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Loanwords and Linguistic Phylogenetics: *pelek̑u‐ ‘axe’ and *(H)a(i̯)g̑‐ ‘goat’1
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 1, Page 116-136, March 2025.Abstract This paper assesses the role of borrowings in two different approaches to linguistic phylogenetics: Traditional qualitative analyses of lexemes, and quantitative computational analysis of cognacy. It problematises the assumption that loanwords can be excluded altogether from datasets of lexical cognacy.
Simon Poulsen
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PLoS ONEComplex noun phrases, as a distinctive feature of academic writing, pose an important learning task for L2 learners. Noun modifiers are the primary means of constructing complex noun phrases.
Fatih Ünal Bozdağ +2 more
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The lexical semantics of adjective-noun phrases in the human brain. [PDF]
Hum Brain Mapp, 2019 Fyshe A +4 more
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On the Morphology of Toponyms: What Greek Inflectional Paradigms Can Teach us
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 1, Page 77-96, March 2025.Abstract The research is a contribution to the investigation of the grammatical status of toponyms from the point of view of inflectional paradigmatic morphology. By examining data from Standard Modern Greek, as well as select data from its historical development, the analysis reveals that the inflectional morphology of toponyms shows significant ...
Michail I. Marinis
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Plural dominance and the production of determiner-noun phrases in French. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2018 Beyersmann E +5 more
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Bactrian in Issyk‐Kushan Script: Additional Readings and Decipherments1
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract This article presents additional readings of several inscriptions written in the Issyk‐Kushan script, building on the improved system of sound values recently proposed by Sims‐Williams (2025b). We propose that some further lines of Dašt‐i Nāwur inscription DN III and parts of several other inscriptions can now be read as Bactrian, add new ...
Jakob Halfmann +3 more
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The Redundancy of the Preposition ot in Phrases of Possession
Rasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje, 2005 The paper shows relatively new use of the preposition ot in Russian in phrases which determine possession and usually occur without such a preposition. Such phrases are, if grammaticaly correct, made only by noun in the genitive case, like recept zvezdy,
Željka Čelić
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Partitive Noun Phrases in Hungarian
, 2008 PARTITIVE NOUN PHRASES IN HUNGARIAN ∗ Although a variety of nominal constructions have been examined in Hungarian linguistics, partitive noun phrases have barely received any attention.
Erika Z. Chisarik, Uk England
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There Is no First Phase of the Jespersen Cycle1
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract This paper challenges the traditional conception of the Jespersen Cycle by arguing that no ‘pure’ first phase of the cycle exists where a single negator operates without reinforcement. Drawing on historical data from Northern Italian dialects (Piedmontese, Lombard, Emilian), we demonstrate that emphatic negative structures systematically co ...
Tommaso Mattiuzzi, Cecilia Poletto
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Leveraging syntax to better capture the semantics of elliptical coordinated compound noun phrases. [PDF]
J Biomed Inform, 2017 Blake C, Rindflesch T.
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