The grammaticalization of manner expressions into complementizers: insights from Semitic languages [PDF]
Rodrigo Hernáiz
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Grammaticalization of modality in natural languages: The case of the noun tsumori in Japanese [PDF]
Jarosław Pietrow
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Loanwords and Linguistic Phylogenetics: *pelek̑u‐ ‘axe’ and *(H)a(i̯)g̑‐ ‘goat’1
Abstract This paper assesses the role of borrowings in two different approaches to linguistic phylogenetics: Traditional qualitative analyses of lexemes, and quantitative computational analysis of cognacy. It problematises the assumption that loanwords can be excluded altogether from datasets of lexical cognacy.
Simon Poulsen
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Developments of grammaticalization theory: interview with professor Christian Lehmann
PhD Professor Dr. Christian Lehmann answers in the present interview some questions related to the grammaticalization theory and linguistic research. Regarded as one of the most influent researchers of language theory, he is the author of more than two ...
Marcos Luiz Wiedemer
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The gradual coevolution of syntactic combinatorics and categorization under the effects of human self-domestication: a proposal. [PDF]
Benítez-Burraco A, Hoshi K, Progovac L.
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Romance Loans in Middle Dutch and Middle English: Retained or Lost? A Matter of Metre1
Abstract Romance words have been borrowed into all medieval West‐Germanic languages. Modern cognates show that the metrical patterns of loans can differ although the Germanic words remain constant: loan words Dutch kolónie, English cólony, German Koloníe compared with Germanic words Dutch wéduwe, English wídow, German Wítwe.
Johanneke Sytsema, Aditi Lahiri
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An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Psychological Impact of Different Grammaticalizations of the Future. [PDF]
Jäggi T, Sato S, Gillioz C, Gygax PM.
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On the Morphology of Toponyms: What Greek Inflectional Paradigms Can Teach us
Abstract The research is a contribution to the investigation of the grammatical status of toponyms from the point of view of inflectional paradigmatic morphology. By examining data from Standard Modern Greek, as well as select data from its historical development, the analysis reveals that the inflectional morphology of toponyms shows significant ...
Michail I. Marinis
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Walking out of the light verb jungle: Exploring the translation strategies of light verb constructions in Chinese-English consecutive interpreting. [PDF]
Wang D, Jiang G, Zheng Y.
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Prepositionalities of Deverbal Prepositions: Differences in Degree of Grammaticalization
Tomoaki Hayashi
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