Understanding Grammars through Diachronic Change [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 In this paper, I will vindicate the importance of syntactic change for the study of synchronic stages of natural languages, according to the following outline.
Nerea Madariaga
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The rise of promotional rhetoric in the Discussion Sections of an interdisciplinary field: a diachronic perspective [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIn recent decades, the growing competition to publish internationally has made the Discussion section increasingly promotional, as authors interpret and evaluate their findings to highlight research significance.
Yumei Zhu, Xuemei Li
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“We find that…” changing patterns of epistemic positioning in research writing [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionEpistemic positioning refers to the writer’s commitment to the truth of a proposition and assessment of its potential impact on readers. Despite its importance, little attention has been paid to how writers make epistemic judgments across ...
Yanfang Yang, Xuan Guo
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Diachronic change and variation in use
Isogloss, 2023 Previous studies have demonstrated that in spontaneous speech, Rioplatense Spanish speakers—in contrast to speakers of Peninsular Spanish—sometimes produce clitic-doubled accusative nominal objects.
Esther Rinke +2 more
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Less is More/More Diverse: On The Communicative Utility of Linguistic Conventionalization
Frontiers in Communication, 2021 We present empirical evidence of the communicative utility of conventionalization, i.e., convergence in linguistic usage over time, and diversification, i.e., linguistic items acquiring different, more specific usages/meanings.
Elke Teich +3 more
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On the origin of inflected “non-finite” forms: the infinitive vs the supine [PDF]
Diacronia, 2016 This paper deals with two verbal forms which, despite being traditionally labelled as “non-finite”, display inflection/agreement. We will focus on the behaviour and origin of the inflected infinitive attested in Romance and in languages from other ...
Adina Dragomirescu, Alexandru Nicolae
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Portuguese as Heritage Language in Germany—A Linguistic Perspective
Languages, 2021 This article provides a comprehensive overview of the contribution of linguistic research on Portuguese as a heritage language in Germany to the general understanding of heritage language development. From 1955 to 1973, nearly 166,000 Portuguese migrants
Esther Rinke, Cristina Flores
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Language Norm and Usage Change in Catalan Discourse Markers: The Case of Contrastive Connectives
Languages, 2022 Language norms are dynamic conventions that change over time. In the case of Catalan, the 20th century represents a critical codification period. In this paper, the author discusses the influence of internal and external factors on the evolution of four ...
Maria-Josep Cuenca
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Demonstrative Systems Are Not Affected by Contact: Evidence from Heritage Southern Italo-Romance
Languages, 2022 Deictic information is present in every language; yet, there are significant differences as to how exactly such information is encoded, yielding different indexical systems across languages.
Silvia Terenghi
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In search of isoglosses: continuous and discrete language embeddings in Slavic historical phonology [PDF]
, 2020 This paper investigates the ability of neural network architectures to effectively learn diachronic phonological generalizations in a multilingual setting.
Cathcart, Chundra A., Wandl, Florian
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