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Naasioi metrical structure: a challenge to syllable integrity
Author: Jason Brown
Published: 2025. Phonology, Volume 42.
Details: Syllable integrity, the idea that the content of syllables may not be metrified separately, is often taken to be an inviolable constraint of grammar. This has been challenged in recent work, though the data are often subject to competing analyses. This article claims that syllable integrity is readily violable in Naasioi.
Intra-language differences of motion event encoding – a case of advent paths in Mandarin Chinese
Author: Michael Barlow et al
Published: 2025. Folia Linguistica, De Gruyter
Details: Despite considerable research on motion event encoding, studies from the perspective of intra-language differences are still few in number. To examine whether motion event encoding is influenced by event types (translational vs. fictive events), this study investigates lexicalisation patterns and associated linguistic features of Mandarin advent path (one type of fictive motion) expressions and compares them with existing findings on translational motion event expressions.
Mental simulation in bilingual and second language processing: New directions in the Competition Model
Author: Norbert Vanek (et al)
Published: 2025. Brain and Language 269, 105619-105619.
Details: This article revisits the foundational principles of the Competition Model, considering recent advances in mental simulation research, highlighting how embodied cognition provides a richer understanding of bilingual processing. By exploring the dynamics of cue competition, transfer, decoupling, and functional restructuring, it underscored the intricate mechanisms of linguistic, cognitive, and sensorimotor processes in bilingualism.
Ten Lectures on Corpora and Cognitive Linguistics
Author: Michael Barlow
Published: 2023. Distinguished Lectures in Cognitive Linguistics, Volume 29, Brill
Details: In this book, Michael Barlow describes ways in which corpus data can be used to provide insights into various aspects of grammar, taking a usage-based perspective. The book deals with both the practical and the theoretical aspects of using corpora for language analysis.
Linguistic Description in English for Academic Purposes
Author: Helen Basturkmen
Published: 2021, Routledge Focus on Linguistics Research Series.
Details: The purpose of the series is to provide expert maps to guide readers through evolving areas of linguistics scholarship. The series features books that provide expert research summaries, guides to key literature and theories. As well as providing an overview of research on the topic, the work aims to add theoretical and methodological context to guide future research.