Peter Slomanson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1498970 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Slomanson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Slomanson |
| SIGNATURE | SLOMANSON P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tampere University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Negative irrealis clauses in Malay/Indonesian and Sri Lankan Malay infinitives
This article concerns establishing a plausible connection between the word jang(an) in colloquial Malay varieties and jang-, a form which negates infinitives, in the diasporic contact variety Sri Lankan Malay. The principal claim is that jang(an) marks irrealis modality in Southeast Asian Malay varieties, in which it is frequently (optionally) deployed in negative subjunctive-like embedded clauses. A related claim, dependent on the first of the t…
Pragmatic accommodation as a catalyst for the development of (non-)finiteness
A morphological asymmetry is shared by certain Dravidian (and Finnic) languages. The phonological shape of a negation element is dependent on the finiteness of the verb it negates. Pragmatic factors are identified that could motivate the development of this shared asymmetry, using evidence from the grammar of a Dravidian-influenced contact language. I will show that contrastive finiteness marking (finite and non-finite morphology) can facilitate …
The perfect construction and complexity drift in Sri Lankan Malay
Peer group identification and variation in New York Latino English laterals
Following recent work showing that adolescent peer culture affiliation correlates with phonological variation, our research explores the effect of peer identities and national heritages on the English of Latino students in a New York City high school. Data were gathered in sociolinguistic interviews embedded in a two-year ethnography. The peer groups investigated for Spanish-English contact effects include Hip-Hoppers, Skaters, Geeks, and non-par…
Peer group identification and variation in New York Latino English laterals
Following recent work showing that adolescent peer culture affiliation correlates with phonological variation, our research explores the effect of peer identities and national heritages on the English of Latino students in a New York City high school. Data were gathered in sociolinguistic interviews embedded in a two-year ethnography. The peer groups investigated for Spanish-English contact effects include Hip-Hoppers, Skaters, Geeks, and non-par…
The perfect construction and complexity drift in Sri Lankan Malay
Peer group identification and variation in New York Latino English laterals
Following recent work showing that adolescent peer culture affiliation correlates with phonological variation, our research explores the effect of peer identities and national heritages on the English of Latino students in a New York City high school. Data were gathered in sociolinguistic interviews embedded in a two-year ethnography. The peer groups investigated for Spanish-English contact effects include Hip-Hoppers, Skaters, Geeks, and non-par…
The perfect construction and complexity drift in Sri Lankan Malay
Pragmatic accommodation as a catalyst for the development of (non-)finiteness
A morphological asymmetry is shared by certain Dravidian (and Finnic) languages. The phonological shape of a negation element is dependent on the finiteness of the verb it negates. Pragmatic factors are identified that could motivate the development of this shared asymmetry, using evidence from the grammar of a Dravidian-influenced contact language. I will show that contrastive finiteness marking (finite and non-finite morphology) can facilitate …
Negative irrealis clauses in Malay/Indonesian and Sri Lankan Malay infinitives
This article concerns establishing a plausible connection between the word jang(an) in colloquial Malay varieties and jang-, a form which negates infinitives, in the diasporic contact variety Sri Lankan Malay. The principal claim is that jang(an) marks irrealis modality in Southeast Asian Malay varieties, in which it is frequently (optionally) deployed in negative subjunctive-like embedded clauses. A related claim, dependent on the first of the t…
Linguistics (4 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Grammar (2 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (2 works) · Malay (2 works) · Negation (2 works)