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Expanding the Typology of Absolutive Syntax in Mayan: Evidence From Northern Mam

Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 19, Issue 3, May/June 2025.
ABSTRACT Past work on Mayan languages has divided the family into two groups based on syntactic ergativity: ‘high‐absolutive’ languages in which objects raise to a position above the ergative subject and enter into Agree with a high probe and ‘low‐absolutive’ languages in which objects remain low and enter into Agree with a low probe.
Willie Myers
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A Simple Explanation for Harmonic Word Order. [PDF]

Cogn Sci
Abstract Harmonic word order is a well‐established tendency in natural languages, which has previously been explained as a single ordering rule for all head‐dependent relations. We propose that it can be more parsimoniously explained as an outcome of word‐class frequencies, where the purported “head” is the most frequently instantiated word class in a ...
Mansfield J, Krapp LS.
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Intertwined Development of Atayal Oral Language, Emergent Reading and Identity Among Indigenous Young Children in a Bilingual Book Project

Reading Research Quarterly, Volume 61, Issue 2, April/May/June 2026.
This study highlights a collaborative initiative with Atayal tribal leaders to co‐develop books at two levels of difficulty that feature recurring and supportive grammatical structures. Across the two levels, some books shared similar sentence structures; others did not. Findings demonstrate that the intervention successfully reinforced the intertwined
Ching‐Ting Hsin, Catherine Compton‐Lilly, Di Tam Luu   +2 more
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Child‐Directed Speech in Rural and Urban Households in a Low‐SES Afrikaans‐Speaking Community in South Africa

Infancy, Volume 31, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT Most studies on child language acquisition occur in the minority world (countries which make up the minority of the world's population). Their findings are not generalizable to majority‐world contexts, where the majority of the world's population lives.
Carmen Defty, Frenette Southwood
wiley   +1 more source

Correspondence in OT syntax and minimal link effects [PDF]

, 2004
The aim of this paper is the exploration of an optimality theoretic architecture for syntax that is guided by the concept of "correspondence": syntax is understood as the mechanism of "translating" underlying representations into a surface form.
Vogel, Ralf
core  

Morphological Alternations at the Intonational Phrase Edge [PDF]

, 2012
This article develops an analysis of a pair of morphological alternations in K\u27ichee\u27 (Mayan) that are conditioned at the right edge of intonational phrase boundaries.
Adam Werle, Arnold M. Zwicky, Arnold M. Zwicky, Arnold Zwicky, Arto Anttila, Bezalel Elan Dresher, Brett Hyde, Bruce Hayes, Bruce Hayes, Candelaria Dominga López Ixcoy, Cheryl Zoll, Christopher Potts, David Embick, David Embick, Draga Zec, Duane Watson, Duane Watson, Elisabeth Selkirk, Elisabeth Selkirk, Elisabeth Selkirk, Elisabeth Selkirk, Hubert Truckenbrodt, James Mondloch, Jane Grimshaw, Jane Grimshaw, Jessica Coon, Joe Pater, John McCarthy, Judith Aissen, Judith Aissen, Junko Itô, Lyle Campbell, Marina Nespor, Mark Steedman, Michael Richards, Morris Halle, Morris Halle, Noam Chomsky, Noam Chomsky, Peter Ackema, R. Armin Mester, Rene Kager, Robert Henderson, Sandra Chung, Scott AnderBois, Sharon Inkelas, Stephen Anderson, Stephen R. Anderson, Telma Can Pixabaj, Terrence Kaufman   +49 more
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A nuclear families word list for French

The Modern Language Journal, Volume 110, Issue 1, Page 111-138, Spring 2026.
Abstract This between‐languages replication study relates the development and testing of a nuclear, families‐based, pedagogical word list for French as was previously done for English. A word family includes base and inflected words (or lemmas) plus derivations.
Thomas Cobb, Christina Lindqvist, Mårten Ramnäs   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A New Look at Translation: Teaching tools for language and literature [PDF]

, 2009
Does translation have a place in the modern language or literature classroom? This article argues that as long as translation is recognized as a distinct skill rather than a path to language acquisition it can and should play a role in language ...
Fountain, Anne, Fountain, Catherine
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Linguistic Diversification and Rates of Change: Insights From a Diverse Sample of Sociolinguistic Studies

Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 19, Issue 6, November/December 2025.
ABSTRACT Language diversification and change can be studied using phylogenetic modelling of families over thousands of years, or by close observation of changes unfolding over a few decades at the community level. While the phylogenetic approach uses data from hundreds of languages to make cross‐linguistic generalisations, community‐level studies of ...
John Mansfield
wiley   +1 more source

Monolingual and multilingual teacher candidates: A critical language‐related events analysis

The Modern Language Journal, Volume 109, Issue 3, Page 607-631, Autumn (Fall) 2025.
Abstract This study examines critical language‐related events (CLREs) experienced by 28 teacher candidates (TCs) from various content areas at a US Hispanic‐serving institution, employing a critical reflection framework. Through narrative inquiry, it examines how these events shape TCs’ worldviews and behaviors about language use, language learning ...
Daniela Silva
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