SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics

The 21st volume of the SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics features research in progress of research students, alumni and staff of the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at SOAS. 

This volume was edited by Tom Jelpke and Vasiliki Vita. 

Contents

p iv-v Jelpke, T & Vasiliki, V. Editorial note

p1-15. Dunn, S. To not have or to not be: Negative Verbs in Proto Tukanoan

p16-29. Xue, L & Jiang, Y. The Semantics and Pragmatics of the Quasi-logical Use of yòu in Mandarin Chinese. 

p30-45. Carson, B. “A Metamorphosed Language”: Tracing Language Attitudes Towards Lubumbashi Swahili and French in the DRC. 

p46-63. Nwoda, C. Attitudes Regarding the Use of Nigerian Pidgin English among Nigerian Students at Coventry University

p64-82. Ọlátúnjí, A. Reflections on how Family Language Policies have contributed to language shift among Yorùbás in London

p83-88. Lovestrand, J. Book Review: Why Language Documentation Matters (Chelliah 2021)

The 20th volume of the SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics features research in progress of research students, alumni and staff of the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at SOAS.

This volume was edited by Adékúnmi Ọlátúnjí and Joseph Lovestrand.

Contents

p iv-v. Ọlátúnjí, A & Lovestrand J. Editorial note

p1-25. Ulfsbjorninn, S. Lenition and metathesis in Hawu: A quantity-sensitive language

p26-48. Vita, V & Pedro, C. Preliminary orthographic design for Ramari Dongosaro

p49-71. Zeikos, P. A. Tense and aspect comparison between Griko, Modern Greek and Italian for the indicative

p72-94. Koumbarou, A & Srivastava S. K & Biswas S. B. Reverse complex predicates or something else? The case of Hindi de ‘give’ and jaa ‘go’

p95-120. Jiang, Y & Wang, W. Temporal information in sentence-final particles: Tse and keh in Modern Shanghai Wu

p121-141. O'Neill, T. Koronashokku: Loanwords in Japanese and the Covid-19 pandemic

p142-164. Zlazli, M. While we are asleep: Master/Mentor-Apprentice language learning initiative in the Ryukyus

p165-180. Round, S. Interdisciplinary research in language documentation: The benefits and present limits of a more sustainable documentation methodology

p181-189. Baldwin, V. Linguistic triage: Documentary linguistics and language revitalization

p190-194. Baldwin, V. A review of Archiving for the future: Simple steps for archiving language documentation collections

The 19th Volume of the SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics features research in progress of research students and research associates of the Department of Linguistics at SOAS, in addition to papers by colleagues outside of the department.

This volume was edited by Miriam Weidl and Samantha Goodchild.

Contents

p vii-viii. Weidl, M & Goodchild, S. Editorial note

p3-28. Abubakari, H. Relativisation in Kúsáàl

p29-46. Yarar, E. Differential case marking in Turkish wh-object phrases

p49-89. Harvey, A. Word-markers: Toward a morphosyntactic description of the Gorwaa noun

p93-116. Youngberg, C. The Japanese noraic nasal revisited: A first glance

p119-131. Telep, S. “Slang is for thugs”: Stereotypes on Francanglais among Cameroonian immigrants in Paris

p133-153. Steigertahl, H. Similarities and differences between varieties of speech: Expressions of language ideologies and attitudes in four Namibian communities

The 18th Volume of the SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics features research in progress of research students and research associates of the Department of Linguistics at SOAS.

This volume was edited by Lu Lu and Sandy Ritchie.

Contents

p vii. Lu, L & Ritchie, S. Editorial Note

p3-29. Dal Corso, E. Morphological alignment in Saru Ainu: A direct-inverse analysis

p33-52. Grzech, K. The marker =ga and topicality in Tena Kichwa

p53-74. Lu, L. Information structure in Mandarin Chinese light verb constructions

p77-93. Goodchild, S. "Which language(s) are you for?" "I am for all the languages." Reflections on breaking through the ancestral code: trials of sociolinguistic documentation

Contents

p vii. Hemmings, C & Lee, V. Editorial Note

p3-31. Youngberg, C. Coalescence in Japanese Dialects is Diachronic

p35-48. Garrett, E & Hill, N. W. Constituent Order in the Tibetan Noun Phrase

p49-76. Belkadi, A. Associated motion with deictic directionals: A comparative overview

p77-95. Lucas, C. On Wilmsen on the development of postverbal negation in dialectal Arabic

p99-111. Nolan, J. Lingua Franca – a not so simple pidgin

p113-145. Croome, S. Accommodation and resistance in the implementation of a minority language: A survey of headteacher attitudes across primary schools in Cornwall

p147-167. Sutherland, P. Writing System Mimicry in the Linguistic Landscape

Contents

p vii. Rowan, K & Bellem, A. Editorial Note

p1-13. Balogné Bérces, K. Contributions to the Strict CV phonology analysis of connected speech phenomena

p15-48. Bellem, A. On the laryngeal contrasts and the definition of ‘emphatic’

p49-79. Charette, M. Defining the structure of Turkish words

p81-126. Csides, C. Bidirectional government in strict CV: Evidence from English

p127-143. Flynn, C. Declination as a phonetic property of utterances in Cantonese

p145-176. Rowan, K. Towards an understanding of Meroitic phonology

p179-198. Doukas, T. Root infinitives in Modern Greek: new evidence and analysis from child Greek

p199-219. Kipacha, A. Aspect and tense in the Swahili dialect of KiNgome

p221-235. Paul, D. The passive in Persian

p237-243. Bennett, D. C. From P2-clitic to verb-clitic: three approaches to an explanation

p247-267. Burki, A. English hearts and what they tell us about language and mind  

p269-280. Pizziconi, B. Japanese politeness in the work of Fujio Minami

p281-311. Pizziconi, B. Minami Fujio – Keigo

p313-340. Inagaki, N. Minami Fujio – Honorifics (part 2)

p343-349. Bach, E. Philology and endangered languages: the case of Western Abenaki

p353-361. Kristó, L. Linguistic reconstruction: methods vs. interpretations

p363-382. Ploch, S. What is wrong with linguistics?

Contents

p vii. Colella, C. A & Hellmuth, S. Editorial Note

p3-18 Flynn, C. Cantonese tonal behaviour in compatible and conflicting tonal environments

p19-52. Jansen, W & Toft, Z. On sounds that like to be paired (after all): an acoustic investigation of Hungarian voicing assimilation

p55-66. Bérces, K. B. The beginning of the word revisited

p67-88. Csides, C. Licence to properly govern

p89-98. Denwood, A. K~ø: morpho-phonology in Turkish

p99-107. Rubin, D. Coronality and : a) the possible relationship between inventory structure and word phonotactics; & b) the possible relationship between form and function

p111-133. Downing, L. J. Fitting focus phrasing into the Prosodic Hierarchy

p135-158. Haidou, K. Stress mechanisms in the syntactic & phonological domain of focus in Greek

p161-187. Bateman, L. M. A’-movement and quantifier scope in the Thai thuuk passive

p189-197 Haidou, K & Sitaridou, I. Licensing of subjects in Greek gerunds

p199-220. Hellmuth, S. Negation patterns in the Tihaamah dialects of Yemen: an assessment of Benmamoun (2000) as a model of comparative syntax

p221-255. Scott, G. “Japanese-style” languages and adjective ordering restrictions

p259-284. Beltrami, M. The moral aspect of linguistic politeness: respect and honorification

p285-295. Edwards, M. Pragmatic uses of participles in Egyptian Arabic

p299-312. Billah, A. M. M. A. Lexicographic affinities between Persian and Bengali

p315-333. Doukas, T. Aspects of the acquisition of functional projections in embedded clauses

p335-362. Inagaki, N. Oral proficiency and its assessment revisited

p365-387. Ploch, S. On the purposes of phonological phenomena: phonetics, parsing, lexical access, and/or acquisition?

Contents

p vii. Lee, H and Hellmuth, S. Editorial Note

p3-29. Flynn, C. Tonal coarticulation in Cantones two-tone sequences

p31-44. Watkins, J. Pitch-phonation correlations in Sgaw Karen

p47-55. Bérces, K. B. “Ambisyllabicity” across word boundaries: a strict CV phonology approach

p57-72. Bellem, A. Lughat al-Dād and the status of [A]: the composition of Arabic gutturals/emphatics

p73-94. Csides, C. Vowel-zero alternation in Hungarian nominal stems: a strict CV analysis

p95-122. Hellmuth, S. Representation of quantity-sensitivity in a CV-only framework: a study of Cairo Arabic word-stress

p123-153. Ploch, S. Metatheoretical problems in phonology with the common criteria simplicity (Occam’s Razor) and nonarbitrariness (non-ad-hoc-ness)

p157-165. Edwards, M. Odd pronouns in Egyptian Arabic

p167-202. Haidou, K. Focus movement vs focus in-situ in Greek: a prosodic approach. Can we dispense with focus movement at LF?

p203-247. Hoshi, H. Relations between thematic structure and syntax: a study on the nature of predicates in Japanese

p249-257. Ingham, B. Function of the post nominal element ki/k’uŋ in Lakota

p259-275. Marten, L & Ramadhani, D. An overview of object marking in Kiluguru

p277-319. Ong, C. G. Grammaticalization of Chinese verbal perfectives

p323-330. Rowlands, A. Phonological recording in word recognition: comparing exception and regular words

p333-351. Rubin, D. Licensing consonants in the nucleus and onset

Contents

p3-18. Charette, M. When p-licensing fails: the final high vowels of Turkish

p19-39. Cooke, S. Palatalisation from a Government Phonology perspective: The passive construction in Zulu

p41-80. Csides, C. Government and licensing: a CV analysis of consonant lenition

p81-90. Harley, M. A study of tone in Tuwuli

p91-102. Chongo, N & Marten, L. Constraints and processes: Evidence from Bemba, Herero and Swahili

p103-137. Rubin, D. The syntax and semantics of coronality: a broad overview of work in progress

p139-149. Watkins, J. Notes on creaky and killed tone in Burmese

p153-160. Edwards, M. Aspects of negation in Egyptian Arabic

p161-192. Haidou, K. Word order, DP-Focusing and PF interface: the case of Modern Greek

p193-201. Ingham, B. An investigation of the occurrence of the emphatic suffixes -hca, -hce and -hci in Lakota

p203-227. Simpson, A & Wu, Z. Agreement, shells and focus

p229-247. Toft, Z. Is there ever multiple wh-movement? Evidence from Hungarian

p249-268. Yeon, J. When causatives meet passives in Korean

p271-282. El-Awa, S. M. Text relations in the Qur’an. An application of Relevance Theory

p283-299. Kurosawa, Akiko. On Japanese relative clauses from a Dynamic Syntax perspective

p301-314. Marchand, T. H. J. A possible explanation for the lack of explanation: or ‘Why the Master Builder can’t explain what he knows’. Introducing informational atomism against a ‘definitional’ definition of concepts

p317-329. Jensen, S. Meta-morphological Speculations

p333-354. Stephens, R. A study of Swahili-English Code-switching in England

p357-369. Bennett, D. C & Abakuks, A. Vowel perception: evidence from speakers of English, German, Japanese, Mandarin and Cantonese

p371-384. Pizziconi, B. Some remarks of the notion of ‘benefit’ and the Japanese communicative style

p385-416. Ploch, S. The phonological merger of the acoustic percepts [low tone] and [nasal]

Contents

p3-19. Camdzic, A. Towards an analysis of topic and focus in Serbo-Croatian

p21-38. Kempson, R. M & Marten, L. The Dynamics of word-order change in the Romance languages

p39-73. Otsuka, M. On “head-internal” relative clauses in Japanese from an LDSNL perspective

p74-84. Simpson, A & Bhattacharya, T. Feature-percolation, pied piping and transparency

p85-112. Simpson, A & Wu, X. Z. From D to T-determiner incorporation and the creation of tense

p113-152. Swinburne, D. Structure building for Hebrew in LDSNL

p153-170. Yeon, J. On Korean dative-subject constructions

p173-190. Denwood, A. A Government Phonology approach to Thai Tones: observation and hypothesis

p191-225. Hayward, K. M. Lexical phonology and the Javanese vowel system

p227-251. Johnson, M. Tone and phonation in Western A-Hmao

p253-274. Lee, H. Inter-onset government: its needs and interaction with proper government

p275-297. Toft, Z. Grunts and gutturals in Georgian: an investigation into initial consonant clusters

p301-316. Hayward, R. J. East Ometo verb paradigms: the grammaticalization of syntactic pattern

p319-356. Ploch, S. Egoist arousal of empirical ideas for self-enjoyment

p359-372. Marchand, T. H. J. Mastering making & mastering space: reconsidering the language-biased analyses of the what & where in spatial cognition

p373-386. Hunter, A & Marten, L. Content sensitive reasoning with lexical and world knowledge

p389-413. Buba, M. The pragmatics of addressee-based Hausa demonstratives

p417-424. Ingham, B. The dialect of the ‘Marsh Arabs’ of Southern Mesopotamia

p427-473. Hoshi, H. Complex predicate formation in Japanese: a (non-)configurational theory

p489-508. Mui, E. K & Chao, W. Adverbs in Cantonese and the Universal Base Hypothesis

Contents

p3-18. Chao, W & Mui, E. K. The forms of negation in Chinese

p19-33. Cornillon, J. Expletive negatives

p35-57. Kempson, R. M & Edwards, M & Meyer-Viol, W. Resumptive pronouns in English and Arabic

p59-89. Scott, G. Stacked adjectival modification and the structure of nominal phrases

p91-122. Simpson, A. Focus, presupposition and light predicate raising in S.E.Asian

p125-140. Ingham, B. Nominal or verbal status in Lakhota: a lexicographical study

p141-163. Marten, L. Swahili-kwisha: sketching the path of grammaticalization

p167-176. Charette, Monik. Empty and pseudo-empty categories

p177-190. Denwood, A. A template for Turkish

p191-208. Kula, N. C & Marten, L. Aspects of nasality in Bemba

p209-238. Ploch, S. Non-switch harmony in Yawelmani (and Turkish and Sakha)

p241-250. Rowlands, A. A linguistic re-evaluation of a dilemma experiment

Contents

p3-33. Abe, J & Hoshi, H. A generalized rightward movement analysis of antecedent contained deletion

p65-81. Kibble, R. Complement anaphora, monotonicity and dynamic binding

p83-102. Kibble, R. Implementing LDSNL: strategies for pronoun and wh-gap resolution

p103-122. Lappin, S. An HPSG account of antecedent contained ellipsis

p123-141. Pettiward, A. When does the English object shift?

p143-167. Tsiplakou, S. On subject-object (a-)symmetries in Greek

p169-192. Cobb, M. “ATR”/”height” harmony: the manifestation of complexity effects in the vowel harmony of Natal Portuguese, Yoruba and Ogori

p193-207. Denwood, A. Harmony: three for the price of one

p209-220. Kaye, J. D. Why this article is not about the acquisition of phonology

p221-273. Ploch, S. The nasal fallacy

p275-297. Williams, G. A pattern recognition model for the phonetic interpretation of elements

p301-320. Shin, J & Hayward, K. M. Some articulatory characteristics of the three types of alveolar stops and alveolo-palatal affricates in Korean

p321-339. Watkins, J. Can phonation types be reliably measured from sound spectra? Some data from Wa and Burmese

Contents

p1-25. Charette, M & Göksel, A. Licensing constraints and vowel harmony in Turkic languages

p26-39. Cobb, M. Clitics in Basque: a phonological approach

p40-60. Kim, S. Umlaut in Korean

p61-75. Marten, L. Swahili vowel harmony

p76-105. Ploch, S. The role of parsing

p106-128. Benmamoun, E. Agreement asymmetries and the PF interface

p129-153. Fingers, M. F & Kempson, R. M & Kibble, R. Parsing natural language using LDS: a prototype

p154-178. Green, M. Focus in copular sentences: the interface between semantics, syntax and prosody

p179-218. Kempson, R. M & Meyer-Viol, W. Syntactic computation as labelled deduction: wh a case study

p220-273. Johnson, D & Lappin, S. A critique of the minimalist program

p274-297. Pettiward, A. Anti-procrastinate effects and optional agreement in French

p298-321. Simpson, A. N-word licensing in French, Italian and West Flemish

p321-339. Tsiplakou, S. Quantifier scope in Greek

p340-370. Bennett, D. C & Leeming, H. The evolution of clitic systems: textual evidence from the Slavonic languages

p371-384. Bynon, T. How ergative is Dumi?

p385-410. Ingham, B. Demonstrative stems in Lakota

p411-431. Shin, J & Hayward, K. M. Consonantal production and vowel-to-vowel coarticulation in Korean VCV sequences

Contents

p1-11. Hayward, K. M. /p/ vs. /b/ in Javanese: the role of the vocal folds

p23-39. Cobb, M. Vowel harmony in Zulu and Basque: the interaction of licensing constraints, h-licensing and constituent structure

p41-63. Denwood, A. Could Khalkha Mongolian be a head-licensing language? A comparison between Khalkha Mongolian and Vata, a typical ‘ATR-harmony language

p65-89. Jensen, S. Adjacency in phonology

p91-106. Ploch, S. French nasal vowels – a first approach

p107-120. Walker, C. Atr-harmony as h-licensing

p121-133. Hoshi, H. Incorporation in temporal constructions and light verb constructions, and the Minimalist Program

p135-186. Kempson, R. M. Crossover phenomena: a dynamic perspective

p187-209. Pettiward, A. Wh-movement and (c)overt object shift

p211-231. Simpson, A. Partial wh-movement and the locality of feature-checking

p251-270. Song, J. Progressives in Korean and Khalkha Mongolian

p271-283. Cornillon, J & Chao, W. Association with focus and the ne que construction in French

Contents

p1-9. Bynon, T. Subjecthood and the passive-to-ergative reanalysis in Indo-Iranian

p11-30. Marten, L. The history of English modals: syntax, semantics, grammaticalization

p53-70. Haworth, E. The trouble with the French glides

p71-78. Jensen, S. Is ? an element? Towards a non-segmental phonology

p79-101. Williams, G. On the role of phonological parsing in speech recognition

p103-119. Bennett, D. C. The word order of the Germanic languages

p121-138. Evans, H. Wh-in-situ and relative clause constructions

p139-168. Kempson, R. M. Semantics, pragmantics and natural-language interpretation

p169-189. Lappin, S. Exception phrases and generalized quantifier theory

p191-231. Simpson, A. Licensing of wh- a non-movement approach to the syntax of wh in situ

p233-242. Chao, W. Negation as adverb in Chinese

Contents

p1-33. Hayward, K. M. /p/ vs /b/ in Javanese: some preliminary data

p34-39. Hayward, K. M. Phonation types seen by fibreoptic laryngoscopy: a new video

p40-64. Cobb, M. Licensing constraints and vowel harmony in Uyghur

p65-89. Denwood, A. a-I alternation in Uyghur

p90-126. Kaye, J. D. Derivations and interfaces

p127-137. Rhee, S. J. The syllabification of CGV sequences in Korean

p138-149. Bennett, D. C. Stratificational syntax

p150-167. Bynon, T. Syntactic reconstruction

p168-204. Göksel, A. What’s the Mirror Principle?

p205-218. Green, M. Focus and copular constructions in Hausa

p219-227. Ingham, B. Number and gender in the Arabic dialect of Najd

p228-258. Jiang, Y. Quantifier-raising at LF, the branching quantifier analysis and logical dependency in Labelled Deductive Systems (Three theories of quantifications)

p259-336. Kempson, R. M & Gabbay, D. How we understand sentences. And fragments too? (Natural language interpretation as labelled natural deduction)

p359-384. Simpson, A. Gapless relatives, operators and variables

p385-406. Taylor, N. DP analysis of the noun phrase: the evidence from Gamo

p407-426. Yeon, J. Causatives and the encoding of the cause

p427-462. Gussmann, E & Kaye, J. D. Polish notes from a Dubrovnik café. I. The Yers

Contents

p5-24. Hewitt, G. The valid and non-valid application of etymology to history

p27-40. Kempson, R. M. Semantics vs syntax? Shifting perspectives on natural language content

p41-84. Gabbay, D & Kempson, R. M. Labelled abduction and relevance reasoning

p85-115. Gabbay, D & Kempson, R. M. Natural-language content: a proof-theoretic perspective – a preliminary report

p117-146. Capritsa, J & Göksel, A & Kempson, R. M. Passive/middle/reflexive constructions in Greek and Turkish as processes of natural deduction

p147-171. Göksel, A. Case and configurationality

p173-203. Parker, E. Realis/irrealis morphology and the consecutive verb construction in Mundani

p205-227. Xydopoulos, G. Distribution, interpretation and licensing of adverbs in Modern Greek

p229-252. Matsinhe, S. F. Reflexives in Xitsonga

p255-271. Groefsema, M. Is the language faculty a Fodorian module? A reappraisal

p275-291. Charette, M. Mongolian and Polish meet government licensing

p293-313. Kaye, J. D. Do you believe in magic? The story of s+C sequences

p315-338. Silva, T. The phonological representation of velar stop-glide sequences

p339-361. Yoshida, Y. Pitch accent and tone harmony in Japanese

p365-369. Bennett, D. C & Zhang, J & Lü, S & Hazan, V & Abakuks, A. Universal and language-specific aspects of vowel perception

p371-401. Williams, G & Wiebke, B. Automatic speech recognition: a principle-based approach

p405-431. Francomacaro, M. R. Some instrumental data on Hausa “implosives”

p433-451. Laria, M. Voicing in geminate stops: some instrumental data for Arabic

Contents

p21-37. Heo, Y. Empty nuclei in Middle Korean

p39-51. Segundo, S. On empty nuclei and metrical structure in Brazilian Portuguese

p53-69. Yoshida, Y. Government in Tonkawa: vowel elision and cyclicity

p79-96. Bennett, D. C. Componential analysis, Prototype Theory and the meaning of English prepositions

p97-111. Bynon, T. Pronouns and verb agreement in typological and diachronic perspective

p113-128. War, B. Pronoun and agreement in Khasi

p129-147. Kempson, R. M. Wh-gap binding and gapping – a grammar for an input system

p149-173. Göksel, A. Causativity, verb incorporation and some problems

p175-187. Fraser, H. Phonetics of Tamil: double stops

p189-199. Hayward, K. M. Voicing in lengthened geminate stops