A Day in Linguistic History [PDF]
The day begins like any other day. A few students straggle toward the Union in search of coffee and eggs. Delivery trucks come on the campus. At the entrance, the sign still reads SUSAN DOE UNIVERSITY FOUNDED 1894 NO SOLICITORS.
Elliott, Charles
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Linguistic Evidence Suggests that Xiōng‐nú and Huns Spoke the Same Paleo‐Siberian Language
Abstract The Xiōng‐nú were a tribal confederation who dominated Inner Asia from the third century BC to the second century AD. Xiōng‐nú descendants later constituted the ethnic core of the European Huns. It has been argued that the Xiōng‐nú spoke an Iranian, Turkic, Mongolic or Yeniseian language, but the linguistic affiliation of the Xiōng‐nú and the ...
Svenja Bonmann, Simon Fries
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El cambio lingüístico. Sus causas, mecanismos y consecuencias. José Luis Mendívil Giró. Madrid: Síntesis, 332 pages. ISBN: 9788490772102 [PDF]
Obra ressenyada: José Luis MENDÍVIL GIRÓ, El cambio lingüístico. Sus causas, mecanismos y consecuencias.
Ramírez Fernández, Javier
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James Platt Junior's Contributions to Old English Grammar1
Abstract In 1883, Henry Sweet took issue with James Platt junior, a 21‐year‐old language enthusiast. At the time, Platt was England's brightest young prospect in Old English linguistic studies. Sweet recognised Platt's talent, but he became convinced that he was also a plagiarist and tried to have him expelled from the Philological Society.
Stephen Laker
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A Cross‐Disciplinary Analysis of AI Policies in Academic Peer Review
ABSTRACT Rapid advances of artificial intelligence (AI) have substantially impacted the field of academic publishing. This study examines AI integration in peer review by analysing policies from 439 high‐ and 363 middle‐impact factor (IF) journals across disciplines. Using grounded theory, we identify patterns in AI policy adoption. Results show 83% of
Zhongshi Wang, Mengyue Gong
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Northern Russian Isoglosses in Middle Volga Region
This study examines the lexicon of the Middle Volga region through the lens of inter-dialectal correspondences. It draws upon materials from regional atlases and dictionaries, as well as recordings and observations made during dialectological expeditions.
T. E. Bazhenova
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N morphology and its interpretation : the neuter in Central Italian varieties and its implications [PDF]
We characterize Romance inflectional class morphology in Nouns as endowed with a semantic content, providing evidence about its active involvement at the syntaxsemantic interface.
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Place‐Based Accentedness Ratings Do Not Predict Sensitivity to Regional Features
ABSTRACT Discussions of sociolinguistic awareness are often about how patterns observed in one practice (often linguistic production) appear in others (often person perception or metalinguistic commentary). Models like Labov's indicator/marker/stereotype trichotomy force this complexity into a single dimension, due to presupposing a conscious ...
Kathryn Campbell‐Kibler
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Visualizing the Boni dialects with Historical Glottometry [PDF]
This paper deals with the historical relations between dialects of Boni, a Cushitic language of Kenya and Somalia. Boni forms the subject of Volume 10 of the Language and Dialect Atlas of Kenya (Heine & Möhlig 1982). Heine presents evidence for three
Elias, Alexander
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Prosodic Change in Breton: The Loss of Stressed Clitics1
Abstract Most dialects of Breton have largely penultimate stress, and are also said to exhibit stress on certain clitics when they precede monosyllabic content words. However, data suggest that this prosodic process may not be maintained consistently by modern Breton speakers.
Holly J. Kennard
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