in scale and in quality, a turn concerning the degree (including the degree of sophistication) to which quantitative empirical studies, statistical techniques, and statistical modelling have come to be used and determine linguistic research. Which
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The sound of gender – correlations of name phonology and gender across languages Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-06-30 Tanja Ackermann,Christian Zimmer
Abstract Our article is dedicated to the relation of a given name’s phonological structure and the gender of the referent. Phonology has been shown to play an important role with regard to gender marking on a name in some (Germanic) languages. For example, studies on English and on German have shown in detail that female and male names have significantly different phonological structures. However,
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On the role of creativity in the formation of new complex words Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-06-28 Lívia Körtvélyessy,Pavol Štekauer,Pavol Kačmár
Abstract This article presents the results of a large-scale interdisciplinary project aimed at a corroboration of the role of creativity in the way university undergraduates (N = 309) coin new complex words. Specifically, the tendency towards economy of expression, preferred by a speaker, and the tendency towards semantic transparency, preferred by a listener, were examined in the broader context of
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The Bantu relative agreement cycle Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-06-23 Mark L. O. Van de Velde
Abstract This article presents the Bantu relative agreement (BRA) cycle, a scenario of recurrent morphosyntactic change that involves the emergence of relativizers, which are subsequently integrated into the relative verb form, where they can ultimately replace the original subject agreement prefix. All logical outcomes at every stage of the cycle are amply attested in the languages of the Bantu family
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Temporal relations of free indirect discourse events Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-06-21 Jakob Egetenmeyer
Abstract In this article, we investigate the role free indirect discourse (FID) plays in temporal discourse structure. In contrast to the most widely accepted account of FID, which compares the content of FID to the surrounding content (two voices or two contexts), we take FID as a discourse entity and, thus, focus on the FID event. We follow a prominence-based approach to temporal discourse structure
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Suǒyǐ ‘so’, they are different: an integrated subjectivity account of Mandarin RESULT connectives in conversation, microblog and newspaper discourse Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-06-21 Hongling Xiao,Fang Li,Ted J. M. Sanders,Wilbert P. M. S. Spooren
Abstract In this study, we analyze the meaning and use of Mandarin causal connectives kějiàn ‘therefore/it can be seen that’, suǒyǐ ‘so’, yīncǐ ‘for this reason’, and yúshì ‘thereupon/as a result’ in terms of causality and subjectivity. We adopt an integrated approach to subjectivity and analyze the subjectivity profile of a causal construction in terms of three features: the propositional attitude
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Rapid radiation of the inner Indo-European languages: an advanced approach to Indo-European lexicostatistics Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-06-18 Alexei S. Kassian,Mikhail Zhivlov,George Starostin,Artem A. Trofimov,Petr A. Kocharov,Anna Kuritsyna,Mikhail N. Saenko
Abstract In this article we present a new reconstruction of Indo-European phylogeny based on 13 110-item basic wordlists for protolanguages of IE subgroups (Proto-Germanic, Proto-Slavic, etc.) or ancient languages of the corresponding subgroups (Hittite, Ancient Greek, etc.). We apply reasonably formal techniques of linguistic data collection and post-processing (onomasiological reconstruction, derivational
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Observation, experimentation, and replication in linguistics Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-06-16 Jack Grieve
Abstract In this paper, I propose that replication failure in linguistics may be due primarily to inherent issues with the application of experimental methods to analyze an inextricably social phenomenon like language, as opposed to poor research practices. Because language use varies across social contexts, and because social context must vary across independent experimental replications, linguists
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Context sensitivity and failed replications in linguistics – a reply to Grieve Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-06-09 Timo B. Roettger
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Bribri media tantum verbs and the rise of labile syntax Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-21 Sara Pacchiarotti,Leonid Kulikov
Abstract In this article, we first show that the Bribri (Chibchan) middle voice suffix -r derives passive voice from active transitive and agentive intransitive verbs, as well as anticausative verbs from nominal and adjectival roots. Second, we focus on five media tantum verbs, i.e., forms that synchronically carry the -r suffix and have no counterpart without -r. Unlike most other verbs, these five
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Frontmatter Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-01
Article Frontmatter was published on May 1, 2021 in the journal Linguistics (volume 59, issue 3).
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On preverbal zai in Mandarin Chinese: its progressive and prepositional functions Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-01 I-hao Woo
This study revisits the linguistic properties of preverbal zai in Mandarin Chinese. Specifically, it examines the syntax of a prepositional phrase headed by zai functioning as an adjunct, as the main predicate of a sentence with a continuous reading, as well as a sentence containing zai with a progressive reading. It is argued that there is only one zai and that it always functions as a preposition
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Text-linguistic analysis of performed language: revisiting and re-modeling Koch and Oesterreicher Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-01 Valentin Werner
The present contribution starts from the general observations (i) that the study of text varieties has commonly emphasized the mode (speech vs. writing) as an essential variable and (ii) that linguistic analyses increasingly consider performed language (i.e., fictional scripted material as represented in telecinematic language and lyrics, for instance) as an object worth studying in its own right.
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How to express evolution in English Pokémon names Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-01 Shigeto Kawahara, Jeff Moore
This article contributes to the studies of sound symbolism, systematic relationships between sounds and meanings. Specifically, we build on a series of studies conducted within a research paradigm called “Pokémonastics,” which uses the Pokémon universe to explore sound symbolic patterns. Inspired by a study of existing English Pokémon names, two experiments were conducted in which English speakers
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Logophoric speech is not indirect: towards a syntactic approach to reported speech constructions Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-01 Tatiana Nikitina, Anna Bugaeva
The distinction between direct and indirect speech has long been known not to reflect the crosslinguistic diversity of speech reporting strategies. Yet prominent typological approaches remain firmly grounded in that traditional distinction and look to place language-specific strategies on a universal continuum , treating them as deviations from the “direct” and “indirect” ideals . We argue that despite
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NP-ellipsis and numeral classifiers in Korean Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-01 So-Young Park
The syntactic status of numeral classifiers with respect to NP-ellipsis in classifier languages has been a controversial subject in many recent discussions. Addressing this issue, this article argues that Korean numeral classifiers can serve as functional heads that license NP-ellipsis via PF-deletion. A null NP appearing in a numeral classifier context cannot be identified with any other null categories
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Hypocoristic truncation in Sardinian Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-01 Teresa Cabré, Francesc Torres-Tamarit, Maria del Mar Vanrell
This article focuses on hypocoristic truncation in Sardinian. Besides disyllabic truncation, hypocoristic truncation in Sardinian also yields trisyllabic truncated forms by means of a process of reduplicative prefixation (e.g., Totore ← Servatore ) and, more interestingly, a process of copy of what is analyzed as an internally layered ternary foot (e.g., (Va(tore)) ← Servatore ). In this paper we develop
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Reference without anaphora: on agency through grammar Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-01 Chase Wesley Raymond, Rebecca Clift, John Heritage
In this article, we investigate a puzzle for standard accounts of reference in natural language processing, psycholinguistics and pragmatics: occasions where, following an initial reference (e.g., the ice ), a subsequent reference is achieved using the same noun phrase (i.e., the ice ), as opposed to an anaphoric form (i.e., it ). We argue that such non-anaphoric reference can be understood as motivated
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Italian wh-questions and the low periphery Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-01 Linda Badan, Claudia Crocco
This article deals with Italian questions with a post-verbal wh-element, which are generally defined as in situ . We show that post-verbal wh-questions can be interpreted as information-seeking questions, and provide syntactic arguments supporting the hypothesis that the post-verbal wh-element is only apparently in situ . We claim that, in certain contexts, the post-verbal wh-element undergoes a syntactic
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The expression of habituality in Biblical Hebrew Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-01 Nora Boneh, Hagit Sofer
The aim of the article is to expand the crosslinguistic scope of the study of the expression of habituality in language, and to provide further support for the claim that the expression of habituality is basically independent from that of tense and aspect, although it closely interacts with it. The argument for this independence is based on the following findings: First, habituality in Biblical Hebrew
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What participles are a mixture of Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-05-04 Frank Van Eynde
Abstract It is commonly assumed that participles show a mixture of verbal and adjectival properties, but the issue of how this mixed nature can best be captured is anything but settled. Analyses range from the purely adjectival to the purely verbal with various shades in between. This lack of consensus is at least partly due to the fact that participles are used in a variety of ways and that an analysis
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Phonological derivation from proximal to distal demonstratives in Chinese Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-04-22 Yuzhi Shi
Abstract Every language has at least two demonstratives or deictic terms, a proximal one and a distal one, and some languages in addition have a medial (or some other additional) demonstrative. Demonstratives exhibit a variety of grammatical and pragmatic functions, and they also serve as major sources for the development of various important grammatical devices, such as copulas, relativizers, definite
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Spanish embedded question island effects revisited: an experimental study Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-04-08 Claudia Pañeda,Dave Kush
Abstract It is often reported that embedded questions (EQs) are not syntactic islands in Spanish. However, some authors have observed that the acceptability of filler-gap dependencies (FGDs) into Spanish EQs varies with the EQ-embedding verb: FGDs into EQs under responsive verbs (e.g., know) do not result in island effects, but FGDs into EQs under rogative verbs (e.g., ask) do yield island effects
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Preregistration in experimental linguistics: applications, challenges, and limitations Linguistics (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-03-24 Timo B. Roettger
Abstract The current publication system neither incentivizes publishing null results nor direct replication attempts, which biases the scientific record toward novel findings that appear to support presented hypotheses (referred to as “publication bias”). Moreover, flexibility in data collection, measurement, and analysis (referred to as “researcher degrees of freedom”) can lead to overconfident beliefs