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This paper explores a non-cartographic and a cartographic approach for the syntax of the Finnish –han enclitic. These sketches are based on an analysis which posits that [...]

The incremental derivations of phase theory (Chomsky, 2001, 2005, etc.) raise the question of the directionality of derivations (den Dikken, 2018). In this squib, I outli[...]

The study of English intensifiers has been of interest in sociolinguistic research. This paper analyzes the variation of common intensifiers very and really in a corpus o[...]

The purpose of this paper is to hypothesize the difficulties native speakers of Russian will have in the acquisition of American English monophthong vowels based on the p[...]

Regularization of Germanic strong verbs is an expected process. Lieberman et al. (2007) and Carroll et al. (2012) showed that less common verbs are more likely to regular[...]

The existence of an isolated community of French speakers in the Ozarks of Missouri is documented in the works of Miller (1930), Carrière (1937), and Dorrance (1935). Alt[...]

In a seminal text in the diachronic study of Oceanic languages, Malcolm Ross (1988:141,147) reports the sound change Proto-Oceanic *R > lk/_# in the language Kaiwa. A [...]

The Gothic language is unique among Germanic languages in several regards. It is the only one to retain a synthetic passive, an inheritance of the Indo-European medio-pas[...]

This paper explores the relationship between EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teacher motivational strategies and student motivation. Previous research has shown a pos[...]

This paper addresses perceived blocking effects of the English adjectival prefix un- and the accuracy of its identification as a negator. Since un- appears to pattern amo[...]

The Australian Aboriginal language Jingulu exhibits an affix-triggered vowel harmony pattern that deviates from usual typological predictions. High vowels in a handful of[...]

Prevelar raising, or the raising of /ɛ/ before voiced velars, has been treated as a sound change that applies uniformly across relevant lexical items. Using self-reported[...]

It has been shown that cross-linguistic variation between languages affects categorical perception in bilinguals. However, only a few cross-linguistic differences and the[...]

In this paper, I propose that blend words can be treated as a form of correspondence between multiple inputs. Based on this suggestion, the theoretical claim underlying m[...]

One of the numerous phonological features that sets Classical Armenian apart from its Indo- European sister languages is the numerous instances of metathesis, many of whi[...]

Relative to many varieties of English spoken in North America, there is little research on Pacific Northwest English (PNWE). Early work largely documents the lexicon of v[...]

In 80,016 tokens of adjective-noun pairings, taken from historical (1810-2009) corpus data, 13 beauty adjective types were examined for changes in frequency patterns over[...]

A corpus is a collection of texts, which is an important language resource where we can observe how people actually use language. It has been widely used in various field[...]

The goal of this paper is twofold. First, it aims to show the existence and use of tener `have in chronological constructions, and its consequent to the list of verbs th[...]

In this paper, a unified analysis of the Irish autonomous verb across several attested constructions is presented using the formalism of Lexical-Functional Grammar. Namel[...]

How might Socrates' dialogues be characterized by more back and forth and less lecturing? Plato's Dialogues of Socrates is a collection of conversations between Socrates [...]

The goal of this paper is to lay out the outcomes in the various Greek dialects of the Proto-Indo-European segment *y in all environments. I begin with Mycenaean which al[...]

In this paper, I provide a typological description of the morphosyntactic structure of imperatives in Chuj using my original data. I then look at imperative structure in [...]