Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

External reference: https://openalex.org/T10034

  1. Murui-Muina use language differences to mark subgroup identity
    Ethnographic study of how Murui-Muina speakers in the Colombian Amazon use lexical contrasts to sustain four ethnolinguistic subgroups, challenging conventional definitions of language.
  2. Blîven shows mostly nonmutative meanings in Middle Low German
    Corpus analysis of the verb blîven in Middle Low German reveals nonmutative predominance and semantic convergence with wērden and wēsen in periphrastic structures.
  3. Latin volo developed reportative uses early
    Corpus study of Latin volo examining reportative uses and grammaticalization from volition to evidentiality across three centuries, with comparative evidence from German and French.
  4. Etymology is split into pre-modern and scientific senses
    Analysis distinguishes scientific etymology from pre-modern word origin practices, arguing that true etymological science emerged only with 19th-century historical linguistics.
  5. German modal verb readings linked to viewpoint constellations
    Analysis of perspectival mechanisms in German modality, integrating formal semantic and cognitive approaches to explain semantic variation and diachronic shifts in modal verbs.