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An Inquiry into the Polysemy of the Preposition "bær" (on) in the Framework of Cognitive Semantics [PDF]
مجله مطالعات ایرانی, 2023 In the Persian language, since Old Persian, /bær/ (on) has been one of the adpositions that grammatically and semantically acts as a preposition. Studying the polysemy of /bær/ (on) as a preposition is the subject of this paper, which is in the cognitive
Arsalan Golfam, Nazanin Darvishi Rokni
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Ergativity and depth of analysis [PDF]
, 2019 In this paper, I argue that “depth of analysis” does not deserve the prestige that it is sometimes given in general linguistics. While language description should certainly be as detailed as possible, general linguistics must rely on worldwide comparison
Haspelmath, M.
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Structural persistence as an explanatory factor in synchrony and diachrony*
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 120, Issue 2, Page 299-319, July 2022., 2022 Abstract In this paper, we look at examples of linguistic change in which the structure associated with the original element can help us understand aspects of both the diachronic process and the synchronic outcome of change. We first consider a range of phenomena that have resisted formal analysis because they show mixed‐category behaviour.
Kersti Börjars, Tine Breban
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Directionality and Resultativity: The Cross-linguistic Correlation Revisited
Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics, 2007 Recent approaches to the cross-linguistic variation in the expressions of directed motion assume a tight correlation between adjectival resultative and directed motion constructions (e.g., Beck and Snyder 2001, Mateu and Rigau 2001; 2002, McIntyre 2004 ...
Minjeong Son
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The Asia Minor Greek adpositional cycle: a tale of multiple causation [PDF]
, 2016 This paper examines the interplay of language-internal continuity and external influence in the cyclical development of the Asia Minor Greek adpositional system.
Asiedu, E.M. +9 more
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A Political Economy Approach to the Grammar of Institutions: Theory and Methods
Policy Studies Journal, Volume 50, Issue 2, Page 453-471, May 2022., 2022 This article proposes a political economy approach to the grammar of institutions, by building on the study of contracts in economics. First, I argue that more attention needs to be paid to the costs and benefits of institutions, thus allowing researchers to derive empirically testable hypotheses on the evolution of institutions. In this vein, the role
Matia Vannoni
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On the syntax of comitative constructions: the case of Finnish mukana, mukaan ‘with, along’
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2017 The topic of this article is the syntax of Finnish comitative markers mukana and mukaan ‘with, along’. Comitative markers express accompaniment relations, which are typically conceived of being asymmetrical: the accompanee is the predominant participant,
Krista Ojutkangas
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Prototype effects in discourse and the synonymy issue: Two Lakota postpositions [PDF]
, 2003 Despite of being fully synonymous at the semantic level, the postpositions el "locative/directional" and ekta "locative/directional" in Lakota (Siouan, Central North America) display different semantic cores in discourse: the semantic prototype for el is
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Reanalyzing Fataluku’s Postpositions as Serial Verbs
Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, 2021 This paper presents a new analysis of a class of words previously analyzed as postpositions in the Papuan language Fataluku. Closer examination reveals that these words exhibit verbal characteristics, such as taking verbal morphology and occupying the ...
Tyler M. Heston
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Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics, 2007 This paper is part of Peter Svenonius’ Adposition Seminar at the University of Tromsø which was taught in 2005-2006. The main focus was the distinction between locative path and locative place constructions. The aim of this paper is descriptive in nature
Marleen van de Vate
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