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Remnant Case Forms and Patterns of Syncretism in Early West Germanic
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 2, Page 357-385, July 2026.Abstract Early stages of the Old West Germanic languages differ from the other two branches, Gothic and Norse, by showing remnants of a fifth case in a‐ and ō‐stem nouns. The forms in question, which have the ending ‐i or ‐u, are conventionally labelled ‘instrumental’ and cover a range of functions, such as instrument, means, comitative and locative ...
Will Thurlwell
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Phonological Relations Between Palatalizers and the Phonemic System: A Case Study on Czech
LingBaWThis paper examines palatalization in Czech, focusing on its behaviour in the domain of noun-deriving suffixes. It argues that Czech palatalization is not an assimilatory process, but a repair mechanism triggered by structurally and lexically deficient ...
Anna Poĺomská
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James Platt Junior's Contributions to Old English Grammar1
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 2, Page 428-442, July 2026.Abstract In 1883, Henry Sweet took issue with James Platt junior, a 21‐year‐old language enthusiast. At the time, Platt was England's brightest young prospect in Old English linguistic studies. Sweet recognised Platt's talent, but he became convinced that he was also a plagiarist and tried to have him expelled from the Philological Society.
Stephen Laker
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Revis(it)ing French palatalization
Glossa, 2016 This paper explores the diachrony of French and reconsiders the classical analysis of French palatalizations. It is widely admitted that the transition from Latin dorsal stops to French palatal fricatives is triggered by an external palatalizing object ...
Ali Tifrit, Laurence Voeltzel
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Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, Volume 13, Issue 6, Page 1383-1398, June 2026.ABSTRACT Background Classifying abnormal tongue movements is challenging due to their varied presentations and limited visibility compared to other body parts. Accurate identification of the phenomenology guides physical examination and can point to specific diagnoses.
Nathaniel Bendahan +4 more
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Feature geometry and palatalization
Rasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje, 2006 The paper examines palatalization data from English, Polish and Croatian in the framework of Feature Geometry. It is shown that palatalization in the discussed data results in a number of phonologically diverse outputs, which cannot be accounted for by ...
Małgorzata Ewa Ćavar
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Linguistic Evidence Suggests that Xiōng‐nú and Huns Spoke the Same Paleo‐Siberian Language
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 1, Page 29-52, March 2026.Abstract The Xiōng‐nú were a tribal confederation who dominated Inner Asia from the third century BC to the second century AD. Xiōng‐nú descendants later constituted the ethnic core of the European Huns. It has been argued that the Xiōng‐nú spoke an Iranian, Turkic, Mongolic or Yeniseian language, but the linguistic affiliation of the Xiōng‐nú and the ...
Svenja Bonmann, Simon Fries
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Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 1, Page 168-199, March 2026.Abstract This study investigates the lexicographical potential of Medieval Latin documentation from the Venetian area of the Italo‐Romance domain, highlighting the need for a systematic approach to bridge Latin and vernacular linguistic developments. The project MEDITA – Medieval Latin Documentation and Digital Italo‐Romance Lexicography.
Jacopo Gesiot
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Ordinal Numerals as a Criterion for Subclassification: The Case of Semitic
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 1, Page 240-256, March 2026.Abstract This article explores how ordinal numerals (like first, second and third) can help classify languages, focusing on the Semitic language family. Ordinals are often formed according to productive derivational processes, but as a separate word class, they may retain archaic morphology that is otherwise lost from the language.
Benjamin D. Suchard
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