Linguistics

This article discusses the phonological status of diphthongs and their role in the melodic and rhythmic organization of vowel and consonant sequences. We examine the nature of rising diphthongs and th - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

The paper discusses the uses of conditional and interrogative complementizers in Old High German (section 2) and Saurian (section 3). Based on empirical evidence from these varieties, we will go into - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

In this work, I argue that the natural language item part (and its translational equivalents) is the same as the mereological notion of PROPER PART, full stop. While this seems trivially true, state-o - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This paper introduces the Lexical Ontology Persistence (LOP) Theorem, which formalizes the idea that words are persistent semantic entities with internal structure, independent of surface form converg - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

> > > > > > > > > > This paper introduces the Lexical Ontology Persistence (LOP) Theorem, which formalizes the idea that words are persistent semantic entities with internal structure, independent of - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

Predicates such as 'are extinct' or 'are widespread' have long been assumed to apply only to kinds. I present evidence that the class of predicates typically described as kind-level are 'numerous'-typ - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

Much work has shown that wh-movement is subject to several kinds of locality restrictions cross-linguistically. I propose that these restrictions arise when [wh] projects past the maximal projection t - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This thesis examines multimodal (im)politeness in telecinematic discourse and its subtitling. It brings together research in (im)politeness, audiovisual translation (AVT), multimodality and the pragmatics of fiction to provide concrete analytical frameworks to study how situated (im)politeness is expressed multimodally in an unfolding interaction and how multimodal (im)politeness is rendered in subtitling, which have received scarce attention in each of the mentioned research field. Using the

Metaphorization is a robust semantic process that underpins the development of grammatical categories and associated language variation and change. This study adopts a process-based approach to invest - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This paper focuses on the peripheral hierarchy of Mandarin interrogatives. Based on question markers’ embeddability profiles in a series of nonquotational subordinating contexts, this paper argues for - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

Typological universals often dissolve because analysts collapse language-internal categories with the cross-linguistic comparanda they are meant to instantiate. When English noun or Hebrew subject is - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

The frequency of the preferred order for a noun phrase formed by demonstrative, numeral, adjective and noun has received significant attention over the last two decades. We investigate the actual dist - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

In some discourses, a given inference would be natural at one point, but impossible at the next. We focus here on such cases with inferences of temporal and causal order usually described as ambiguit - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This paper develops an argument in support of the claim that the embedded subject position of Control constructions is an anaphoric variable of the type represented by PRO. The evidence is based on an - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

I describe and analyze a pattern of morphosyntactically conditioned realization of a glottal stop morpheme-ʔ in A’ingae (or Cofán, an endangered Amazonian isolate, ISO 639-3: con). The glottal stop -ʔ - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This report presents a more space-efficient featural writing system for international Morse code called Condensed Morse Code (CMC) that is geared towards ease of reading and writing for humans, intend - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

In some Indo-European languages, a fraction partitive (FP) which embeds a plural DP licenses an optional-agreement phenomenon—-in the appropriate syntactic position, an agreeing predicate can copy the - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

Yip & Yuan (2025) add a new case to the literature on syntax-prosody mismatches and analyze it in terms of Match Theory with a novel constraint Defocus. In line with recent developments in syntax-pros - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This paper introduces the Supported Two-Phase Reading (STR) protocol — a standardized, research-oriented two-phase approach to second language acquisition that combines immediate comprehension support - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

Passamaquoddy lacks group nouns. Instead, group interpretations are derived from plural nouns and free relatives, while group member reading is also available but requires plural agreement with the pr - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This paper investigates conventionalized evaluative meaning (i.e., encoding speaker (un)de-sirability) in conditional expressions through a detailed case study of Japanese conditional expression 'tewa - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

We argue that argument-internal parasitic gaps have important consequences for the theory of movement and the licensing conditions for parasitic gaps. In particular, we focus on a previously unexplai - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

We have attempted in this paper to shed light on a number of constraints that hold of French NP-deletion. An important role is played by silent elements, one of which, a silent counterpart of French ' - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive