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From vectors to waves and streams: An alternative approach to semantic maps

Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 2016
This article designs a method of improving traditional, qualitative semantic maps based on grammaticalisation paths, by including both quantitative data (frequency) and information concerning a gram’s environment (the relation to the other maps).
Alexander Andrason
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The Emergence of Tab in Najdi Arabic

Languages, 2023
This study empirically investigates functional and social variation in the use of TAYYIB (‘okay, well, right’) in light of grammaticalisation. Thirty naturally occurring conversations of 60 Najdi Arabic speakers were recorded in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The
Amereh Ibrahim Almossa
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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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“¿Cabe decir algo más?” An Inquiry into the Historical Development of a Modal and Discursive Verbal Periphrasis in Spanish

Catalan Journal of Linguistics
The main objective of this article is to reassess the pivotal role of semantic change within the framework of grammaticalisation and its intricate relationship with both textual and sentence syntax.
Mar Garachana
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L’évolution de comme et comment : le témoignage des grammairiens et des dictionnaires de l’époque

Círculo de Lingüística Aplicada a la Comunicación, 2023
A partir d’informations que nous fournissent les grammaires et dictionnaires récents et contemporains, notre contribution a un double objectif : a. Nous analysons plus particulièrement l’histoire de comme afin de mieux comprendre les problèmes actuels ...
Valerie Wielemans
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When Plain Language Deceives: Frequent but Generic Words and Misleading Sentence Simplicity in a Mobile Phone Advertisement—An Eye‐Tracking and Decision‐Task Study

Applied Cognitive Psychology, Volume 40, Issue 5, September/October 2026.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how plain and apparently simple language can mislead readers in online advertising. Using eye‐tracking and a forced‐choice task, we compared an original smartphone advertisement with a revised version. The revision replaced frequent and generic wording with more specific expressions and substituted a declarative verbal ...
Stefano Rastelli, Francesca Pagliara, Marianube Pavia   +2 more
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Grammaticalisation paths in the rise and development of aside

Research in Corpus Linguistics, 2020
In this paper we analyse the grammaticalisation processes involved in the rise and development of the ‘a-adverbial’ aside from the original combination of the preposition on and the substantive side in Old English. Different aspects of this grammatical change will be discussed in the paper, from morphosyntactic and phonological (coalescence ...
Rodrigo Pérez Lorido, Pablo Ordóñez García   +1 more
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Visual Components to Interpretation—Formal Approaches to Visible Meaning

Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 20, Issue 5, September/October 2026.
ABSTRACT Visual components of communication interact with the core linguistic system at all levels and make an important contribution to the meaning of the utterance expressed. This does not only apply to sign languages, which exclusively rely on the visual channel, but also co‐speech gestures and emojis, which are visual means that accompany and ...
Cornelia Ebert, Emar Maier, Markus Steinbach   +2 more
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Features of BE-perfect grammaticalization in the person-based auxiliation system of Barese

Kalbotyra
This paper seeks to identify patterns of the BE auxiliary usage in the Barese perfect which features a person-based auxiliary usage pattern but does not strictly adhere to it.
Danguolė Kotryna Kapkan
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Konstrukční auxiliária v hovorové arabštině — případ sloves s významem vstoupit [PDF]

Časopis pro Moderní Filologii
The present study offers an analysis of asyndetic multiverbal constructions consisting of the verb meaning enter and a following lexical verb in a range of colloquial Arabic varieties.
Adam Pospíšil
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