Results 11 to 20 of about 3,838,569 (276)
Dependencies in language: On the causal ontology of linguistic systems [PDF]
, 2017 Dependency is a fundamental concept in the analysis of linguistic systems. The many if-then statements offered in typology and grammar-writing imply a causally real notion of dependency that is central to the claim being made—usually with reference to ...
Lieven, Elena +16 more
core +42 more sources
Language change for the worse [PDF]
Many theories hold that language change, at least on a local level, is driven by a need for improvement. The present volume explores to what extent this assumption holds true, and whether there is a particular type of language change that we dub language
Schaden, Gerhard +16 more
core +25 more sources
Languages, 2023 From the perspective of areal linguistics, this paper examines the similarities in tonal behavior between Sinitic and Kam-Tai, the two most populous language groups in Lingnan.
Hanbo Liao
doaj +1 more source
Sociolinguistic Typology and Sign Languages [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 This paper examines the possible relationship between proposed social determinants of morphological 'complexity' and how this contributes to linguistic diversity, specifically via the typological nature of the sign languages of deaf communities. We sketch how the notion of morphological complexity, as defined by Trudgill (2011), applies to sign ...
Adam Schembri +3 more
openaire +3 more sources
Applied Sciences, 2021 Korean and Japanese have different writing scripts but share the same Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) word order. In this study, we pre-train a language-generation model using a Masked Sequence-to-Sequence pre-training (MASS) method on Korean and Japanese ...
Yong-Seok Choi +4 more
doaj +1 more source
EXPLANATION IN LANGUAGE TYPOLOGY
Cadernos de Estudos Lingüísticos, 2012 -
Bernard Comrie
doaj +1 more source
Examining the Relationship between Derivative Structures and Language Typology in Bilingualism [PDF]
Matn/Pizhūhī-i Adabī, 2010 This study examines the growth and the development of derivative words and their affixes in the primary school bilingual students. Linguists believe that if the typology of the first and second languages is close together, learning a second language is ...
behnam alavimoghadam
doaj +1 more source
Architectural Research Quarterly, 2019 The concept of typology has recurred in architectural discourse since the term’s conception in the early nineteenth century. To describe an architectural object usually involves an act of typifying; a generalisation of built form to common characteristics.
Robert Grover +2 more
openaire +2 more sources
Contextual Conditions and Constraints in Chinese Dangling Topics
Acta Linguistica Asiatica, 2020 This present study verifies the aboutness condition proposed by Chao, 1968; Chafe, 1976; Li and Thompson, 1981; Xu and Langendoen, 1985 and many others as a relation that holds between sentence-initial NPs and comment clauses of alleged gapless topic ...
Jiayi Wu
doaj +1 more source
Lähivõrdlusi, 2015 Vuonna 1982 käynnistettiin suomalais-virolainen tutkimushanke Suomen ja viron kieliopillinen vertailu, jossa pidettiin tarpeellisena erottaa kaksi osakokonaisuutta: 1) suomen ja viron rakenteellinen vertailu ja 2) oppimisvaikeuksiin liittyvä ...
Hannu Remes
doaj +1 more source