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What is a Chinese word? Lexical constructionalization in Chinese 什么是汉语词？汉语中的词汇构词法

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Folia Linguistica Pub Date : 2024-04-04 DOI: 10.1515/flin-2024-2023

Liulin Zhang

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On the unified representation of continuity and discontinuity and its neurocognitive grounding 关于连续性和不连续性的统一表征及其神经认知基础

IF 0.6 2区文学

Folia Linguistica Pub Date : 2024-03-19 DOI: 10.1515/flin-2024-2017

Ratna Nirupama, Prakash Mondal

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The ‘Still Not’ Present in Andi: identifying the grammaticalization source 安迪语中的 "仍未 "现在时：确定语法化来源

IF 0.6 2区文学

Folia Linguistica Pub Date : 2024-03-15 DOI: 10.1515/flin-2024-2007

Timur Maisak, Samira Verhees

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An investigation of Persian response signals from an interactive perspective 从互动角度研究波斯反应信号

IF 0.6 2区文学

Folia Linguistica Pub Date : 2024-03-13 DOI: 10.1515/flin-2024-2015

Soleiman Ghaderi

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VOT in English by bilinguals with 2L1s: different approaches to voiceless and voiced stops 具有 2L1s 的双语者的英语 VOT：处理无声和有声停顿的不同方法

IF 0.6 2区文学

Folia Linguistica Pub Date : 2024-03-08 DOI: 10.1515/flin-2024-2014

Sha Liu, Kaye Takeda

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Evidentials and dubitatives in Finnish: perspective shift in questions and embedded contexts 芬兰语中的证据词和疑问词：问题和嵌入式语境中的视角转换

IF 0.6 2区文学

Folia Linguistica Pub Date : 2024-03-05 DOI: 10.1515/flin-2024-2002

Elsi Kaiser

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Nominalizations and its grammaticalization in standard Thai 标准泰语中的名词化及其语法化

IF 0.6 2区文学

Folia Linguistica Pub Date : 2024-02-16 DOI: 10.1515/flin-2024-2006

Aliang Li

{"title":"Nominalizations and its grammaticalization in standard Thai","authors":"Aliang Li","doi":"10.1515/flin-2024-2006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/flin-2024-2006","url":null,"abstract":"The focus of this study is on the function and grammaticalization of nominalizations in Thai and the nominalization categories and nominalizing strategies in Thai are described. The Thai language exhibits a composite of derivational and clausal nominalizations marked with three nominalizers: kaan 1 derives nouns or nominalized clauses from lexical verbs and relative or complement clauses; khwaam 1 derives nouns from lexical verbs and adjectives; and kaan 1 thii 3 is used for clauses. The current study posits diachronic developments for nominalizers and addresses related issues. It is concluded that nominalizers kaan 1 and khwaam 1 were originally lexical nouns meaning ‘work’ and ‘matter’. The essential features of the use of nominalizations have remained constant, but certain developments have occurred, which include lexical nominalization to clausal nominalization and the emergence of a new nominalizer, kaan 1 thii 3 . It is found that nominalizers kaan 1 , khwaam 1 and kaan 1 thii 3 are basically in complementary distribution, and language internal evolution and external contact are the primary motivations for nominalization in Thai.","PeriodicalId":45269,"journal":{"name":"Folia Linguistica","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139772041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The seamlessness of grammatical innovation: the case of be going to (revisited) 语法创新的天衣无缝：be going to 的案例（再探）

IF 0.6 2区文学

Folia Linguistica Pub Date : 2024-02-15 DOI: 10.1515/flin-2024-2004

Nadine Dietrich

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Permittito aperiat oculum: typological considerations on P-lability and its interaction with morphosyntactic alignment in Latin medical texts Permittito aperiat oculum：拉丁语医学文本中 P-可变性及其与形态句法排列互动的类型学思考

IF 0.6 2区文学

Folia Linguistica Pub Date : 2024-02-14 DOI: 10.1515/flin-2024-2005

Tim A.F. Ongenae

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The interrogative flip with illocutionary evidentials 带有虚词证据的问句翻转

IF 0.6 2区文学

Folia Linguistica Pub Date : 2024-02-10 DOI: 10.1515/flin-2023-2050

Martina Faller

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