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Persian Deixis in the Flow of Conversation

Studia Linguistica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the two demonstratives in Persian conversation, namely the proximal een, “this,” and distal oun, “that,” and their plural forms, that constitute the bulk of Persian pronominal and adnominal demonstratives functioning as anaphoric, deictic, discourse‐deictic and recognitional. The data from which these demonstratives are
Hossein Shokouhi
wiley   +1 more source

Un cas de grammaticalisation ratée ? Étude diachronique de l’emploi du verbe stand en anglais

Anglophonia, 2014
This article discusses the different uses of the verb stand in earlier stages of the English language, based on data from the Oxford English Dictionary.
Maarten Lemmens
doaj   +1 more source

A case study in underspecification of UG: External Pair Merge of v and T

Syntax, EarlyView.
Abstract Previous works have explored the options of Pair Merging R and v as well as T and C, respectively, yielding R‐v and T‐C with various consequences. This paper proposes that v and T can yield the complex head v‐T, an amalgam formed by external Pair Merge.
Andreas Blümel
wiley   +1 more source

Special Issue Introduction “Transcultural Literary Studies: Politics, Theory, and Literary Analysis”

Humanities, 2016
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Bernd Fischer
doaj   +1 more source

Gilaki reverse Ezafe: The two faces of a nominal linker

Syntax, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines a nominal linker (known as reverse Ezafe) in the Caspian language Gilaki. It is shown that the nominal linker in Gilaki is in fact the realization of two different morphosyntactic elements with distinct properties. In doing so, we also highlight the differences between reverse Ezafe and Ezafe, found in Persian and other ...
Arsalan Kahnemuyipour, Mansour Shabani, Sahar Taghipour   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental Courses of Foreign Languages at the Department of Germanic Linguistics of the Adam Mickiewicz University at Poznań

Glottodidactica, 1966
Experimental Courses of Foreign Languages at the Department of Germanic Linguistics of the Adam Mickiewicz University at ...
Ludwik Zabrocki
doaj   +1 more source

Irregular Sound Change due to Frequency in Germanic Languages

, 2010
Irregular Sound Change due to Frequency in Germanic Languages Until now, irregular sound change due to frequency has been considered as something sporadic, affecting only the vocabulary, whereas, according to the present writer, irregular sound change ...
W. Manczak
semanticscholar   +1 more source

“Is This Edible Anyway?” The Impact of Culture on the Evolution (and Devolution) of Mushroom Knowledge

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Mushrooms are a ubiquitous and essential component in our biological environment and have been of interest to humans around the globe for millennia. Knowledge about mushrooms represents a prime example of cumulative culture, one of the key processes in human evolution.
Andrea Bender, Åge Oterhals
wiley   +1 more source

Material Anchors in Language Learning

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Language‐learning materials are cognitive technologies that aim to facilitate the complex cognitive task of acquiring the means for effective communication in a second language. Blackfoot and Plains Cree are two closely related Indigenous languages spoken in Canada and the United States.
Conor Snoek
wiley   +1 more source

Formal modeling considerations for dependent clause with vacant subject in some Germanic languages [PDF]

, 2018
Andrei A. Shumkov
openalex   +1 more source