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The double modal construction in English world wide
World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 3, Page 485-503, September 2026.Abstract The dual foci of the present study of double modals are their semantic characteristics and their distribution across regional varieties of English world wide. Tokens were extracted from GloWbE:Blogs, a database whose great size and informal tenor facilitated the investigation of this low‐frequency non‐standard feature. Double modals were found
Peter Collins, Adam Smith
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A phenomenologically oriented account of the phenomenon of aspectuality in propositional attitudes [PDF]
, 2016 My main concern in this paper is to provide an account of the aspectuality of propositional attitudes. After having made the negative point that aspectuality cannot be accounted for in purely semantic terms, I shall maintain that what accounts for ...
Sacchi, Elisabetta, Elisabetta Sacchi
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Shared Principles of Individuation Underpin Object–Event Correspondences Cross‐Linguistically
Cognitive Science, Volume 50, Issue 8, August 2026.Abstract Entities in both the spatial and the temporal domains are characterized by a shared notion of individuation. Within the spatial domain, objects (e.g., table, ball) are discrete, countable mental individuals, and are distinct from unindividuated substances (e.g., sand, water).
Sarah Hye‐yeon Lee, Anna Papafragou
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Perihal Aspektualitas dan Sistem Kala dalam Bahasa Jepang: Suatu Kajian Morfologi dan Semantik [PDF]
, 2012 Semantically, aspectuality and temporality (tenses) are associated with the element of time : tense is related with two points which is, temporal reference point and temporal point of situation in deictic character. Aspectuality only reffering to time
Titien Rostini, Rostini, Titien
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Parameter Hierarchies and Language Contact: The Present Perfect in Ecuadorian Spanish1
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 2, Page 513-546, July 2026.Abstract This article explores the hypothesis that the ‘fine‐grained’ grammatical differences that adult grammars under contact are said to be sensitive to (e.g., Hicks et al. 2023) amount to micro/nanoparametric distinctions, in the sense of Roberts (2019).
Norma Schifano
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Aspectuality in Japanese [PDF]
, 2008 This thesis strives to survey the category of aspectuality in Japanese. In the beginning the general definition of aspectuality is presented and consequently applied in the language context of Japanese.
Šmídová, Hana
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Intertextual ‘construal’ relationships in the dynamics of discourse – ‘Aspectuality’ in English Clauses vs. ‘Aspect’ in their Polish Counterparts [PDF]
, 2023 The following is a brief comparative / contrasting discourse of “situation types” in English clauses and their Polish renditions in “The Hobbit or There and Back Again” by J. R. R. Tolkien.
Chłopek, Dorota
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Pronoun Resolution in Turkish: The Interplay of Referential Form, Word Order, and Implicit Causality
Cognitive Science, Volume 50, Issue 6, June 2026.Abstract Pronouns are a ubiquitous part of discourse, but unusual in that their meaning is almost entirely determined by context. While early theorists hoped to explain pronouns based on a small number of simple principles, the last half‐century of research has revealed a cornucopia of influences at the syntactic, semantic, discourse, and pragmatic ...
Duygu Sarısoy +2 more
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Perseverance Without Progress: Systemic Conditions of Climate Governance
Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Volume 56, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT Global climate governance has produced ambitious agreements and extensive policy frameworks, yet decisive action remains out of reach. Emissions continue to overshoot Paris targets, and warnings of accelerating risks persist. This paradox—ongoing activity alongside a sense of insufficiency—raises a deeper question: Why do governance failures ...
Daniel ‘Zach’ Sloman
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Language Learning, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 494-527, June 2026.Abstract We investigate what is learned from exposure to usage in verbal morphology using an error correction mechanism within an associative learning framework. We computationally simulated how second language (L2) learners would respond to naturalistic input of aspectual usage, characterized by “imperfect contingencies,” given two types of ...
Justyna Mackiewicz +2 more
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