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Verbal classifiers from a crosslinguistic and cross-modal point of view
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  Abstract: Supplementary material: http://muse.jhu.edu/article/930311The goal of this article is to show that spoken language verbal classifiers and sign language classifier handshapes are comparable enough to be treated similarly in a crosslinguistic, cross-modal typology. In several spoken languages, a classifier morpheme that cross-references an argument can be affixed to a verb, thus the name verbal classifier (Aikhenvald 2000). For instance, the Waris classifier mwan- ‘soft pliable object’ is prefixed to the verb in 1, and from there it cross-references the internal argument, psa ‘bark mat’, in this intransitive clause.1(1) A similar cross-referencing strategy is observed in sign languages and involves the use of ... Read More
  PubDate: 2024-06-14T00:00:00-05:00
Gender assignment is local: On the relation between grammatical gender and
inalienable possession
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  Abstract: A fundamental question in the study of grammatical gender concerns which types of factors can determine a noun’s gender. One line of research frames this question in terms of gender assignment, focusing on several conditioning factors (Corbett 1991, Thornton 2009, Kramer 2020, among many others). Such factors include lexical semantics, affixal morphology, and arbitrary requirements imposed by particular roots. For example, in Standard Italian (a Romance language), sorella ‘sister’ is feminine, while fratello ‘brother’ is masculine; deverbal nouns formed with the suffix -zione are always feminine; and there is no independent property, interpretive or otherwise, that correlates with the gender being different for ... Read More
  PubDate: 2024-06-14T00:00:00-05:00
Variability, overlap, and cue trading in intonation
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  Abstract: This article deals with the phonological representation and phonetic realization of intonation. As the term intonation is used to refer to several entities and concepts, we start with a definition. Intonation refers to those language-specific and systematic modulations of F0 that have the utterance as their domain and fulfil several grammatical functions, namely, encoding pragmatic information and focus and marking phrasal boundaries (Gussenhoven 2004, Hirschberg 2004, Ladd 2008, Beckman & Venditti 2010, Arvaniti 2022a, Krivokapić 2022). Thus, the present article does not explicitly address lexical uses of F0, such as tone and lexical pitch accent, though the parallels between intonation and these lexical phenomena ... Read More
  PubDate: 2024-06-14T00:00:00-05:00
When bases compete: A voting model of lexical conservatism
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  Abstract: This article is about lexical conservatism (Steriade 1997, Burzio 1998), a correlation between the phonological properties of stem allomorphs in a paradigm and the types of morphophonological alternations that word-formation processes induce in members of that paradigm. One well-known case from Steriade (1997) is that of English -able-derivatives, which fall into two classes with respect to stress placement: íllustrate yields an affixed coining illústrable, undergoing stress shift to relieve the lapse created by the affix, while írrigate yields írrigable with fixed stress. Steriade argued that this difference is not due to the forms íllustrate and írrigate themselves, but rather to the other members of the ... Read More
  PubDate: 2024-06-14T00:00:00-05:00
The phonemic principle
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  Abstract: As basic as the phonemic principle is to linguistic science, it is only quite recently that it has had the serious attention of linguists. In studying the phonemes of Chitimacha (an Indian language of Louisiana) I knew of no single source from which I could learn to understand all the phenomena that I observed. There seemed to be a need for an adequate and complete exposition of the phonemic principle including, especially, an account of how it applies to the more marginal and difficult types of phenomena. I at first intended to include this discussion in my paper on the Chitimacha phonemes, but the wider interest of the general discussion makes it more appropriate that it be published separately. The specific ... Read More
  PubDate: 2024-06-14T00:00:00-05:00
Morris Swadesh (1934), ‘The phonemic principle’
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  Abstract: See The phonemic principleThe article being reprinted in this issue, Swadesh 1934a (initially a paper presented at the December 1933 annual meeting of the Linguistic Society of America), is generally considered one of the foundational works in the development of the American theory of the phoneme. Joos (1957:37) describes its significance thus:At this time the only Americans who had a fair chance to learn linguistic method were apprentices under one of the few leaders in anthropological linguistics: there were no textbooks. The appearance of this paper by one of [Edward] Sapir’s most noted pupils therefore meant a very great advance in public knowledge of its subject.Somewhat more anodyne than most of Joos’s (1957) ... Read More
  PubDate: 2024-06-14T00:00:00-05:00
Discourse-pragmatic variation and change: Theory, innovations, contact ed.
by Elizabeth Peterson, Turo Hiltunen and Joseph Kern (review)
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  Abstract: This edited volume showcases contemporary research on pragmatic variables above the level of the phoneme. The book begins with a foreword by Jan-Ola Östman that situates the papers in a tradition of interactional sociolinguistics that emerged in the mid-1970s and has flourished in the Discourse-Pragmatic Variation and Change (DiPVaC) research network. This is followed by an Introduction by the editors, who outline the focus of the volume, discuss intertwining links among the papers, and emphasize the importance of the interdisciplinary perspective taken.The volume is in three parts. Part I, ‘Innovations in theory and method’, encompasses four chapters. In Ch. 1, ‘Reflexes of abruptness in the development of ... Read More
  PubDate: 2024-06-14T00:00:00-05:00
How to talk language science with everybody by Laura Wagner and Cecile
McKee (review)
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  Abstract: Communicating about linguistics to nonspecialist audiences (lingcomm) is a specialist skill set in its own right. Equipping more linguists with these skills is vital if linguistics is going to stake a claim for its relevance to people’s lives as more than a passing curiosity. Until now, this skill set had to be learned mostly through emulation of existing practitioners, online resources, and informal networks. Thankfully, Laura Wagner (Ohio State University) and Cecile McKee (University of Arizona) have distilled their extensive experience running lingcomm activities and events into a clear and practical book. How to talk language science with everyone illustrates the best of lingcomm practice; it is informed by ... Read More
  PubDate: 2024-06-14T00:00:00-05:00
The Editors’ Report
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  Abstract: [The following is a modified and updated version of the report made to the LSA at the annual business meeting, on January 6th, 2024.]The year 2023 was another successful one for Language. We saw submissions up considerably from the previous year, with an increasing diversity in the areas of submission. All four issues were published on time, for a total number of pages and articles comparable to the previous year. Furthermore, for the first time since 2020 the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have not seemed prevalent. We also saw several transitions off of the editorial team over the course of the year, while also welcoming several new members to the team. Some of these editorial transitions occurred mid-year, and ... Read More
  PubDate: 2024-06-14T00:00:00-05:00
What I say, or how I say it' Ethnic accents and hiring evaluations in
the Greater Toronto Area
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  Abstract: Supplementary material: http://muse.jhu.edu/article/930312The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC), an arm’s-length agency of the Government of Ontario, is mandated under the Ontario Human Rights Code (1990, Revised Statutes of Ontario c. H.19) ‘to prevent discrimination and to promote and advance human rights’ in the most populous province of Canada. The OHRC’s policy on discrimination and language acknowledges that one’s language and accent is linked inextricably to one’s ‘ancestry, ethnic origin or place of origin’ (OHRC 1996:4). Despite this, the OHRC does not explicitly include language (or any linguistic criteria) in its grounds for discrimination. Perhaps this is because ‘[t]here is no figure to indicate ... Read More
  PubDate: 2024-06-14T00:00:00-05:00
Developing linguistics educators: A qualitative study of graduate linguist
professional development
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  Abstract: Supplementary material: http://muse.jhu.edu/article/930313Graduate education in linguistics combines training in the science of language with development of professional skills for postgraduate careers. However, the graduate curriculum often prioritizes theory and methods, leaving critical professional skills as the ‘hidden curriculum’ (Calhoun 2020)—that is, skills that graduate linguists are expected to learn but are not explicitly taught. Professionalization for graduate students may be aided by publications such as Macauley 2011, which offers a ‘practical guide’ for Ph.D. and MA students in linguistics programs, adding a discipline-specific lens to the literature on professional development in graduate programs ... Read More
  PubDate: 2024-06-14T00:00:00-05:00
Irrealis expressions and modality: A response to von Prince,
Krajinović, and Krifka
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  Abstract: See Irrealis is realA hallmark of human language is that it enables us to describe not only actual states of affairs but also potential deviations from reality—in other words, to describe counterfactual and hypothetical scenarios. Some languages have been argued to grammatically reflect such a distinction between the real and the unreal by means of a so-called realis/irrealis opposition. Given the rich crosslinguistic array of observed grammatical mechanisms for expressing various sorts of hypothetical and counterfactual concepts, however, some authors have expressed skepticism about the legitimacy of a category as broad as irrealis (see especially Bybee 1998). In a recent article, von Prince, Krajinović, and ... Read More
  PubDate: 2024-06-14T00:00:00-05:00
Response to Grano et al.
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  Abstract: See Irrealis expressions and modality: A response to von Prince, Krajinović, and KrifkaGrano et al. (2024, henceforth Grano et al.) present original data from Lutuv in order to explore the relationship of the irrealis category to notions of possibility and necessity. They make the following argument: possibilities and necessities of the past and the present can indeed involve quantification over both the actual and the counterfactual branches. Markers of typical irrealis contexts (future and counterfactual domains) are often found in expressions of necessity and possibility of the past and present. Grano et al. conclude that any statement that includes a reference to any index of the irrealis domain should qualify ... Read More
  PubDate: 2024-06-14T00:00:00-05:00
Developing linguistics educators: A qualitative study of graduate linguist
professional development: Supplemental Material
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  Abstract: Related article: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/929754[Download PDF file] Instructor-assistant conversation guide This PDF is a conversation guide for instructor-assistant preterm preparation.[Download PDF file] LTJC schedule and readingsThis PDF gives the schedule and readings for the Linguistics Teaching Journal Club in Winter 2020.[Download PDF file] Focus group discussion guideThis PDF is discussion guide for facilitators of focus groups like those described in the main ... Read More
  PubDate: 2024-06-14T00:00:00-05:00

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