[HTML][HTML] Indexed definiteness

P Jenks, R Konate - Glossa: a journal of general linguistics, 2022 - glossa-journal.org
This paper posits a distinction between plain definite DPs and indexed definite DPs: only the
latter have a syntactically represented referential index, an idxP, in [Spec, DP]. After …

A unified account of conditioned phonological alternations: Evidence from Guébie

H Sande - Language, 2019 - muse.jhu.edu
This article expands on cophonologies by phase, a model of the interface between
morphology and phonology, which was introduced in Sande & Jenks 2018. The crucial …

Two types of resumptive pronouns in Swahili

T Scott - Linguistic Inquiry, 2021 - direct.mit.edu
In this article, I demonstrate that Swahili distinguishes two types of resumptive pronouns:(a)
lower Ā-movement copies and (b) base-generated bound pronouns. These two types of …

Across-the-board tonal polarity in Kipsigis: Implications for the morphology-phonology interface

M Kouneli, Y Nie - Language, 2021 - muse.jhu.edu
Using novel data from Kipsigis (Southern Nilotic; Kenya), we present the first attested case of
across-the-board paradigmatic tonal polarity. The nominative case forms of nominal …

Paradigmatic saturation in Nuer

M Baerman, I Monich - Language, 2021 - muse.jhu.edu
Nouns in Nuer (Western Nilotic) have been presented as an extreme example of inflectional
complexity, where a'chaotic'distribution of suffixes combines with dozens of different stem …

A set-based semantics for person, obviation, and animacy

C Hammerly - Language, 2023 - muse.jhu.edu
This article provides a general analysis of the semantics of person, broadly construed,
through a case study of Ojibwe (Central Algonquian). Ojibwe shows person-like distinctions …

VP-Nominalization and the Final-over-Final Condition

J Hein, A Murphy - Linguistic inquiry, 2022 - direct.mit.edu
The Final-over-Final Condition has emerged as a robust and explanatory generalization for
a wide range of phenomena (,). In this article, we argue that it also holds in another domain …

Dumsor and Dumsor-Based Neologisms: A Constructionist Account of Their Structure and Formation

CKI Appah, GN Ansah - Ghana Studies, 2020 - muse.jhu.edu
Words are of two kinds—simplex and complex words. Whereas both are important parts of
the mental lexicon, the latter are of special interest to psycholinguists and morphologists …

[HTML][HTML] African Languages, Linguistic Research and Regional Differences

P Markin - openresearch.community
The papers in this volume, edited by Emily Clem, Peter Jenks and Hannah Sande (2019),
were presented at the 47th Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL) at the …