Testing for underlying representations: Segments and clusters in Sevillian Spanish
The current study investigates the representational status of [Ch] sequences in Sevillian Spanish. Like many Spanish varieties, Sevillian debuccalizes coda /s/ to [h] (/sC/ --> [hC]). Unlike other var - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyLanguage experience predicts music processing in 1/2 million speakers of 54 languages
Tonal languages differ from other languages in their use of pitch (tones) to distinguish words. Lifelong experience speaking and hearing tonal languages has been argued to shape auditory processing in - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyThe syntax of English presentatives
In this paper, we analyze the syntax of sentences such as Here is my daughter, which we refer to as PRESENTATIVES. Presentatives turn out to have a wide range of properties that distinguish the - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxInteractions among patterns in Chinese character form
In our previous work, we argued that Chinese character form is governed by a formal lexical grammar similar to the morphology and phonology of spoken and signed languages. Character morphology operate - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyAnti-Babel: Three Degrees of Interspecies Comprehension
Recent work seeking to provide a formal account of meaning in animal communication took call form to be arbitrary (Schlenker et al. 2014, 2016b). But a long line of research (from Marler 1955 to Magra - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SemanticsObligatory implicatures and the relevance of contradictions
Magri (2009a,b) proposed a generalization according to which a sentence is infelicitous whenever exhaustification over the full set of formal alternatives of the sentence leads to contextual contradic - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SemanticsInternet Searches as a Tool in Syntactic Research
Internet searches have turned out to be a revolutionary tool in syntactic research. In this blog post, I outline the general methodology. (https://ordinaryworkinggrammarian.blogspot.com/2023/03/inter - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxNeither a lexical verb nor a complementizer: evidential SAY-based complements in Chuvash
The paper discusses a potential challenge to the (full) decompositional analysis of ‘say’- complementizers according to which they are synchronically analyzed as respective nonfinite forms of a lexica - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SemanticsDichlorocarbene Addition of N-Vinylimidazole under Ultrasound Assisted a New Multi-Site Phase-Transfer Catalyst - A Kinetic Study
The kinetics for dichlorocyclopropanation of N-vinylimidazole with an excess of chloroform has been studied under multi-site phase-transfer catalyst and ultrasound irradiation conditions using aqueous - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxModern language models refute Chomsky’s approach to language
The rise and success of large language models undermines virtually every strong claim for the innateness of language that has been proposed by generative linguistics. Modern machine learning has subve - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxThe ‘Recurrent + Recursive’ Linguistic Mind: ABABABA-Grammars and a Note on Child Syntax
It seems the human brain/mind is unique in its capacity to move from (i) a recurrent mental-processing through to (ii) a recursive mental-processing. Some scientists argue that this ‘uniquely human- - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxThe Morpho-Phonology of an English Diminutive
I describe and analyze the morpho-phonology of the English diminutive suffix /-i/, as in doggy, birdie, horsie, and so on. My first goal is to argue that unlike most other diminutives in English thi - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyNeg-raising with belief predicates as a scaleless implicature
I propose a novel analysis for neg-raising (NR) with belief predicates, where the NR reading ‘think not’ is achieved as a scaleless implicature derived from applying an exhaustivity operator (from Bar - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SemanticsAgreement switch in verb-echo answers: Evidence for Distributed Ellipsis
In this article, we claim that syntactic objects undergoing ellipsis can participate both in syntactic and PF operations. The empirical domain explored is the interaction between single conjunct agree - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxModals, negation and movement: a reassessment
This article addresses the question of how root necessity modals are able to take scope over negative operators. Previous work has argued that wide scope readings are derived by syntactic movement of - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SemanticsOn the argument structure realization of result verbs: A syntactic approach
Manner/Result Complementarity (Rappaport Hovav & Levin 2010) has been argued to have consequences for argument realization: only manner verbs permit object deletion and non-selected objects. In contra - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxROSE: A Neurocomputational Architecture for Syntax
A comprehensive model of natural language processing in the brain must accommodate four components: representations, operations, structures and encoding. It further requires a principled account of ho - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SemanticsWhy large language models are poor theories of human linguistic cognition. A reply to Piantadosi (2023).
In a recent manuscript entitled “Modern language models refute Chomsky’s approach to language”, Steven Piantadosi proposes that large language models such as GPT-3 can serve as serious theories of hum - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxMSCs in Positional Neutralization: The Problem of Gapped Inventories
Do inputs need to be restricted on a language-specific basis? Classic OT claims that they do not: the rich base is filtered by constraints that yield full contrast, complementary distributions, or pos - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyThe left-peripheral syntax of Brazilian Portuguese cadê
The heterogeneity of wh-words in Romance is expectedly strong although, to date, there has been relatively little work having explored non-canonical interrogative elements. In this paper, we explore t - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxVoice
This chapter discusses phenomena associated with the Voice head, which is canonically responsible for introducing external arguments. This set of phenomena overlaps with, but is not coterminous with, - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxA Meta-analysis of Syntactic Satiation in Extraction from Islands
Sentence acceptability judgments are often affected by a pervasive phenomenon called satiation: native speakers give increasingly higher ratings to initially degraded sentences after repeated exposure - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
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