Linguistics

The nature and status of abstract objects have been at the center of metaphysical debate for a very long time and they form a topic that bears a particular connection to natural language. Philosophers - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

We argue for a structurally uniform account of slur-based definites (SDs), focusing on the systematic ambiguity between descriptive and epithet readings of SDs in Brazilian Portuguese. We show that th - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

Morphophysics models morphological structure as a dynamical field in which grammatical categories, affix positions, and co-occurrence constraints emerge as attractors shaped by a shared geometry (cu - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This article argues that Y is neither a vowel, nor a glide, nor an energy conduit. Y is instead a ghost connector: a silent predicator and directional operator that assigns transitions between vowel - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This article provides a morphosyntactic and semantic analysis of nine yes/no question constructions across English and Chinese varieties (e.g., Mandarin, Yixing, Nanjing, Suzhou, Hefei, Kunming, Liang - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This is a continuation of my recent research examining whether the naive use of the current AI systems can lead to research misconduct. Building on the previous observation that current AI systems can - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This article develops a single internal claim that recurs across the Morphodynamics program: the primitive inventory that drives grammatical evolution is particle-stratified. Free or weakly bound di - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This thesis investigates the overgeneralization of the causative alternation in second language (L2) English, with particular focus on over(anti)causativization errors, whereby non-alternating transit - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

The creation, delivery, and user customization of audio-visual content have changed as a result of recent advancements in speech and language technologies. Enhancing accessibility, naturalness, and us - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This paper provides a novel analysis of the ability of names and other R-expressions in Thai to violate Condition C. Two generalizations due to Hoonchamlong (1992) motivate the new analysis: 1) only a - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

English-speaking children rarely address parents by first name – a social prohibition encoding power and solidarity. Separately, English kinship terms like Mom and Dad permit bare singular use (Mom ca - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

In the first part of my paper, I render the notions of argument raising and A-dependencies and show that case licensing in the upper clause is neither a necessary precondition of raising nor its unive - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This article attempts to examine the linguistic phenomenon of folk etymology and to ascertain its contribution to the probable initial introduction and later survival of Latin loans in Standard Modern - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

The difficulty of obtaining quantitative evidence under controlled experimental conditions is exponentially increased when the language under study is highly stigmatized, and its speakers are aware of - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This is a fifth experiment of my general research program, which empirically explores how current generative AI systems behave with respect to research ethics. This time, I addressed the question of w - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

Turkish polar questions contain a focus-sensitive clitic =mI. When =mI attaches to a DP and the clause is embedded, we observe that the matrix clause can be read as either declarative or interrogative - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

Focus alternatives may be computed as semantic objects (Rooth 1985, 1992) or as syntactic objects (e.g. Fox & Katzir 2011). We provide evidence that syntax plays a role based on polar questions in Tur - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

I discuss two colloquial Italian idioms expressing respectively emphatic negation and objection, col cavolo (lit. ‘with the cabbage’) and un cavolo (lit. ‘a cabbage’). Despite superficial similarities - 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

In this paper, we present a comprehensive corpus-driven analysis of Bangla literary and newspaper texts to investigate their lexical diversity, structural complexity and readability. We undertook Vā - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

In this paper, we present a comprehensive corpus-driven analysis of Bangla literary and newspaper texts to investigate their lexical diversity, structural complexity and readability. We undertook Vā - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This monograph develops a two-level architecture for grammatical description in which (i) a lexical module computes category formation, phrase-internal selection, and headed structure, while (ii) a sy - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This monograph develops a two-level architecture for grammatical description that separates (i) a lexical module responsible for head category, phrase-internal selection, and local constituency, from - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

Quantum-inspired approaches to language often model word meaning as a superposition of potential interpretations, collapsing to a specific sense only under contextual “measurement.” This analogy has g - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This dissertation investigates the syntax-semantics properties of association with focus sensitive particles in three West African languages: Kasem, Kusaal, and Yorùbá. Specifically, I investigate thr - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

Based on a degree-QUD perspective, this chapter analyzes Chinese "dōu", "cái", and "jiù" as "even"-like particles. Similar to English "even", these particles invoke a contextually salient degree QUD, - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

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This paper investigates two types of barest conditionals in Mandarin, both characterized by their minimal clausal structure and the presence of identical pairing, i.e., two duplicated verbs, such as G - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

Cardinals (three) measure quantity and ordinals (third) identify positions in an ordered domain, yet natural language permits systematic shifts between these regimes. Building on a bidirectional discr - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

The purpose of this paper is to establish two novel claims on the nature of scrambling in Japanese. First, as opposed to the general consensus that has been reached since Saito (1992) and Tada (1993), - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive