Making referents accessible in multi-party interaction
The paper discusses cases in which referents that have not been mentioned previously are assessed without any overt mention of those referents but are rather made accessible through multimodal means, which are finely calibrated with what else is going on
Chiara M. Monzoni, Ritva Laury
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Evolution and Spread of Politeness Systems in Indo‐European
Abstract In this paper, we investigate the phenomenon of pronominal politeness in the Indo‐European languages and demonstrate that the processes of change of pronominal systems related to politeness follow two evolutionary regimes, one inside the ‘Standard Average European’ (SAE) linguistic area and another outside of it.
Michael Dunn, Kate Bellamy
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’Ščast´je’ i ’udača’ v finno-ugorskih jazykah [Abstract. The Concepts ’luck’ and ’success’ in Finno-Ugric Languages]; pp. 265-275 [PDF]
The language material analysed enables the conclusion that in different Finno-Ugric languages the concepts âluckâ and âsuccessâ are expressed using various linguistic means, such as polysemous nouns, verb phrases, or idioms.
Jevgenij Cypanov
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Sentence Comprehension and L2 Exposure Effects in 6-Year-Old Sequentially Bilingual Children With Typical Development and Developmental Language Disorder. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Background Differentiating typical language development (TD) and developmental language disorder (DLD) in a bilingual context is difficult. The societal language is often the only mutual language of the child and the SLT. It has been shown that when assessing second language (L2) performance using tools developed for monolingual children ...
Smolander S +5 more
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The study of gesture in cognitive linguistics raises new questions for research in the broader field of cognitive science. Image by lauwahyuen from Pixabay. Abstract Cognitive linguists are increasingly extending their paradigm to include the study of gestures.
Alan Cienki
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Finno-Ugric and Turkic peoples of the Volga-Ural region according to craniophenetic data [PDF]
A craniophenetic analysis of the genetic relationships among the Finno-Ugric and Turkic populations of the Volga region has been carried out within the broader context of populations from Northwestern Europe, Southern and Western Siberia.
Movsesian A.A.
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Participation in sociolinguistic research
Abstract Involving speakers in research on their linguistic practices has been at the core of sociolinguistics since the inception of the field. In contrast to social sciences, however, sociolinguists have rarely addressed the issues surrounding the participation of those involved and engaged in the research process.
Csanád Bodó +7 more
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Was there a Volgaic unity within Finno-Ugric? [PDF]
The purpose of the present study is to determine if the Volgaic branch (consisting of Mordvin and Mari) represents a real taxonomic unit in terms of the genetic classification of the Finno-Ugric/Uralic language ...
Blažek, Václav
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Substrate Toponymy of the Arkhangelsk Pomorye (Materials for an Etymological Dictionary) [PDF]
The paper presents an excerpt from the upcoming etymological dictionary of substrate toponyms of Finno-Ugric origin attested in the territory of the Arkhangelsk Pomorye, a large region of northern Russia close to the White Sea coast within the modern ...
Nadezhda V. Kabinina
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Some aspects of national-state building among the Finno-Ugric peoples in the USSR [PDF]
Introduction. The article considers some aspects of the national-state building of the Finno-Ugric peoples in the USSR. It highlights the ways of realization of the policy of the Soviet power in this matter.
Elena N. Mokshina +2 more
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