Linguistics

In recent years, the term token has gained widespread use among linguists and non-linguists alike, largely due to the rise of large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT. However, this term does not - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This paper examines Superiority constraints in Turkish, a wh-in-situ language that permits both A- and A’-scrambling. Previous accounts argue that Turkish lacks Superiority constraints when multiple w - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This paper deals with a series of papers by Bošković, who proposes a macroparameter to distinguish between DP languages (or article languages) and NP languages (or articleless languages). This NP/DP M - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

In this paper, we examine numeral classifiers and number marking in one dialect of Eastern Tamang. As Tamang is a relatively understudied dialect continuum, we give a basic description of the empirica - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

In this paper, I explore what a theory of the essence of language might look like if we try to explain language by taking Genesis, the Gospel of John, and the natural sciences to all be true. In doing - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

I describe and analyze patterns of syntactically conditioned allomorphy observed in A'ingae (or Cofán, an endangered Amazonian isolate, ISO 639-3: con). Three information structural morphemes—the new - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

The goal of this paper is to account for the variable agreement properties of the 1.PL pronoun "a gente" in Brazilian Portuguese. We argue that previous approaches make wrong predictions about how dif - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

A major line of research in semantics concerns meaning-driven explanations of combinatorial restrictions of various operators. Such explanations rely on a link from semantic triviality to ungrammatic - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

In this paper, we provide an in-depth case study of properties of the verbal domain in the Indo-Aryan language Sinhala across the different modules of grammar. Specifically, we investigate two seeming - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This paper investigates the A-/Ā-distinction through the novel lens of base-generated resumptive A-dependencies in Iraqi Arabic. A-resumption presents a challenge to traditional positional approaches - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This article scrutinizes the most commonly and repeatedly given arguments levied against a movement analysis of right node raising. I argue that these arguments do not hold up, by showing either tha - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

The primary goal of this paper is to argue against the conventional operator movement approach to Geis-ambiguities. The motivation for favoring a non-operator movement account consists of two empirica - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

The language faculty has met the challenge of externalization by partially integrating temporal order into its core. - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

Although Mandarin is an S(ubject)V(erb)O(bject) language, other non-canonical sentences with the object marker ba are also possible, yet their comprehension in child Mandarin is underexplored. This st - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

In this article, we provide a transcription and analysis of two versions of a traditional Chuj folktale surrounding a mythical character, the kokolom/chi’jolom, whose head is severed. The two versions - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

Although Mandarin is an S(ubject)V(erb)O(bject) language, other non-canonical sentences with the object marker ba are also possible, yet their comprehension in child Mandarin is underexplored. This st - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This study examines the morphosyntactic behavior of Arabic lexical items in English-dominant speech among Arab American bilinguals. Based on original survey data from 22 participants between the ages - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This paper considers three puzzles about obligatory control (OC) with so-called propositional verbs like claim in English (Chris claimed (to the judge) to be innocent). The first is why control is pos - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

Recursion in language is a hot topic in many fields like theoretical linguistics, psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics. However, there is no clear or consistent definition of recursion in previous s - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

基本观点：汉语的一种“把”字句是一种语态形式。这种“把”字句，王力(2015)称之为处置式，沿用处置之名就称之为处置态。 - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This document offers an introduction to grammatical analysis, using the Yucatec Maya language as a focus of study to illustrate fundamental linguistic concepts. It emphasizes the need for a patient an - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

In many approaches to the evolution of complex syntactic structures from the 19th onwards, it has been claimed that subordinate clauses develop from sequences of independent main clauses. In tradition - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

According to the DP hypothesis, the merger of a determiner and a noun yields a determiner phrase (DP) rather than a noun phrase (nP). Focusing on Spanish, I defend the DP hypothesis but reject - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

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In two types of infinitival clauses in the VO-language Lithuanian (purpose infinitives and infinitives em- bedded under motion verbs), the direct object exceptionally surfaces to the left of the verb - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

Jackson (2024) presents what is claimed to be a “large-scale proof of historical bias against Palestine” in coverage by The New York Times, using computational linguistic methods. Fundamental errors i - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

In this paper, we will put forward an argument for the claim that the syntax-prosody mapping must apply cyclically in a bottom-up fashion. Smaller prosodic categories are constructed before bigger pro - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

Spanish and French may use relativised constructions introduced by a definite and a demonstrative, respectively, as complements of question-embedding verbs. We argue that these constructions are the i - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This paper examines the use of different types of complement clauses with clause-embedding predicates alternating between expressing a belief and an intention as well as the additional factors of tens - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

How do we create new language? Drawing on the observation that some languages—such as Pirahã—are almost entirely without a number system, this work explores what other features of human language could - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive