Sentential Word Order and the Syntax of Question Particles [PDF]
, 2010 Polar question particles in languages with VO word order pose a problem for the otherwise robust Final-Over-Final Constraint, which rules out a head-final phrase immediately dominating a head-initial phrase (Holmberg 2000).
Bailey, Laura R.
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Sources of convergence in indigenous languages: Lexical variation in Yucatec Maya. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2022 Blaha Pfeiler B, Skopeteas S.
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NP would like to meet GF: A Welsh Adjectival Construction [PDF]
, 2008 In this article we examine a Welsh adjectival construction which superficially looks simple but on closer examination proves to be somewhat challenging. The construction contains an NP constituent whose GF status is far from clear.
Mittendorf, I, Sadler, L
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Multi-variate coding for possession: methodology and preliminary results. [PDF]
Linguistics, 2023 Chousou-Polydouri N +3 more
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Direct Versus Indirect Causation as a Semantic Linguistic Universal: Using a Computational Model of English, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, and K'iche' Mayan to Predict Grammaticality Judgments in Balinese. [PDF]
Cogn Sci, 2021 Aryawibawa IN +3 more
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Harmony, Head Proximity, and the Near Parallels between Nominal and Clausal Linkers [PDF]
, 2010 This paper puts forward a notion of harmonic word order that leads to a new generalisation over the presence or absence of disharmony: specific functional heads must cross-linguistically obey this notion of harmony absolutely, while for other categories ...
Philip, J
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Bird conservation status and cultural values in Indigenous Mexican communities: towards a bioculturally informed conservation policy. [PDF]
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2022 Alcántara-Salinas G +9 more
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Prosody of Focus and Contrastive Topic in K'iche' [PDF]
, 2013 This paper discusses the findings of an experimental study about the prosodic encoding of focus and contrastive topic in K'iche'. The central question being addressed is whether prosody plays a role in distinguishing string-identical sentences where the ...
Yasavul, Murat
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Gesture, spatial cognition and the evolution of language. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2023 Levinson SC.
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Bostonia Magazine: A Boston University Alumni House Publication. Volume 54 [PDF]
, 1980 Founded in 1900, Bostonia magazine is Boston University's main alumni publication, which covers alumni and student life, as well as university activities, events, and ...
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