In this paper, we draw on data from world languages teachers (English, Spanish and French, in particular) to explore and unpack binaries encountered i... [more]
Decades of research has investigated the heterogeneity of English among speakers of various linguistic and cultural backgrounds, but there still remai... [more]
This article uses a close textual analysis of Dickens' novel Oliver Twist to argue two key points: first, that the narrator of the novel is not so much an instrument in and for the novel--as has been argued by other critics--but that the novel is a tool
This article explores the implications of Agamben's refinement of Foucault's thesis concerning the positivity of power or the positive, concrete and micropolitical ways power produces subjects and forms of life. Agamben argues both that the inclusion of
In this paper, we propose a preliminary framework for accounting for certain surface F-o variations in speech. The framework consists of definitions for pitch targets and rules of their implementation. Pitch targets are defined as the smallest operable un
Phonological awareness is a strong predictor of children's progress in literacy acquisition. There are different ways of segmenting words into sound sequences - syllables, phonemes, onset-rime - and little is known about whether these different levels of
'Pattern' occurs in French as an anglicism; however, its meaning and scope of application are more restricted than those of the English term. With few exceptions, there is no one word that could be used as a French equivalent (the'missing word'). As a
Current theories place very mild constraints on possible diachronic changes, something at odds with the trivial observation that actual language change represents a tiny fraction of the variation made a priori available by Universal Grammar. Much recent w
The article establishes a novel generalization concerning the placement of arguments by Spell-Out. It centers on the principles that force arguments to leave the VP across languages. The empirical domain consists of constructions where subject movement is
This paper argues that predication theory is instrumental in capturing the distribution of expletives. (i) In interaction with well-known verb movement parameters, predication theory explains why not all languages have transitive expletive constructions.
Two studies explored the processing of ambiguous sentences like Bill took chips to the party and Susan to the game, which may be assigned a gapping (Susan took chips) or a nongapping structure (Bill took Susan). The central question was what factors affec
The present study is devoted to the categories expressing the meaning of indirect evidence and, in addition, resultative and anterior meanings. In what follows, I discuss semantic characteristics and distribution of the verbal forms in three Nakh-Daghesta
Evidentiality refers to the grammatical marking of the source of evidence for a proposition; mirativity refers to the marking of a proposition as representing information which is new to the speaker. Mirativity has sometimes been thought of as part of the
This paper discusses the conditions for the grammaticalization of evidentiality in different languages, with special attention to the languages of South Eastern Europe and the Middle East. In these languages, evidentially marked discourse is opposed to ne
In order to show students the interdisciplinary relevance of language study and to encourage non language majors to study abroad in programs where English is not the principal language of instruction, we propose the development of interdisciplinary short-
This article examines how speech representation in Japanese journalistic discourse reflects and reproduces the social structure in Japan and the identity of the Imperial Family. Japanese newspapers tend strongly to quote the Imperial Family verbatim, whic
The first half of this article offers an assessment of critical discourse analysis, as developed since the 1980s and understood at the time in terms of a much-needed departure from predominantly descriptive modes of linguistic enquiry, which prevented an