Annemarie Verkerk
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1453517 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Annemarie Verkerk |
| NOMBRES | Annemarie |
| APELLIDO | Verkerk |
| FIRMA | VERKERK A |
| AFILIACIONES | Saarland University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3351-8362 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2008 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
They saw it, onu , 它, coming
Personal pronouns share with other nominal constructions, such as common nouns and demonstratives, the basic function of selecting and identifying a referent. However, they are special in that they depend on the context and are inherently rooted in interlocutor roles (speaker, addressee, other). As proxies for information that is already known to the hearer, we could expect their usage to be similar across different languages as well as little va…
Why we need a gradient approach to word order
This article argues for a gradient approach to word order, which treats word order preferences, both within and across languages, as a continuous variable. Word order variability should be regarded as a basic assumption, rather than as something exceptional. Although this approach follows naturally from the emergentist usage-based view of language, we argue that it can be beneficial for all frameworks and linguistic domains, including language ac…
Color technology is not necessary for rich and efficient color language
The evolution of basic color terms in language is claimed to be stimulated by technological development, involving technological control of color or exposure to artificially colored objects. Accordingly, technologically "simple" non-industrialized societies are expected to have poor lexicalization of color, i.e., only rudimentary lexica of 2, 3 or 4 basic color terms, with unnamed gaps in the color space. While it may indeed be the case that tech…
Sociogeographic correlates of typological variation in northwestern Bantu gender systems
This paper investigates the sociolinguistic factors that impact the typology and evolution of grammatical gender systems in northwestern Bantu, the most diverse area of the Bantu-speaking world. We base our analyses on a typological classification of 179 northwestern Bantu languages, focusing on various instances of semantic agreement and their role in the erosion of gender marking. In addition, we conduct in-depth analyses of the sociolinguistic…
A typology of northwestern Bantu gender systems
Northwestern Bantu is the most linguistically diverse area of the Bantu-speaking world. Several unusual grammatical gender systems are reported for this area, but there has been a lack of comprehensive comparative studies. This article is a typological investigation of northwestern Bantu gender systems based on a sample of 179 languages. We study the distribution of various patterns of animacy-based agreement in the languages of the sample and in…
The Evolutionary Dynamics of Negative Existentials in Indo-European
Where in earlier work diachronic change is used to explain away exceptions to typologies, linguistic typologists have started to make use of explicit diachronic models as explanations for typological distributions. A topic that lends itself for this approach especially well is that of negation. In this article, we assess the explanatory value of a specific hypothesis, the Negative Existential Cycle (NEC), on the distribution of negative existenti…
The evolution of language families is shaped by the environment beyond neutral drift
Phylogenies
Where do all the motion verbs come from
The last four decades have seen huge progress in the description and analysis of cross-linguistic diversity in the encoding of motion (Talmy 1985, 1991, Slobin 1996, 2004). Comparisons between satellite-framed and verb-framed languages suggest that satellite-framed languages typically have a larger manner of motion verb lexicon ( swim , dash ), while verb-framed languages typically have a larger path of motion verb lexicon ( enter , cross ) (Slob…
Juliana Goschler and Anatol Stefanowitsch
Scramble, Scurry and Dash
In recent decades, much has been discovered about the different ways in which people can talk about motion (Talmy, 1985, 1991; Slobin, 1996, 1997, 2004). Slobin (1997) has suggested that satellite-framed languages typically have a larger and more diverse lexicon of manner of motion verbs (such as run, fly , and scramble ) when compared to verb-framed languages. Slobin (2004) has claimed that larger manner of motion verb lexicons originate over ti…
A semantic map of secondary predication
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The encoding of adjectives
In this paper, we will give a unified account of the cross-linguistic variation in the encoding of adjectives in predicative and attributive constructions. Languages may differ in the encoding strategy of adjectives in the predicative domain (Stassen 1997), and sometimes change this strategy in the attributive domain (Verkerk 2007). We will show that the interaction of two principles, that of faithfulness to the semantic class of a lexical root a…
Why we need a gradient approach to word order
This article argues for a gradient approach to word order, which treats word order preferences, both within and across languages, as a continuous variable. Word order variability should be regarded as a basic assumption, rather than as something exceptional. Although this approach follows naturally from the emergentist usage-based view of language, we argue that it can be beneficial for all frameworks and linguistic domains, including language ac…
The evolution of language families is shaped by the environment beyond neutral drift
A typology of northwestern Bantu gender systems
Northwestern Bantu is the most linguistically diverse area of the Bantu-speaking world. Several unusual grammatical gender systems are reported for this area, but there has been a lack of comprehensive comparative studies. This article is a typological investigation of northwestern Bantu gender systems based on a sample of 179 languages. We study the distribution of various patterns of animacy-based agreement in the languages of the sample and in…
The encoding of adjectives
In this paper, we will give a unified account of the cross-linguistic variation in the encoding of adjectives in predicative and attributive constructions. Languages may differ in the encoding strategy of adjectives in the predicative domain (Stassen 1997), and sometimes change this strategy in the attributive domain (Verkerk 2007). We will show that the interaction of two principles, that of faithfulness to the semantic class of a lexical root a…
A semantic map of secondary predication
Preview this article: A semantic map of secondary predication, Page 1 of 1 /docserver/preview/fulltext/avt.26.11ver-1.gif
Scramble, Scurry and Dash
In recent decades, much has been discovered about the different ways in which people can talk about motion (Talmy, 1985, 1991; Slobin, 1996, 1997, 2004). Slobin (1997) has suggested that satellite-framed languages typically have a larger and more diverse lexicon of manner of motion verbs (such as run, fly , and scramble ) when compared to verb-framed languages. Slobin (2004) has claimed that larger manner of motion verb lexicons originate over ti…
Where do all the motion verbs come from
The last four decades have seen huge progress in the description and analysis of cross-linguistic diversity in the encoding of motion (Talmy 1985, 1991, Slobin 1996, 2004). Comparisons between satellite-framed and verb-framed languages suggest that satellite-framed languages typically have a larger manner of motion verb lexicon ( swim , dash ), while verb-framed languages typically have a larger path of motion verb lexicon ( enter , cross ) (Slob…
Juliana Goschler and Anatol Stefanowitsch
Phylogenies
The evolution of language families is shaped by the environment beyond neutral drift
The Evolutionary Dynamics of Negative Existentials in Indo-European
Where in earlier work diachronic change is used to explain away exceptions to typologies, linguistic typologists have started to make use of explicit diachronic models as explanations for typological distributions. A topic that lends itself for this approach especially well is that of negation. In this article, we assess the explanatory value of a specific hypothesis, the Negative Existential Cycle (NEC), on the distribution of negative existenti…
Color technology is not necessary for rich and efficient color language
The evolution of basic color terms in language is claimed to be stimulated by technological development, involving technological control of color or exposure to artificially colored objects. Accordingly, technologically "simple" non-industrialized societies are expected to have poor lexicalization of color, i.e., only rudimentary lexica of 2, 3 or 4 basic color terms, with unnamed gaps in the color space. While it may indeed be the case that tech…
Sociogeographic correlates of typological variation in northwestern Bantu gender systems
This paper investigates the sociolinguistic factors that impact the typology and evolution of grammatical gender systems in northwestern Bantu, the most diverse area of the Bantu-speaking world. We base our analyses on a typological classification of 179 northwestern Bantu languages, focusing on various instances of semantic agreement and their role in the erosion of gender marking. In addition, we conduct in-depth analyses of the sociolinguistic…
A typology of northwestern Bantu gender systems
Northwestern Bantu is the most linguistically diverse area of the Bantu-speaking world. Several unusual grammatical gender systems are reported for this area, but there has been a lack of comprehensive comparative studies. This article is a typological investigation of northwestern Bantu gender systems based on a sample of 179 languages. We study the distribution of various patterns of animacy-based agreement in the languages of the sample and in…
Why we need a gradient approach to word order
This article argues for a gradient approach to word order, which treats word order preferences, both within and across languages, as a continuous variable. Word order variability should be regarded as a basic assumption, rather than as something exceptional. Although this approach follows naturally from the emergentist usage-based view of language, we argue that it can be beneficial for all frameworks and linguistic domains, including language ac…
They saw it, onu , 它, coming
Personal pronouns share with other nominal constructions, such as common nouns and demonstratives, the basic function of selecting and identifying a referent. However, they are special in that they depend on the context and are inherently rooted in interlocutor roles (speaker, addressee, other). As proxies for information that is already known to the hearer, we could expect their usage to be similar across different languages as well as little va…
Linguistics (9 obras) · Computer Science (8 obras) · Artificial Intelligence (7 obras) · Philosophy (7 obras) · Language and cultural evolution (6 obras) · Categorization, perception, and language (5 obras) · Geography (4 obras) · Typology (4 obras) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 obras) · Lexicon (3 obras)