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Harmonic word order constraints are not created equal: the final-over-final constraint as an epiphenomenon [PDF]
, 2010 The Final-over-Final Constraint (FOFC, Holmberg 2000, Biberauer et al 2007, 2008) is a descriptive generalisation stating that a head-initial phrase cannot be dominated by a head-final phrase.
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On Left and Right Dislocation: A Dynamic Perspective [PDF]
, 2002 The paper argues that by modelling the incremental and left-right process of interpretation as a process of growth of logical form (representing logical forms as trees), an integrated typology of left-dislocation and right-dislocation phenomena becomes ...
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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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Sources of convergence in indigenous languages: Lexical variation in Yucatec Maya. [PDF]
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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 ...
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Multi-variate coding for possession: methodology and preliminary results. [PDF]
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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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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]
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