We need world-wide corpus-based typology
A parallel corpus study of restrictives ('only')
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21608271 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bernhard Wälchli (0000-0002-0256-6855, Stockholm University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Pages | 69-157 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Travaux neuchâtelois de linguistique (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1010-1705 • E-ISSN: 2504-205X |
| Publisher | Cantonal and University Library Fribourg (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.26034/ne.tranel.2024.4824 |
| OpenAlex | W4392795703 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
Language is a tool for communication in concrete use and there are several thousand languages; hence, approaches that are both corpus-linguistically and typologically informed must play an important role in linguistics. This is demonstrated in an investigation of the generally expressed meaning (GEM) 'only', considered here in translations of the New Testament. It is shown that restrictives are universal (are attested in all 121 languages of a stratified sample from 121 language families and isolates), that the generally expressed meaning (GEM) 'only' differs considerably from the parochially expressed meaning (PEM) of English only, that restriction plays an important role in discourse and that the use of restrictives exhibits hemispheric differences with the Pacific and the Afro-Eurasian linguistic hemispheres reflecting partly different usage patterns. It is argued that these differences are deeply rooted in discourse (parole) rather than grammar and lexicon (langue) and are so common in discourse that they percolate to written Bible translations
Archaeology · Corpus linguistics · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Typology · Computer Science · History · Lexicography and Language Studies · linguistics and terminology studies · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Philosophy
Typology and Universals
Rhetorical Structure Theory
The indeterminacy of word segmentation and the nature of morphology and syntax
Linguistic Diversity in Space and Time
Corpus-based typology
The interplay of contrast markers (‘but’), selectives (“topic markers”) and word order in the fuzzy oppositive contrast domain
The Creation of Tense and Aspect Systems in the Languages of the World
Only and Focus in Imbabura Quichua
Selectives (“topic markers”) on subordinate clauses
The meanings of focus
Mirativity
Appositive possession in Ainu and around the Pacific
Lexical typology through similarity semantics
Contrast and Information Structure
Areal pragmatics of New Guinea
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |