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"Isogloss": A new journal for linguistic variation in Romance and Iberian languages [PDF]
These pages introduce Isogloss, a journal devoted to the study of the variation of Romance and Iberian languages.
Víctor Acedo-Matellán +4 more
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Unifying models of dialect spread and extinction using surface tension dynamics. [PDF]
We provide a unified mathematical explanation of two classical forms of spatial linguistic spread. The wave model describes the radiation of linguistic change outwards from a central focus.
Burridge J.
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Variation and optionality in clitic climbing in Argentinean Spanish [PDF]
Since Cinque’s (2006:31-32) four-way typology of languages in terms of clitic climbing (CC, herein), those in which CC displays optionality, such as Argentinean Spanish (ArgSp, herein), remain poorly understood. This paper aims to address this need. Here,
Ioanna Sitaridou +2 more
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This short contribution discusses the term and concept of isogloss: the space where a linguistic phenomenon exists or, by metonymic extension, the line that separates a particular linguistic phenomenon from another.
Johannes Kabatek
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Estimating the relative sociolinguistic salience of segmental variables in a dialect boundary zone [PDF]
One way of evaluating the salience of a linguistic feature is by assessing the extent to which listeners associate the feature with a social category such as a particular socioeconomic class, gender, or nationality.
Carmen Llamas +2 more
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The History of Negation in the Languages of Europe and the Mediterranean [PDF]
This is a review of the book The History of Negation in the Languages of Europe and the Mediterranean, edited by David Willis (University of Cambridge), Christopher Lucas (SOAS, University of London) and Anne Breitbarth (Universiteit Gent). 2013. Oxford:
Ares Llop Naya
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The Grammar of Romanian (Oxford Linguistics). Ed. by Gabriela Pană Dindelegan [PDF]
This is a review of the book The Grammar of Romanian, edited by Gabriela Pană Dindelegan (University of Bucharest / ''Iorgu Iordan-Alexandru Rosetti'' Institute of Linguistics). 2013. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Elena Ciutescu
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We wish to thank 194 colleagues for their reviewing work, which was of tremendous help in contributing to the success of Isogloss in 2022. You can find the list of all Isogloss reviewers here.
Roberta D'Alessandro
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Indefinite determiners in two northern Italian dialects
Italian and Italian dialects express indefiniteness in different ways, among which with a null determiner (ZERO) like all other Romance languages, but also with the definite article (ART) unlike what is found in Romance.
Gianluca E. Lebani, Giuliana Giusti
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Research on copulas in Arabic dialects has hitherto largely focused on the pronominal copula, and has also mostly ignored Maghrebi dialects. Drawing on published literature as well as fieldwork-based corpora, this article identifies and analyzes a ...
Adam Benkato, Christophe Pereira
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