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Person agreement with inherent case DPs in Chirag Dargwa
The article argues that the syntactic behavior of non-absolutive subjects of finite clauses in the Nakh-Daghestanian language Chirag Dargwa is a...
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The rise and fall of a person-case constraint in Breton
This work explores the coupling of person-split nominative objects with anomalous subjects (Jahnsson’s Rule (JR), Person-Case Constraint (PCC)). In...
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The emergence of case matching in discontinuous DPs
This paper explores a distinction between two phenomena that yield multiple realizations of case associated with one nominal. The first is the...
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Semantic transparency and doublet formation: the case of Hebrew location nouns
This study examines the correlation between derivational paradigms and morphological variation and change. I will examine a case study of Hebrew...
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Improper case
This paper argues that case assignment is impossible in configurations that parallel generalized improper-movement configurations. Thus, like...
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Are some morphological units more prone to spelling variation than others? A case study using spontaneous handwritten data
The relation between morphology and spelling is an important source of evidence for theories of linguistic processing. In particular, spelling errors...
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Cross-Linguistic Variations in the Processing of Ergative Case: Evidence from Punjabi
Deducing processing parity in the face of linguistic variation has been a key ambition for neurolinguists as well as psycholinguists. However, the...
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Scalar implicatures with discourse referents: a case study on plurality inferences
This paper explores the idea that scalar implicatures are computed with respect to discourse referents . Given the general consensus that a proper...
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Syntactic feminitives in Russian: a case study of an online Russian language radical feminist group
This paper analyzes the use of alternative feminine agreement in constructions with an interrogative-relative pronoun kto , indefinite pronouns kto-to ,...
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Case marking in Russian eventive nominalisations revisited
In this paper, we analyse case marking in Russian eventive nominalisations as recently discussed in an article by Pereltsvaig et al. published in...
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Errors in foreign language acquisition as a multifaceted phenomenon: the case of Russian aspect
We study factors influencing aspectual errors in written texts of advanced learners of Russian with dominant English. Our study is based on the data...
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Iconicity and Metaphor in the Translation of Poetry into Sign Language: A Case Study of Alai’s The Song of King Gesar
Oral performances and written versions of the King Gesar story have long influenced each other—and continue to do so. This chapter focuses on the...
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Classroom implementation by Masbatenyo public elementary teachers of the mother tongue-based multilingual education policy: a case study
This study aimed to explore the implementation of the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) policy by public elementary teachers in...
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Analyzing learner language: the case of the Hebrew Learner Essay Corpus
We present the Hebrew Learner Essay Corpus (HELEECS): an annotated corpus of Hebrew language argumentative essays authored by prospective...
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Root and stem allomorphy without multiple exponence: the case of special nominatives
This paper explores an approach to root and stem allomorphy that does not make use of context sensitive rules (i.e., secondary exponence) and relies...
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A multi-dimensional framework for characterizing the role of writing system variation in literacy learning: a case study in Malayalam
Most children across the world learn to read and write in non-alphabetic orthographies such as abjads (e.g., Arabic), abugidas (e.g., Ethiopic...
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Licensing with Case
This paper examines alternations in demonstrative ordering in Kikuyu, a Bantu language spoken primarily in Kenya. An interesting effect is found:...
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Durational Correlates of Geminate Stops: The Case of Berber and Japanese
Berber and Japanese languages are referred to as quantity languages. It is usually posited that closure duration is cross-linguistically the most...
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Moving to the rhythm of spring: a case study of the rhythmic structure of dance
The specific goal of the article is to investigate the principles governing the perception of rhythmic structure in dance and music—taken separately...
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Data augmentation strategies to improve text classification: a use case in smart cities
Text classification is a very common and important task in Natural Language Processing. In many domains and real-world settings, a few labeled...
