Case and the syntax of argument indexation: An analysis of Sorani Kurdish
This is the second draft of our book on case and the syntax of argument indexation. We argue for an approach in which case labels ('Nominative', 'Ergative', etc.) are shorthand for bundles of decompos - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyReview of Gippert & Dum-Tragut "Caucasian Albania - an International Handbook"
The review examines the contributions of the first comprehensive handbook on the Caucasian Albanian people, who until the 8th century CE ruled the lower Kura river basin in what is today Azerbaijan. T - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyThe complex relationship between the tunes and pragmatics of Greek wh-questions
This paper discusses the tunes used with canonical (information-seeking) and non-canonical wh-questions in Greek and presents their pragmatic interpretation based on a compositional approach to intona - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyAstrology Series, No. 4. MS 408.
Astrology Series, No. 4. MS 408. Gemini: The Lovers. This paper translates all scripts and image annotations included on the Gemini page from the astrology section of the manuscript. Unlike modern ast - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyThe simple reason LLMs are not scientific models (and what the alternative is for linguistics).
Response to Piantadosi (2023). There is a an explicit and mathematical reason why Large Language Models (LLMs) are not scientific theories. They belong to a class of Universal Function Approximators, - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyAccent and tone: the double origin of the Paicî prosodic system
What happens when an accentual language develops a tonal contrast from laryngeal features: is the accent system kept alongside the new tone contrast? Is it lost? Do both prosodic systems merge? In thi - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyFrench liaison and hiatus avoidance
One key hypothesis of Optimality Theory is that phonological processes are motivated by phonotactic constraints. This hypothesis has been challenged by Morin (2005) using data from French liaison that - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyThe phonologist-syntactician interface
This note identifies a parallel between syntactic analyses that rely on remnant movement and phonological analyses that rely on bleeding rule ordering. In each case, combination of simple processes yi - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyExpérimentation et modélisation en linguistique
[This paper, written in French, is an introduction to experiments and modelling in linguistics meant for a lay audience. It is based on a course that I taught at the 2023 summer school of the ENS (Ulm - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyFrom Lip to Script: A New Theory on the Phonetic Roots of the Arabic Alphabet
The current article introduces a novel hypothesis on the origin of the Arabic alphabet, challenging the traditional view that it evolved from the scripts of ancient languages like Syriac (Genesius 181 - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyLabial-Velar Stop Place Identification in Igbo
Previous research shows that simplex dorsals in the context of /i/-like vowels can be misperceived as coronal, a pattern which is more likely for voiceless segments than for voiced ones. We explore th - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyThe Adjunct Test in Japanese Ellipsis at the Prosody-Information Structure Interface
The so-called adjunct test (Oku 1998; Park 1997) has been used in the literature on Japanese ellipsis as a critical diagnostic test to distinguish between the argument ellipsis and verb-stranding VP-e - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyWhen sound change obscures morphosyntax: Insights from Seediq
The Formosan language Seediq displays an understudied case of morphological opacity, where a single phonological innovation has resulted in the syncretism of five Proto-Austronesian functional affixes - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyWas rongorongo an independent invention of writing?
Ferrara et al. report on the results of a study of several specimens of kohau rongorongo, the enigmatic, undeciphered texts of Easter Island (also known as Rapa Nui). These texts, inscribed on wood—mo - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyLinguistics Professors - Winners or Losers?
This chapter of The Tyranny of Delusion has the length of two because it includes material that validates the suggestions made in the First Chapter: that linguistics as we have learned to know it is a - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyThe organization of verb meaning in Lengua de Señas Nicaragüense (LSN): Sequential or simultaneous structures?
One structural dimension that varies across languages is the simultaneous or sequential expression of meaning. Complex predicates can layer meanings together simultaneously in a single-verb predicate - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyLearning Phonotactics from Linguistic Informants
We propose an interactive approach to language learning that utilizes linguistic acceptability judgments from an informant (a competent language user) to learn a grammar. Given a grammar formalism and - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyLinguist's Intro to Peirce
This study provides a detailed introduction to the thought of Charles Sanders Peirce, focusing on his work relevant for linguistics, both theory and field research. The ms. emerges from research in pr - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyThe development of Indo-Iranian voiced fricatives
The development of voiced sibilants is a long-standing puzzle in Indo-Iranian historical phonology. In Vedic, all voiced sibilants are lost from the system, but the details of this loss are complex an - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyTonal languages without tone: downstep in Drubea and Numèè (Oceanic, New Caledonia)
In this paper, analyze the lexical prosodic system of Drubea and Numèè, two of the rare tonal Oceanic languages. Building on Rivierre's (1973) seminal work, I show that the lexical prosodic system of - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyO gradience, where art thou? Examining backness harmony in Uyghur
Discreteness of representations is a core commitment of classical generative phonology. However, one of biggest arguments levied against discreteness has come from the phenomenon of incomplete neutral - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyEnhancing L2 sound learning through the integration of audio-visual information: Phonetic training in the classroom
The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of an audio-visual high variability phonetic training (AV-HVPT) approach in improving the pronunciation of English interdental sounds /θ, ð/ an - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyNo-Reversal Constraint and beyond: Word-internal language mixing in Anatolia
This study investigates various un(der)studied word-internal language mixing patterns among Turkish, Anatolian Arabic and Northern Kurdish, in the context of both verbal and nominal domains. The exami - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyThe phonology of A'ingae
A'ingae (or Cofán, ISO 639-3: con) is an indigenous language isolate spoken in northeast Ecuador and southern Colombia. This paper presents the first comprehensive overview of the A'ingae phonology, i - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyPhasal strength in A'ingae classifying subordination
This paper presents and analyzes data from A'ingae (or Cofán, ISO 639-3: con), an understudied and endangered Amazonian isolate. I focus on inflected verbs, subordinated with nominal classifiers, wher - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologyTo the left, to the right, and much in between: A Festschrift for Katharina Hartmann
This collection combines various papers by linguistic companions of Katharina Hartmann. The Festschrift is published open-access as an e-book: https://www.linguistik-in-frankfurt.de/festschrift-in-ho - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > PhonologySlovenian clitics prefer to cliticize to the right
Slovenian second-position clausal clitics are typically described as being either enclitic by default (Golden & Milojević Sheppard 2000) or prosodically neutral (Bošković 2001). However, Orešnik (1984 - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
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