bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Discourse uses and prosodic properties ofranhouin spontaneous Mandarin conversation
Authors: Wang Wei 
Published: August 2018

AbstractThis paper examines two emerging discourse uses, topic-shifting and trail-off, of a temporal conjunctionranhouin spontaneous Mandarin conversation. Unlike traditional approaches that focus exclusively on such textual functions as temporality and consequentiality ofranhou, the present study considers the role of prosody in makingranhourecognizable as a topic-shifting and trail-off marker in interaction. Using the framework of conversation analysis, this paper reveals that, as a topic-shifting marker,ranhousignals both stepwise and disjunctive topic shifts; as a trail-off marker, it marks the closure of the current turn and invites the recipient’s response. The prosodic analysis demonstrates that the topic-shiftingranhoushows a significantly longer duration and larger pitch range than its other uses; the trail-offranhoufeatures intonational independence, loudness diminuendo, and/or durational lengthening. These prosodic designs, in collaboration with particular sequential environment, make the new discourse uses and their associated interactional purposes recognizable by conversation co-participants.
Single-word English prepositions in Hong Kong Cantonese
Authors: Chan Brian Hok-Shing 
Published: August 2018

AbstractThis paper proposes a structural borrowing account for a lexicogrammatical phenomenon whereby, in on ongoing Cantonese discourse, the use of a single-word English preposition triggers and activates an English construction, specifically an NP COP P NP sequence, and brings it into that discourse. The borrowed structure eventually converges with Cantonese, with the English preposition reanalyzed as a verb or a coverb. It is further suggested that these processes of structural borrowing and convergence are semantically motivated. Drawing on Cognitive Grammar, the borrowed structurenp cop p npprofiles a location as a relationship (whereas in Cantonese it is profiled as a thing by a postposition), and thepp(i.e.,p np) is profiled as a property of the subject or trajector (whereas in Cantonese a coverb phrase is always associated with a process). The converged constructions – in which an English preposition is reanalyzed as a verb or coverb – profile more dynamic and specific processes.
Language, sexuality and corpus linguistics
Authors: Baker Paul 
Published: August 2018

AbstractIn this paper I discuss the potential that corpus linguistics approaches have to make in terms of enabling research on language and sexuality. After giving some background relating to my involvement in the development of this approach and discussion of some of the benefits of using corpus linguistics, I then outline some potential areas for concern, including: misconceptions of the field as only quantitative, the danger of reading only concordance lines, over-reliance on the idea of removing bias, the tendency of corpus approaches to focus on difference or easily searchable features and issues with copyright and ethics. I then discuss potential future directions that the approach could take, focussing on work in non-western and non-English contexts, the development of new tools such as Lancsbox, and the integration of multimodal analyses, using examples from my own work and others.
L’emploi du clitique sujet en francoprovençal valaisan
Authors: Kristol Andres 
Published: August 2018

Résumé
Avec un corpus de près de 17’000 occurrences pour les 6 personnes grammaticales, dans les 25 points d’enquête de l’Atlas linguistique audiovisuel valaisan (ALAVAL, http://alaval.unine.ch), il devient possible de tester sur une base relativement solide différents facteurs de variation qui conditionnent l’emploi généralement facultatif du clitique sujet en francoprovençal valaisan : influence de la nature phonétique du verbe (initiale vocalique ou consonantique), influence de la personne grammaticale (et des désinences verbales correspondantes), influence d’un élément preverbal, influence du genre grammatical (différences entre le féminin et le masculin à la 3e personne du singulier et du pluriel). Ces différents facteurs se superposent, se croisent et se contredisent, de sorte qu’il n’en résulte que des tendances, et aucune conclusion simple et claire ne semble se dégager des données disponibles.
On negative indefinites in Gallo
Authors: Becerra-Zita Samantha , Demirdache Hamida 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
This paper brings to bear primary fieldwork data from Gallo on negation and polarity related issues. We defend two correlated
proposals. (i) The negative markers pas/pouint in Gallo are not inherently negative, but rather merely signal the
presence of abstract semantic negation in their clause. (ii) In (at least) the Morbihan dialect of Gallo, the negative markers
pas/pouint come in two variants: a plain and a scalar variant, both of which enter into a
Negative Concord relation with abstract semantic negation. The scalar NPI variant corresponding to aoqhun across
other Gallo dialects, or to aucun in Standard French, is pas/pouint aoqhun and it is the negator
(minimizer) pas/pouint that provides the necessary scalarity component characteristic of N(P)Is (formally the
scalar feature [+σ]) to the plain indefinite aoqhun. As a corollary, adapting Labelle & Espinal (2014), the shift from indefinite to (N)PI involves transfer of a scalar feature from a
minimizer to an indefinite.
Les clivées envoici / voilà
Authors: Karssenberg Lena , Lahousse Karen , Marzo Stefania 
Published: August 2018

RésuméCet article est consacré à trois types de clivées envoici/voilà(type 1 :voilà le chat qui arrive, type 2 :le voilà qui arrive, type 3 :voilà deux semaines que j’attends). Nous analysons (i) l’alternance entrevoicietvoilà, (ii) la distribution des trois types dans deux corpus, (iii) l’alternance entre le premier et le deuxième type, et (iv) leurs fonctions discursives. Nous montrons entre autres quevoicin’apparaît que dans 20% des cas et que l’alternance entre les deux premiers types s’explique par des principes généraux concernant l’accessibilité des référents. De plus, les trois types fonctionnent comme des marqueurs de saillance et le troisième type peut également créer un cadre temporel pour le contexte postérieur.
The origin of the valency metaphor in linguistics
Authors: Przepiórkowski Adam 
Published: August 2018

AbstractThe aim of this squib is to question the popular belief that the metaphor ofvalencywas introduced to linguistics by Lucien Tesnière in the middle of 20th century. Rather, we show that it was first used by Charles Peirce half a century earlier, leading to apparently independent – but probably mediated by Roman Jakobson – ‘discoveries’ of this metaphor by linguists in the Soviet Union, Holland, USA and indeed France.
The encoding and signalling of discourse relations in argumentative discourse
Authors: Fetzer Anita 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
This chapter examines the role of production format in the linguistic realization of discourse relations in the argumentative discourse genre of commentary, distinguishing between implicitly realized discourse relations, encoded in coherence strands and lexical coherence, and overtly realized discourse relations, encoded in coherence strands and additionally signalled with discourse connectives, metadiscursive comments and non-congruently configurated theme zones. The production format comprises single-authored commentaries, monadically edited commentaries and dyadically edited commentaries. The edited texts stem from a discourse-editing task: the source text was stripped of almost all adverbials yet retained the original argumentative sequential organization and default configuration of events. The study is methodologically compositional across functional approaches to discourse grammar, discourse semantics, and discourse pragmatics. The analysis confirms that Contrast is realized overtly by default, Continuation and Explanation tend to be realized overtly in edited texts and Elaboration is realized more frequently overtly in single-authored texts.
“God that came out quick didn’t it eh”
Authors: Gómez González María de los Ángeles 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
This study compares and contrasts British English variable tag questions, i.e. those containing a grammatically dependent question tag (e.g. isn’t it?), with invariable ones, i.e. those containing lexical tag questions (e.g. right?). Results are reported for five research questions concerning the (i) formal and (ii) functional characteristics of variable and invariable tag questions, as well as the factors motivating the choice of one type over the other, namely (iii) gender, (iv) age and (v) genre. Based on a sample of 858 tag questions, my findings suggest that British English shows a consistently higher preference for variable tag questions (717 vs. 141 tokens). Further differences and parallelisms are revealed for formal, functional, sociolinguistic and distributional conditions, raising new implications for further inquiry.
Emotion and appraisal processes in language
Authors: Alba-Juez Laura 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
This study discusses theoretical and methodological aspects of the relationship between appraisal and emotion processes in language/discourse. Taking as my point of departure both Appraisal Theory and Geoff Thompson’s later review thereof, I argue that despite their invaluable illumination of appraisal and emotion processes, these approaches cannot elucidate the complex similarities and differences between appraisal and emotion. I sketch a more interdisciplinary approach that draws not only on functional linguistics but also on linguistic pragmatics and psychological appraisal theories. I then propose a modified version of the functional relationship applied for the analysis of linguistic evaluation in my previous work as a methodological tool for the treatment of emotion in language, clearing the ground for future large-scale qualitative projects on the topic.
Forms of address in Basque
Authors: Alberdi-Larizgoitia Xabier 
Published: August 2018

AbstractThe aim of this article is twofold: first, to analyze and characterize forms of address in present-day Basque from a linguistic and sociolinguistic point of view, and, second, to underscore some of the distinctive features that make Basque interesting with regard to address.This work characterizes forms and systems of address in Basque based on two main factors: second-person pronouns and allocutivity. Five types are proposed depending on dialectal variety, and the existing differences in each of these systems are described. This article aims to fill a gap in Basque studies by analyzing modes of address in present-day Basque as a whole and going beyond mere grammatical analysis: previous studies are rather partial and confusing in terms of linguistic description, dialectal distribution and social usage (hierarchy among modes of address); in contrast, this article, based on extensive field work, gives an account of the different address systems according to the dialect and shows the sociopragmatic value (i.e., level of formality or politeness and personal distance) that each mode of address acquires in its system.The article will also highlight some of the distinctive linguistic features that make Basque interesting with regard to address. Forms of address in Basque display strong similarities with those in other languages in terms of the pronominal system and its historical development, yet they also show some distinctive features, namely: verbal allocutivity, which presents the speaker-hearer axis; gender differences in verb forms for familiar address; and the grammaticalization of expressive palatalization in the case of thexuform of address (xubeing an expressive variant of the polite pronounzu). Current trends towards simplification of the systems of address are also discussed, as is the existence of groups of speakers who use a simplified system.
“I’m really sorry about what I said”
Authors: Su Hang , Wei Naixing 
Published: August 2018

AbstractThis paper extends the concept of local grammar to speech act studies, focusing specifically on apologising in English. It aims primarily to demonstrate the usefulness of a local grammar approach to account for speech acts and ultimately to contribute to the on-going development of corpus pragmatics. Apology expressions in a corpus of scripted TV conversations are first automatically extracted and then manually examined in order to make sure that all remaining instances have the illocutionary force of apologising and thus qualify for further analysis. The subsequent local grammar analyses facilitate the establishment of a local grammar of apology, comprising 14 local grammar patterns. The analyses show that it is promising to develop a set of local grammars to account more adequately for speech acts in general. The relationship between local grammars, functional grammars, and general grammars is further discussed, which suggests that local grammars can be an alternative approach to functional-pragmatic studies of language and discourse. Directions for future research are outlined; and implications and applications are briefly discussed.
The motives attributed to trolls in metapragmatic comments on three Hungarian left-wing political blogs
Authors: Petykó Márton 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
This paper investigates the linguistically marked motives that participants attribute to those they call trolls in 178 comment
threads of three Hungarian left-wing political blogs. It is also concerned with how frequently these motives are mentioned and how
they contribute to the discursive construction of trolling and trolls. Another goal of the paper is to examine whether the mainly
emotional motives ascribed to trolls in the academic literature correspond with those that the participants attribute to the
alleged trolls in the threads. The paper identifies five motives for trolling: emotional reasons, financial gain, political
beliefs, being employed by Fidesz or the Hungarian government, and unspecified political affiliation. Depending on these motives,
trolling and trolls are constructed in various ways. Furthermore, by suggesting that Fidesz or the Hungarian government employs
trolls, the posters discursively construct Fidesz as an autocratic and corrupt state party that tries to manipulate the
public.
The multimodal enactment of deontic and epistemic authority in Indian meetings
Authors: Clifton Jonathan , Van De Mieroop Dorien , Sehgal Prachee , Aneet  
Published: August 2018

Abstract
Authority is a much discussed topic in organizational literature, but its in situ enactment is little investigated. Using the
notions of deontic and epistemic authority and using multimodal conversation analysis as a research methodology, the purpose of
this paper is to provide an empirical study of authority-in-action. We particularly focus on both sequences of talk and the
multimodal resources that are mobilised to ‘do’ authority. Furthermore, as research from non-Western contexts remains rare, we
complement insights into authority enactment based on ‘Western’ data by using data that is drawn from a corpus of
naturally-occurring video-recorded faculty meetings at an Indian University. Findings indicate that the doing of authority can be
made visible by explicating participants’ orientation to their respective deontic and epistemic rights and their invocation of
particular identities, which are accomplished by means of a complex intertwining of verbal and non-verbal resources.
Acquisition of sociophonetic variation
Authors: Solon Megan , Linford Bret , Geeslin Kimberly L. 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
This study investigates the acquisition of nativelike variation in the production of Spanish /d/ by English-speaking learners. Specifically, we examine the production of /d/ in word-internal intervocalic position in the speech of 13 highly advanced nonnative speakers (NNSs) and 13 native speakers (NSs) of Spanish in digitally-recorded sociolinguistic interviews. The analysis includes a discrete categorization of /d/ realization based on spectrographic examination (stop vs. spirant vs. deleted) and a continuous intensity difference measure. Tokens were coded for grammatical category, surrounding segments, stress, number of syllables, and lexical frequency. Results indicate that both NNSs and NSs exhibit /d/ spirantization and deletion, but these two processes are affected by different factors both between and across groups: NNS deletion patterns are predicted most significantly by lexical frequency, whereas degree of spirantization is influenced by articulatory/contextual factors of phonetic context and stress. NS patterns for both processes are influenced by most factors in a similar manner.
The acquisition of voicing assimilation by advanced Hungarian learners of Spanish
Authors: Bárkányi Zsuzsanna 
Published: August 2018

AbstractThis study examines the effect of explicit phonological instruction on the acquisition of variable /s/ voicing in Spanish by advanced Hungarian learners. Hungarian and Spanish have very similar, yet not identical, voicing assimilation (VA) systems; the most important difference lies in the pre-sonorant context as sonorant consonants trigger voicing assimilation in Spanish but not in Hungarian. Data were collected in acoustic experiments from 7 native speakers of Northern Peninsular Spanish and 12 Hungarian university students who were advanced learners of Spanish. The latter group was tested twice: before and after a three-monthSpanish phonetics and phonologycourse. Our data reveal that this amount of instruction is not enough for L2 speakers to overcome their first language VA system, which might be attributed, in part, to the variable allophonic nature of the process and the similarity between the two languages’ VA systems.
Modeling World Englishes from a cross-linguistic perspective
Authors: Siemund Peter 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
The increasing diversification of English qua World Englishes contributes to cross-linguistic variation. Still, we tend to consider and model varieties of English from a language-internal perspective. Taking Mair’s (2013) World System of Englishes as a starting point, I here explore how to model World Englishes from a cross-linguistic typological perspective, commenting on the tension between normative pressure and cross-linguistic tendencies and generalizations. Variation studies and language typology investigate micro and macro variation, respectively, though the empirical domains in focus and the methodologies employed show considerable overlap. Moreover, the traditional distinction between language and variety becomes increasingly difficult to draw in today’s multilingual and highly interconnected world. I examine the commonalities and differences of the two approaches to language variation that have largely been working independently of one another focusing on language universals and the ways that grammatical phenomena from World Englishes match up against them. Varieties of English attest a good deal of typological variation, though they also offer curious features rarely found in other languages.
American and/or British influence on L2 Englishes – Does context tip the scale(s)?
Authors: Gilquin Gaëtanelle 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
Taking Mair’s (2013) World System of Englishes as a starting point, this chapter seeks to investigate whether American English is a more important source of influence than British English for the other varieties of English, including English as an institutionalised second language and English as a foreign language. The study is based on twenty pairs of items that are distinctive between American and British English and whose frequency is calculated in data from the Global Web-based English Corpus (GloWbE) and the EF-Cambridge Open Language Database (EFCAMDAT). The results reveal a global influence of American English, as predicted by Mair’s model, but also show that varieties are not necessarily homogeneous in this respect and that more local contextual factors may have an impact on the degree of American and/or British influence.
A corpus-linguistic account of the history of the genitive alternation in Singapore English
Authors: Gries Stefan Th. , Bernaisch Tobias , Heller Benedikt 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
In this paper, we are exploring the history of the genitive alternation (of- vs. s-genitive) in Singapore English based on corpus data covering both British English (as the historical input variety) and Singapore English (as the target variety whose diachronic development we are interested in). Specifically, while earlier research has produced partly diachronic accounts of genitive variability, the diachronic development of the genitive has so far not been studied in ESL contexts, a gap which this study attempts to fill. Nearly 7000 instances of of- and s-genitives were annotated for a large number of predictors including phonetic variables (e.g. final sibilancy of possessor), semantic variables (e.g. animacy of possessor/possessum), syntactic variables (e.g. length of possessor/possessum), and pragmatic variables (e.g. discourse accessibility of possessor/possessum). We then applied the method of Multifactorial Prediction and Deviation Analysis with Regressions/Random Forests to the data to explore (i) how genitive choices in Singapore English differ from those in British English and, after a methodological interlude, (ii) how genitive choices changed over time in Singapore English. We conclude with some important recommendations regarding diachronic studies of structural nativization and their theoretical implications in models such as those of Moag (1982) or Schneider (2003, 2007).
Modeling World Englishes in the 21st century
Authors: Deshors Sandra C. , Gilquin Gaëtanelle 
Published: August 2018

Abstract
This chapter seeks to bring together all the contributions in the volume. We identify converging lines of argumentation and findings across the studies featured in the book and we show how the approaches they adopt and the linguistic patterns they uncover shed new light on globalized Englishes, the diversity of their uses and their emerging functions. Based on these studies, we discuss possible avenues for future research in the modeling process of World Englishes (WEs) and we make suggestions as to what contemporary theoretical models of WEs should look like in order to truly capture the developmental patterns of WEs in the 21st century. Generally, it emerges that theoretical models anchored in the ‘moment of communication’ are likely to reflect most effectively the intricate dynamics that lies behind the development of Englishes worldwide and that is stirred by linguistic, pragmatic, social, ideological and cultural forces, simultaneously.
An analysis of 15 years of trends in children’s connection with nature and its relationship with residential environment
Authors: Imai Haruka , Nakashizuka Tohru , Kohsaka Ryo 
Published: August 2018

ABSTRACT

Intruduction:
We assessed recent trends in children’s connection with nature over the period of 2000–2015, using indices of wildlife awareness that focus on changes in wildlife abundance and the level of apathy among children. We used data from a survey conducted in 63 junior high school districts in the city of Sendai in Japan. In these surveys, children were asked whether they had seen 12 species groups within the past year. To examine changes in children’s connection with nature, we used observed frequencies as an indicator of both the abundance of the species and children’s apathy toward it.

Results and Discussions:
Results indicated an increase in children’s apathy toward species that had low popularity regardless of residential environment. Our results suggest that regular exposure to wildlife would be effective in preventing the loss of children’s connection with nature, particularly by reducing children’s apathy toward less-popular species.