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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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Particle verbs versus simplex verbs in Maldivian English

World Englishes, Volume 44, Issue 3, Page 339-359, September 2025.
Abstract Notwithstanding current indications that English might soon become the country's dominant L1, the structures of English in the Maldives have—despite laudable exceptions—not yet received sufficient academic attention. The present paper studies the contrast between simplex verbs (e.g.
Tobias Bernaisch, Aishath Suad, Aminath Saeed   +2 more
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Features of the functioning of the English-language loan word “to go” in modern German

Philology. Issues of Theory and Practice
The purpose of the study is to identify the features of the functioning of the English-language loan word “to go” in the German language. The article examines the processes of adaptation of the Anglicism “to go” to the lexical and semantic system of the ...
I. B. Akkuratova
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Satisfying the composite probe on the Topic head in Mandarin Chinese

Studia Linguistica, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 91-140, April 2025.
Abstract This paper investigates two puzzles concerning gapped topicalization in Chinese: (i) DPs are restricted from undergoing multiple gapped topicalization via Agree and movement, while prepositional phrases do not face this limitation; (ii) DP gapped topicalization, typically viewed as an instance of Ā‐movement, is able to feed anaphoric binding ...
C.‐T. Tim Chou
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On the issue of formal assimilation of anglicism nouns in the genus category of the german language system and its national variants

Vestnik of Kostroma State University
In the conditions of general globalisation, there is a massive consolidation of Anglicisms in all languages, including the German language with its national variants.
Nelly A. Cherkasova
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The syntax of Greek split reciprocals

Syntax, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 713-746, December 2024.
Abstract We provide the first detailed description and analysis of the syntax of the understudied Greek split reciprocal reconstruction. As in other languages, the reciprocal appears to be bipartite consisting of a quantificational distributor (‘the one’) and a reciprocator (‘the other’).
Lefteris Paparounas, Martin Salzmann
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English medium instruction, EAP/ESP: Exploring overlap and divergences in research aims

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 34, Issue 4, Page 1352-1367, November 2024.
Abstract English medium instruction (EMI) is now a well‐established field of education research, yet its distinction from English for academic purposes (EAP) and from English for specific purposes (ESP) remains a subject of debate. This scoping review investigates the overlap and divergences between these fields.
Ernesto Macaro, Ikuya Aizawa
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A scoping review of transcription‐less practices for analysis of aphasic discourse and implications for future research

International Journal of Language &Communication Disorders, Volume 59, Issue 5, Page 1734-1762, September/October 2024.
Abstract Background It is important to capture a comprehensive language profile from speakers with aphasia. One way to do this is to evaluate spoken discourse, which is language beyond a single simple clause used for a specific purpose. While the historical trend in aphasiology has been to capture performance during isolated language tasks, such as ...
Brielle C. Stark, Sarah Grace Dalton
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Subject‐Object Asymmetries and the Development of Relative Clauses between Late Middle English and Early Modern English

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 122, Issue 2, Page 308-326, July 2024.
Abstract This paper presents the results of a corpus study on the Wycliffe Bible and the King James Bible, examining the distribution of the pronouns who(m)/which and the complementiser that in relative clauses with a personal referent. The data indicate that the decisive factor in both periods was the function of the gap (subject vs.
Julia Bacskai‐Atkari
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The be‐ versus get‐passive alternation in world Englishes

World Englishes, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 86-108, March 2024.
Abstract Multifactorial studies of the be:get‐passive alternation are still rare. On the basis of the International Corpus of English, this is the first investigation to use mixed modelling for the passive alternation in world Englishes. Overall, our findings reveal that regional differences are far less important than language‐internal constraints ...
Marianne Hundt, Bethany Dallas, Shimon Nakanishi   +2 more
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