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Specialization and finiteness (a)symmetry in imperative negation: with a comparison to standard negation 祈使否定的特殊性与有限性（a）对称性——与标准否定的比较

IF 2 2区文学

Linguistic Typology Pub Date : 2023-08-04 DOI: 10.1515/lingty-2022-0007

Daniël Van Olmen [ˈdanijɛl vɑn ˈɔlmə]

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Current research in phonological typology. 语音类型学研究现状。

IF 1.7 2区文学

Linguistic Typology Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Epub Date: 2023-02-01 DOI: 10.1515/lingty-2022-0069

Steven Moran, Shelece Easterday, Eitan Grossman

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Semantically negative adverbial clause-linkage: ‘let alone’ constructions, expletive negation, and theoretical implications 语义否定的副词分句连接："别管 "结构、祈使句否定及理论意义

IF 2 2区文学

Linguistic Typology Pub Date : 2023-07-24 DOI: 10.1515/lingty-2022-0066

Jesús he'sus olg'ɪn Olguín Martínez [mɑr'tinɛs]

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Semantically negative adverbial clause-linkage: ‘let alone’ constructions, expletive negation, and theoretical implications 语义否定的副词分句连接："别管 "结构、祈使句否定及理论意义

IF 2 2区文学

Linguistic Typology Pub Date : 2023-07-24 DOI: 10.1515/lingty-2022-0066

Jesús Olguín Martínez

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Frontmatter 头版头条

2区文学

Linguistic Typology Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1515/lingty-2023-frontmatter2

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Review of Antipassive: typology, diachrony and related constructions 反被动语研究综述:类型、历时性及相关结构

2区文学

Linguistic Typology Pub Date : 2023-05-26 DOI: 10.1515/lingty-2023-0006

Bettina Spreng

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Towards a phonological typology of the Kalahari Basin Area languages 卡拉哈里盆地地区语言的音系类型学研究

IF 2 2区文学

Linguistic Typology Pub Date : 2023-05-12 DOI: 10.1515/lingty-2022-0047

Hirosi Nakagawa, Alena Witzlack-Makarevich, Daniel Auer, Anne-Maria Fehn, Linda Ammann Gerlach, Tom Güldemann, Sylvanus Job, Florian Lionnet, Christfried Naumann, Hitomi Ono, Lee J. Pratchett

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Frontmatter 头版头条

2区文学

Linguistic Typology Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI: 10.1515/lingty-2023-frontmatter1

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Investigating the ‘what’, ‘where’ and ‘why’ of global phonological typology 研究全球语音类型学的“什么”、“在哪里”和“为什么”

IF 2 2区文学

Linguistic Typology Pub Date : 2023-04-28 DOI: 10.1515/lingty-2022-0076

I. Maddieson

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The interplay of contrast markers (‘but’), selectives (“topic markers”) and word order in the fuzzy oppositive contrast domain 对比标记(“但是”)、选择标记(“主题标记”)和语序在模糊对立对比领域中的相互作用

2区文学

Linguistic Typology Pub Date : 2023-04-20 DOI: 10.1515/lingty-2022-0019

Bernhard Wälchli

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