Åshild Næ
Biographic Data
| ID | 3780571 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Åshild Næ |
| GIVEN NAMES | Åshild |
| FAMILY NAME | Næ |
| SIGNATURE | NAE A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Ancient DNA and its contribution to understanding the human history of the Pacific Islands
Two recent papers, by Lipson et al. and Posth et al., have challenged current interpretations of the initial settlement of Remote Oceania. We invited Stuart Bedford, who is an author on both papers, to outline their importance, and a number of scholars in various disciplines to comment on their findings
Two kinds of pink
Static spatial descriptions in five Germanic languages
Sociological factors in Reefs-Santa Cruz language vitality
This article looks back over 40 years of language and culture change in the region of the Solomon Islands where the four Reefs-Santa Cruz (RSC) languages are spoken. Taking the works of Davenport and Wurm as a starting point, we list specific linguistic changes we have identified and discuss the sociological factors which have both promoted and undermined the vitality of these languages. We then determine the level of vitality for each language t…
The Grammar of Eating and Drinking Verbs
Verbs referring to acts of eating and drinking show a crosslinguistic tendency to behave in ways which distinguish them from other verbs in a language. Specifically, they tend to pattern like intransitive verbs in certain respects, even though they appear to conform to the definition of 'prototypical transitive verbs'. The explanations which have been suggested for this behaviour fall into two main categories: those referring to telicity or Aktio…
What markedness marks
What markedness marks
Ancient DNA and its contribution to understanding the human history of the Pacific Islands
Two recent papers, by Lipson et al. and Posth et al., have challenged current interpretations of the initial settlement of Remote Oceania. We invited Stuart Bedford, who is an author on both papers, to outline their importance, and a number of scholars in various disciplines to comment on their findings
Two kinds of pink
Sociological factors in Reefs-Santa Cruz language vitality
This article looks back over 40 years of language and culture change in the region of the Solomon Islands where the four Reefs-Santa Cruz (RSC) languages are spoken. Taking the works of Davenport and Wurm as a starting point, we list specific linguistic changes we have identified and discuss the sociological factors which have both promoted and undermined the vitality of these languages. We then determine the level of vitality for each language t…
Static spatial descriptions in five Germanic languages
The Grammar of Eating and Drinking Verbs
Verbs referring to acts of eating and drinking show a crosslinguistic tendency to behave in ways which distinguish them from other verbs in a language. Specifically, they tend to pattern like intransitive verbs in certain respects, even though they appear to conform to the definition of 'prototypical transitive verbs'. The explanations which have been suggested for this behaviour fall into two main categories: those referring to telicity or Aktio…
What markedness marks
The Grammar of Eating and Drinking Verbs
Verbs referring to acts of eating and drinking show a crosslinguistic tendency to behave in ways which distinguish them from other verbs in a language. Specifically, they tend to pattern like intransitive verbs in certain respects, even though they appear to conform to the definition of 'prototypical transitive verbs'. The explanations which have been suggested for this behaviour fall into two main categories: those referring to telicity or Aktio…
Sociological factors in Reefs-Santa Cruz language vitality
This article looks back over 40 years of language and culture change in the region of the Solomon Islands where the four Reefs-Santa Cruz (RSC) languages are spoken. Taking the works of Davenport and Wurm as a starting point, we list specific linguistic changes we have identified and discuss the sociological factors which have both promoted and undermined the vitality of these languages. We then determine the level of vitality for each language t…
Two kinds of pink
Static spatial descriptions in five Germanic languages
Ancient DNA and its contribution to understanding the human history of the Pacific Islands
Two recent papers, by Lipson et al. and Posth et al., have challenged current interpretations of the initial settlement of Remote Oceania. We invited Stuart Bedford, who is an author on both papers, to outline their importance, and a number of scholars in various disciplines to comment on their findings
Computer Science (6 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Categorization, perception, and language (2 works) · German (2 works) · Germanic languages (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)