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Mukri Pronominal Enclitics distribution in VP: An Optimality Theoretic [PDF]
زبان پژوهی, 2022 Since clitics interconnect different modules of the grammar and are hosted by various hosts from different categories, they have attracted the attention of many linguists. Besides, their interaction with their hosts and positioning in the second position
Ghader Allahweisiazar +3 more
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Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 121, Issue 1, Page 117-151, March 2023., 2023 Abstract The—for European languages—large amount of bound elements in the older Insular Celtic languages and the array of phonological interactions within morphological and phrasal structures have lead several researchers to conclude that individual words play a lesser role in the grammars of those languages.
Stefan Dedio
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Saying Yes without Yes: The Positive Response System in Latin
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 121, Issue 1, Page 65-90, March 2023., 2023 Abstract The article studies a set of three positive response strategies in Latin: the echo response and the positive response particles ita and sic. It aims to determine their functions and division of labour and to establish what kind of agreement strategy existed in Latin, based on the typology of positive response systems by Sadock and Zwicky (1985)
Tomaž Potočnik
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Celebrating Synodality: Synodality as a Fundamental Aspect of Christian Liturgy
New Blackfriars, Volume 104, Issue 1110, Page 161-178, March 2023., 2023 Abstract A synodal church makes assumptions about our basic ecclesial experience which takes place when we assemble liturgically, especially when we act eucharistically. The basic assumption is that we are a genuine human community knowing and relating to one another as brothers and sisters in baptism.
Thomas O' Loughlin
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The linguistic characterisation of Galdós’s characters in his last play, Santa Juana de Castilla
Orbis Litterarum, Volume 78, Issue 1, Page 45-58, February 2023., 2023 Abstract In this work I propose to examine the linguistic characterisation of the characters in Galdós’s last play, Santa Juana de Castilla (Saint Joanna of Castile, 1918). The analysis will show that in addition to the use of archaic language, the purpose of which may be to evoke the era, the linguistic style of the play is characterised by the use of
Miguel Á. Perdomo‐Batista
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A Morphophonetic Approach to Hiatus in Spoken Persian Language [PDF]
زبان پژوهی, 2020 Many studies in phonology and phonetics have considered a CV(C(C)) pattern for Persian syllable structure. Considering such pattern means that first, no syllable begins with a vowel in Persian and second, no two vowels can be said to be in hiatus (occur ...
Fariba Ghatreh +2 more
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Wh‐Interrogatives In Ancient Greek Disentangling Focus‐ And Wh‐Movement*
Studia Linguistica, Volume 76, Issue 3, Page 735-771, December 2022., 2022 Abstract This article explores the problem of information structure in ancient Greek direct constituent questions from the perspective of wh‐placement. It begins with the observation that wh‐items are intrinsically focused and that typologically, wh‐placement is predictable based on the focusing properties in some languages, such as Indonesian (in situ
Nicolas Bertrand, Richard Faure
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Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2022., 2022 Abstract Guébie is an Eastern Kru language spoken by about 7000 people in the Gagnoa prefecture of Côte d’Ivoire. This paper provides an overview of the phonology of Guébie, including the complex tone system with four contrastive pitch heights, multiple types of vowel harmony, reduplication in multiple morphosyntactic contexts, CVCV/CCV alternations ...
Hannah Sande
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The Cognitive Study of the Semantic Network of the "-ku:" Enclitic in Tangestani Dialect [PDF]
̒Ilm-i Zabān, 2020 One of the main concepts in cognitive linguistics is that each unit of language has a semantic network. In this approach, morpheme, categories, and syntactic constructs all have a symbolic unit.
Heydar Yazdanshenas +3 more
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WIREs Cognitive Science, Volume 13, Issue 4, July/August 2022., 2022 The to‐and‐fro of social interaction—termed enchrony—has been understudied in the language sciences, but new developments are changing how we think about the relation between language and mind. Abstract What are the properties of mind that make language the way it is, and languages the way they are? To answer those questions, it is necessary to look at
N. J. Enfield
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