Luigi Talamo
Biographic Data
| ID | 1453516 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Luigi Talamo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Luigi |
| FAMILY NAME | Talamo |
| SIGNATURE | TALAMO L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Saarland University |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-4640-3052 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Introduction to the special issue on dependency grammar for linguistic typology
This special issue examines the use of dependency-annotated corpora across different languages for quantitative typological research. The contributions explore how large-scale resources enable new analyses of morphological and syntactic complexity, word order variation, language contact, and language evolution, as well as challenges in the annotation of specific phenomena. Together, these contributions demonstrate the potential of dependency gram…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
Introduction to the special issue on dependency grammar for linguistic typology
This special issue examines the use of dependency-annotated corpora across different languages for quantitative typological research. The contributions explore how large-scale resources enable new analyses of morphological and syntactic complexity, word order variation, language contact, and language evolution, as well as challenges in the annotation of specific phenomena. Together, these contributions demonstrate the potential of dependency gram…
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…
Language and cultural evolution (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (2 works) · Typology (2 works) · Archaeology (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Authorship Attribution and Profiling (1 work)