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Parameter Hierarchies and Language Contact: The Present Perfect in Ecuadorian Spanish1
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.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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LanguagesThe current study investigated the attitudes of 340 Saudi college students towards two Arabic dialectal variations, kaskasah and kaʃkaʃah, utilizing the matched-guise technique.
Saeed Ali Al Alaslaa
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Introductory note. Dialectal variation and history of the Portuguese language
, 2016 La revista "Limite" dedica su décimo número, como volumen monográfico, al tema de la variación dialectal y la historia de la lengua portuguesa. De hecho, hoy en día, los estudios de Lingüística Histórica están ganando impulso en la comunidad científica ...
Osório, Paulo
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Bactrian in Issyk‐Kushan Script: Additional Readings and Decipherments1
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract This article presents additional readings of several inscriptions written in the Issyk‐Kushan script, building on the improved system of sound values recently proposed by Sims‐Williams (2025b). We propose that some further lines of Dašt‐i Nāwur inscription DN III and parts of several other inscriptions can now be read as Bactrian, add new ...
Jakob Halfmann +3 more
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Dialectal Variation in a Nineteenth-Century Catalan Grammar Corpus
, 2013 One of the main objectives currently developed by the LEXDIALGRAM project is the creation of a grammar corpus obtained from digitizing Catalan dialect works that were written during the nineteenth century.
Perea, Maria-Pilar +3 more
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There Is no First Phase of the Jespersen Cycle1
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract This paper challenges the traditional conception of the Jespersen Cycle by arguing that no ‘pure’ first phase of the cycle exists where a single negator operates without reinforcement. Drawing on historical data from Northern Italian dialects (Piedmontese, Lombard, Emilian), we demonstrate that emphatic negative structures systematically co ...
Tommaso Mattiuzzi, Cecilia Poletto
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Glossa PsycholinguisticsNon-linguistic factors leave a distinct thumbprint on our speech production that is perceptible to listeners. A steadily growing line of research demonstrates that listeners can perceive a contrast between native and non-native (L2) speakers based on ...
Kristen Syrett, Joy Lu, Kyle Parrish
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Folklore Studies, Fieldwork and the Making of a Domestic Anthropology in Fin‐de‐Siècle Britain
History, EarlyView.Abstract This article follows the ‘communities of knowledge‐making’ that formed around folklore collection at the end of the nineteenth century. Often regarded as eccentric or marginal figures in the history of human science, these collectors in fact engaged in lively and sophisticated discussions about the methodologies needed to study the mental ...
HARRY PARKER
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Basic Intonation Patterns of Galician Spanish
LanguagesThis paper presents an inventory of pitch accents and boundary tones in Galician Spanish (GS), a variety spoken in Northwestern Spain. Research so far has focused on explaining GS intonation features as transfer phenomena from Galician, the vernacular ...
Susana Pérez Castillejo +1 more
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Dialect variation and social identity
Pioneer: Journal of Language and LiteratureThis study examines how dialect variation among Javanese speakers in a multicultural community functions as a resource for identity negotiation, social positioning, and group solidarity. Grounded in sociolinguistic and sociocultural perspectives, it investigates how speakers shift between ngoko, madya, and krama in everyday interaction.
Roosi Rusmawati +3 more
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