A podcast about Stuff Languages Do, covering typology and descriptive grammars from a theory-neutral perspective (or at least, as close as we can get!)
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In which we continue talking with guests Sai & Nai about tactile communication and the paper "Feeling phonology: The conventionalization of phonology in protactile communities in the United States." Edwards, Terra, and Diane Brentari. "Feeling phonology: The conventionalization of phonology in protactile communities in the United States." Language …
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In which we talk with guests Sai & Nai about tactile communication and the paper "Feeling phonology: The conventionalization of phonology in protactile communities in the United States." Edwards, Terra, and Diane Brentari. "Feeling phonology: The conventionalization of phonology in protactile communities in the United States." Language 96.4 (2020):…
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In which we talk with Dr. Nikolaus P. Himmelmann from the University of Cologne about the uses of demonstratives. Himmelmann, Nikolaus P. "Demonstratives in narrative discourse: A taxonomy of universal uses." Typological studies in language 33 (1996): 205-254. Dunn, Michael John. "A grammar of Chukchi." (1999). Kluge, A. (2017). A grammar of Papuan…
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In which we discuss the paper "Encoding Speaker Perspective: Evidentials" by Ferdinand de Haan. We did end up asking Caitie. Stay tuned for a later erratum or minisode with the answer! De Haan, F. (2005). Encoding speaker perspective: Evidentials. Linguistic diversity and language theories, 72, 379-417. https://wals.info/chapter/77 https://wals.inf…
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In which we discuss the paper "The geography and development of language isolates" by Matthias Urban with a guest geologist! Urban, M. (2021). The geography and development of language isolates. Royal Society open science, 8(4), 202232. Aannestad, A.; Campbell, C.; Campbell, J. (2020) Towards a grammar of the Yale language: taking another look at a…
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In which we discuss the paper "Nominal Word Order Typology in Signed Languages" by Caitie Coons... with Caitie Coons! And meander through a general introduction to signed language typology in the process. See this episode on YouTube for captions: https://youtu.be/7g9E-jUoqa4 Or view the complete transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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In which we discuss the paper "Nominal Tense in Crosslinguistic Perspective" by Rachel Nordlinger & Louisa Sadler.
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In which we discuss Aikhenvald, A. Y. (2006). "Serial verb constructions in typological perspective." from the book Serial verb constructions: A cross-linguistic typology--the paper which introduced Jacob to the wonder of linguistic typology! Questions? Comments? Hatemail? Follow us on twitter @theory_neutral or send us an email at theory.neutral.p…
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How Much Data Does It Take To Sail A Boat?
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In which we discuss Gil, D. (2008). "How much grammar does it take to sail a boat?(Or, what can material artefacts tell us about the evolution of language?)." Questions? Comments? Hatemail? Follow us on twitter @theory_neutral or send us an email at [email protected]
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In which we discuss Haspelmath, M. (2004). Coordinating constructions: An overview. Typological Studies in Language, 58, 3-40. Questions? Comments? Hatemail? Follow us on twitter @theory_neutral or send us an email at [email protected]
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In which we discuss Larry M. Hyman's paper "How (not) to do Phonological Typology: The Case of Pitch-Accent". Think we got something wrong? Want to shower us in praise? Either way, follow us on Twitter @theory_neutral or email us at [email protected]
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Welcome to Theory Neutral! In this episode, we introduce ourselves & our podcast, and talk about Part of speech systems and word order (Hengeveld, Rijkhoff, Siewierska, 2004).
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