Abstract: Gloria Mellesmoen and Marianne Huijsmans (University of British Columbia): "Pluractionality in ʔayʔaǰuθəm"Mellesmoen and Huijsmans gave a beautifully clear presentation of extremely complex data on novel discoveries about pluractionality in ʔayʔaǰuθəm (Comox-Sliammon). Given the complexity of the phenomena, the visual support and oral presentation enabled the audience to easily understand the content and import of the analysis. In addition, their innovative elicitation plan enhanced the reliability of the data they gathered. The data were clearly and carefully linked to the theoretical conclusion.Mellesmoen et Huijsmans ont présenté de manière très claire des données extrêmement complexes sur de nouvelles ... Read More Keywords: Canadian Linguistic Association; French language; English language; Siksika Indians; Languages, Secret PubDate: 2019-09-12T00:00:00-05:00
Abstract: Au Québec, à L'encontre de L'idée reçue en sociolinguistique affirmant que le français serait une langue monocentrique (Le Dû et Le Berre 1997, Lodge 1998; Pöll 2005, 2008), la controverse autour du choix d'un standard–parisien ou québécois–est débattue en linguistique et dans les médias publics depuis au moins un siècle et demi, et plus intensivement depuis les années 1960 (Laforest 1997, Ouellon 1998, Corbeil 2007, Bigot et Papen 2013). Pour schématiser : d'un côté, les opposants d'une codification du français québécois argumentent en faveur de ce qu'ils nomment le 'français internationaL', un terme défini jusqu'ici de façon imprécise et souvent identifié avec le standard parisien (Corbeil 2007 : 306). Notons ce ... Read More Keywords: Canadian Linguistic Association; French language; English language; Siksika Indians; Languages, Secret PubDate: 2019-09-12T00:00:00-05:00
Abstract: A number of semantic studies of over have been performed (Brugman 1981; Hawkins 1984; Lakoff 1987; Vandeloise 1990; Dirven 1993; Dewell 1994; Kreitzer 1997; Taylor 2002, 2003, 2012; Tyler and Evans 2003; Deane 2005; Van der Gucht et al. 2007).1 Translation equivalents of over in other languages have also been examined (see Bellavia 1996, Dewell 1996, and Meex 2001 on German über, and Geeraerts 1992 on Dutch over). The studies use the framework of cognitive semantics, and their analyses are imagistic in character. The radial-network analysis of English over by Lakoff (1987) is now considered a key example of cognitive semantic analysis of polysemy. Tyler and Evans (2003) also analyse over using their own innovative ... Read More Keywords: Canadian Linguistic Association; French language; English language; Siksika Indians; Languages, Secret PubDate: 2019-09-12T00:00:00-05:00
Abstract: Several researchers, especially in education and speech-language pathology, have investigated a First Nations variety of English distinguishable from mainstream or Standard Canadian English (Ball and Bernhardt 2008; Peltier 2009, 2010, 2011; Fadden and LaFrance 2010; Genee and Stigter 2010; Thorburn 2014).1 However, as the linguistic details of the variation have not been much discussed in Canada, we are mostly limited to related research conducted in New Zealand (Maclagan et al. 2003, 2008) or the United States (e.g., Wolfram 1984, 1996; Leap 1993; Coggshall 2008; Meek 2006), much of which is not directly applicable to the Canadian setting. Here we attempt to take a small step forward in the study of First Nations ... Read More Keywords: Canadian Linguistic Association; French language; English language; Siksika Indians; Languages, Secret PubDate: 2019-09-12T00:00:00-05:00
Abstract: Quite often theoretical debates can turn on whether a phenomenon deserves a syntactic, semantic, pragmatic, or processing treatment.1 Sometimes such issues are not trivial to resolve. This is particularly true in the case of ellipsis, where a diverse set of grammatical and extra-grammatical factors are at play, including subtle syntactic and semantic matching requirements (Sag 1976; Merchant 2001; Chung 2013), the discourse relations between antecedent and elided clause (Kehler 2000, 2002; Frazier and Clifton 2006), and the role of focus and de-accenting in governing what material is elided and what is retained (Rooth 1992; Merchant 2001). The very fact that elided material is silent makes the job even harder: we ... Read More Keywords: Canadian Linguistic Association; French language; English language; Siksika Indians; Languages, Secret PubDate: 2019-09-12T00:00:00-05:00
Abstract: Secret languages, also known as ludlings, argots, or language games, are a phenomenon in which speakers of a language modify words in some way in order to disguise their meaning from uninitiated listeners (Bagemihl 1995).1 Examples of such modifications include syllable swaps, as in Dhochi (Borowsky and Avery 2009), and the addition of nonsense material, as in Javanais (Bullock 1996). A wide variety of secret languages has been described (see Bagemihl 1989 for a typology), and a growing body of literature has studied how they can be analyzed theoretically, as well as what they can tell us about language (Bagemihl 1995, Itô et al. 1996, Borowsky and Avery 2009, Vaux 2011).In this article, we add to this literature ... Read More Keywords: Canadian Linguistic Association; French language; English language; Siksika Indians; Languages, Secret PubDate: 2019-09-12T00:00:00-05:00
Abstract: In 2015, The MIT Press honoured two of Noam Chomsky's most important works in linguistics, Aspects of the theory of syntax (henceforth, Aspects) and The Minimalist Program (henceforth, MP), with anniversary editions celebrating their original publication 50 and 20 years earlier, respectively. Chomsky contributed new prefaces, which situate the works in their historical context and adumbrate subsequent extensions and revisions in his own work. Although the reissue of these works as an acknowledgment of their enormous influence is commendable, the poor execution on the publisher's part significantly diminishes the practical value of the reprints. Both new editions introduce a number of typographical mishaps ... Read More Keywords: Canadian Linguistic Association; French language; English language; Siksika Indians; Languages, Secret PubDate: 2019-09-12T00:00:00-05:00
Abstract: Bien que bon nombre de chercheurs se soient intéressés à la relation qui lie la préposition à son complément, peu ont fait état du statut particulier des syntagmes prépositionnels à valeur prédicative, qu'on retrouve souvent dans des phrases copulatives (Les enfants sont à table). Ce recueil d'articles s'inscrivant dans divers cadres théoriques tente de répondre à la question du statut particulier des syntagmes prépositionnels prédicatifs et d'éclaircir leurs propriétés syntaxiques et sémantiques à travers des analyses intralinguistiques et interlinguistiques. L'ouvrage se divise en trois grandes parties : « Perspectives théoriques », « Études de corpus » et « Études contrastives ».Les contributions de la première ... Read More Keywords: Canadian Linguistic Association; French language; English language; Siksika Indians; Languages, Secret PubDate: 2019-09-12T00:00:00-05:00
Abstract: La professeure Elaine Gold a fait montre d'un talent exceptionnel quant à sa capacité à communiquer et à diffuser le savoir relatif à la langue et à la linguistique. Son travail au sein du Musée canadien des langues est connu dans le milieu universitaire et non universitaire dans de nombreuses communautés partout au Canada.La professeure Gold détient une maîtrise en histoire de l'art et un doctorat en linguistique de l'Université de Toronto. Avant sa retraite en 2017, elle a enseigné à l'Université Queen's, puis à l'Université de Toronto où elle a été coordonnatrice des études de premier cycle et chargée d'enseignement en linguistique. Son expertise en enseignement porte sur plus d'un aspect de la linguistique et ... Read More Keywords: Canadian Linguistic Association; French language; English language; Siksika Indians; Languages, Secret PubDate: 2019-09-12T00:00:00-05:00
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