Linguistics

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

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

In English, some classifier constructions can be modified by numerals ('(two) slices of cake'), while others cannot be so modified outside of contexts of coercion ('(#two) hints of cognac'). Countabil - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

High Rising Terminals (HRTs), also known as uptalk, represent a prosodic phenomenon where declarative utterances end with a rising intonation, often perceived as question-like. This paper explores the - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

Logical Phonology is characterized by an insistence on a rigorous definition of the natural classes defining rule targets and environments, and by three novel operators which replace the -> operator o - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

The current study presents an HPSG analysis for deliminative verbal reduplication in Mandarin Chinese. We provide a detailed description of the phenomenon. After discussing reduplication's interaction - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

[CHANGE: This is the layout of the published version] • The theory of grammar-changes as a result of Darwinian cognitive evolution correctly models directions and outcomes of grammar changes. • The - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

Self-supervised speech models can be trained to efficiently recognize spoken words in naturalistic, noisy environments. However, we do not understand the types of linguistic representations these mode - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

Cognitive evolution is to cognitively represented systems what Darwinian evolution is to biological systems. Same problem structure, same solution structure.Therefore, the laws of the theory of evolut - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

Kren-M is Meghalaya's first foundational AI model and the first generative language model developed for the Khasi language. Built on Gemma-2-2B, the model incorporates a 2135-token vocabulary extensio - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

Cognitive evolution is to cognitively represented systems what Darwinian evolution is to biological systems. Same problem structure, same solution structure. Therefore, the laws of the theory of evolu - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

In environments where nouns require plural marking in Spanish, family names can remain uninflected: muchos herreros ‘many smiths’, but muchos Herrero(s) ‘many Herreros’. I propose that < - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

It is standardly assumed that linear order is asymmetric and that Vocabulary Insertion is one-to-one. We argue that both assumptions should be abandoned: linear order is antisymmetric, thereby allowin - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

Once an event occurs, it can never be cancelled by its very nature. This paper, based on examination of the aspectual and modal properties of the completion marker -čih in Mongolian, shows that uncanc - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

The Open Access version of Mereological Syntax. Also available directly from MIT Press at the following URL (and do download a copy from there to highlight to MIT how cool Open Access is!) https:// - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

In Japan, female idols have been debuting since the 1970s. Their nicknames during the 1970s and 1980s predominantly followed one pattern: the use of the suffix -tyan. However, nicknaming patterns bega - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This paper discusses antipassive universals, and as a prerequisite for this, the definition of the term antipassive. I suggest that antipassive constructions are best seen as strategies (and not defin - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

I discuss Russian raising constructions and argue that all Russian constructions with infinitival complements can be explained in terms of just two reordering mechanisms ― syntactic control versus rai - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

English count properties (singular–plural contrast, \term{a(n)}, low numerals, \term{many/few}, distributive quantifiers, plural agreement) form an exceptionally tight cluster, but in quasi-count noun - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This brief note discusses some of my experiences teaching at four EGG schools since 1998, as well as the experiences of some of my students and colleagues. I also reflect on the planned launch of anot - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This article introduces the Reverse Entailment Diagnostic (RED), a bidirectional inference mechanism that demonstrates the universal capacity of all parts of speech—nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

Japanese nominal adjectives (NAs) are often analysed, in parallel with "NPs + the copula =da", as "so-called NA stems + the copula =da" — e.g. gakusei=da "it is a student" and sizuka=da "it is quiet/s - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This paper explores the influence of English and Urdu loanwords on the Hindi language, examining how these words have entered everyday speech and cultural expressions. It discusses the linguistic impa - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This paper proposes a new analysis of the Japanese so-called copula dearu and its contracted form da. Traditionally, dearu has been regarded as a single copular verb equivalent to English to be. Howev - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This paper presents a pattern of complementizer displacement in the Ethio­Semitic language Tigrinya (Ethiopia, Eritrea) that argues for the existence of a morphosyntactic operation of lowering that - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This is a squib on doublyfilled Comps and an exercise in dealing with a tight spot. Not everything that is rated acceptable is grammatical, and not everything that is rated unacceptable is ungrammatic - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This paper examines interactions between allocutive agreement and indexical shift, two phenomena that target contextual participants for morphological and semantic purposes in ways that crucially in - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

This dissertation presents a theoretically informed study of A'ingae (or Cofán, iso 639-3: con), an Amazonian language isolate spoken in Ecuador and Colombia. The first part of the dissertation is des - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

The present work argues that research in the reconstruction of phonologies of the past, particularly that of pre-historical phonologies, is often based more on phantasy than argument from evidence. It - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive

In this paper, I argue that the features of functional categories universally conform to a specific equipollent binary format that I will call the Contrary Format, to distinguish it from the more usua - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive