Children learn ergative case marking in Hindi using statistical preemption and clause-level semantics (intentionality): evidence from acceptability judgment and elicited production studies with children and adults [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] [PDF]
Open Research Europe, 2023 Background: A question that lies at the very heart of language acquisition research is how children learn semi-regular systems with exceptions (e.g., the English plural rule that yields cats, dogs, etc, with exceptions feet and men). We investigated this
Pruthwik Mishra +7 more
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The neurophysiology of language processing shapes the evolution of grammar: evidence from case marking. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Do principles of language processing in the brain affect the way grammar evolves over time or is language change just a matter of socio-historical contingency?
Balthasar Bickel +4 more
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The Ergative System in Balochi from a Typological Perspective [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, 2011 For the Western Iranian languages the transition from the Old Iranian to the Middle-Iranian period is characterised by – among other things – the loss of word-final syllables. This loss had a far-reaching impact on the nominal and verbal systems since it
Agnes Korn
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Brain regions that process case: evidence from Basque. [PDF]
Hum Brain Mapp, 2012 The aim of this event-related fMRI study was to investigate the cortical networks involved in case processing, an operation that is crucial to language comprehension yet whose neural underpinnings are not well-understood.
Nieuwland MS, Martin AE, Carreiras M.
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Typology of Case-marking and Agreement Systems in Bashāgardi [PDF]
̒Ilm-i Zabān, 2021 Based on linguistic typology approach and after analyzing the case-marking and agreement systems in (North and South) Bashāgardi according to Comrie (1978) and precise evaluation of findings according to the new theory of Zwart and Lindenbergh (2021 ...
Sepehr Seddiqi-nejad +3 more
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Typology of Copula Constructions in Gorani Texts and the Ergative System's Reflection in Them [PDF]
مطالعات زبانها و گویشهای غرب ایران, 2023 In this study, the copula constructions in Gorani texts are investigated, as well as how the ergative system is reflected in them. The Divan of Mawlavi (also known as Kurdish Mawlavi) is one of the most authoritative Gorani manuscripts used in this study.
Saeed Karami +2 more
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Roots of Ergativity in Africa (and Beyond)
Studies in African Linguistics, 2020 In the literature, it is often assumed that ergative constructions originate in passive constructions. The present contribution explores the likelihood of such a passive-to-ergative analysis for one language (Tima, Niger-Congo, Sudan), showing that this ...
Antje Casaretto +4 more
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Comparison of the handheld RETeval ERG system with a routine ERG system in healthy adults and in paediatric patients [PDF]
Eye, 2020 Electroretinograms (ERG) are necessary for the evaluation of retinal function, however testing children is challenging and only performed at a few specialised centres. The handheld RETeval ERG instrument could prove a valuable tool for clinicians in assessing retinal function. This study evaluates this device using an ISCEV approved modified paediatric
Perry Carter +3 more
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Study of structure of marine specialist activity in an ergative system on monitoring and managing automatic control parameters of safe navigation process [PDF]
Vestnik MGTU, 2016 The study of structures' common features and dynamics of the technical object tuning circuit performing automatic adjustment of safe navigation options has been conducted for the first time in the theory of ergative systems. The research of the structure
Kholichev S. N. +2 more
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Passivization in Taleshi dialect (of Sehsar) [PDF]
زبان پژوهی, 2019 This article surveys passivization in Taleshi dialect. This dialect is common in some areas of the Guilan province. This dialect, i.e Taleshi dialect, is divided into three different branches which are called central, northern and southern Taleshi ...
Abdullah Ezzat doust +2 more
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