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An Optimality Theoretic Description on the Characteristics of Postpositions in Mandarin Chinese
SAGE Open, 2020 In this paper, we adopt optimality theory to describe some important properties of postpositions. First, they follow the complement in their own projections.
Yu-Ching Tseng
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Relative Constructions in Classical/Epic Sanskrit
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 1, Page 53-90, March 2026.Abstract While it is widely recognised that Sanskrit shows two major types of relative construction – one relative–correlative, the other similar to postnominal relative clauses in languages like English – it has not been established what the crucial syntactic distinctions are between these types, given the wide range of syntactic variation found in ...
John J. Lowe +2 more
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Türkçede “… gibi/olarak kullanılan isimler” ve “adlaşmış sıfat” İfadeleri Üzerine
Turcology ResearchDilbilgisi çalışmalarında sözcük türleri ele alınırken genel olarak isim, sıfat, zamir, zarf, fiil, edat (çekim edatı), bağlaç (bağlama edatı) ünlem (ünlem edatı) başlıkları açılır ve dildeki sözcükler bu sekiz türe göre değerlendirilir. Bunların yanında
Ahmet Turan Doğan
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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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The Role of Contact in Explaining Linguistic Convergence1
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 3, Page 479-513, November 2025.Abstract In this paper, I explore the question of how linguistic convergence emerges and what the role of contact might be. My case study is the spread of headed relative clauses built around wh‐relative markers in the Standard Average European languages.
Nikolas Gisborne
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La expansión del posesivo pospuesto a la luz de documentación navarra (y aragonesa) del siglo XIII
Scripta: Revista Internacional de Literatura i Cultura Medieval i Moderna, 2016 En los primitivos documentos romances el posesivo sólo aparece antepuesto al sustantivo (“(el) nuestro padre”). La posposición (“padre nuestro”) se empieza a registrar en el siglo XIII en aragonés y en dialecto navarro.
Ángeles Romero Cambrón
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The Use of Locative Nouns Li, Shang, and Zhong as Mandarin Language Adposition
Lingua Cultura, 2017 The purpose of this study was to analyze locative nouns (li, shang, and zhong) that may function as postpositions and therefore Mandarin language considered to have circumposition. The collected data were sentences taken from Chinese short stories by Lu
Ayu Trihardini
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V2 ET POSTPOSITION DU SUJET EN DANOIS ET EN FRANÇAIS
Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Philologia, 2018 V2 and the postposition of the subject in Danish, old French, and modern French. This article deals with the phenomenon V2 and the postposition of the subject in Danish, old French, and modern French. Danish is a strict V2 language. Strongly inspired by
Hanne KORZEN
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 874-898, September 2025.Ethics and ontology have become prominent concepts in recent anthropology, informing a variety of research endeavours. Despite their different approaches, agendas, and concerns, they share a central focus on alterity and the relationship between self and other: Who is the other? How should I relate to the other?
Jan David Hauck
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Awareness of Grammatical Variability in Language Contact: The Case of Mano and Kpelle in Guinea
Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 29, Issue 4, Page 268-284, September 2025.ABSTRACT This paper contributes to research on the awareness of grammatical variability through a study of variation in reflexivity marking in Mano under the influence of Kpelle, both indigenous languages of Guinea. The speakers of these languages are found to be sensitive to contact‐induced grammatical variation in reflexivity, which manifests via ...
Maria Khachaturyan +2 more
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