Bruno Olsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5900734 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bruno Olsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bruno |
| FAMILY NAME | Olsson |
| SIGNATURE | OLSSON B |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, Australian National University , Canberra , Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7031-5161 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Noun phrase complexity and contiguity in a Papuan language
This article considers NP complexity and discontinuity in the Papuan language Coastal Marind. First, I give an overview of NP structure in the language, which is characterized by extremely limited possibility of elaboration and modification. I connect this to the observation that Papuan languages are characterized by exceptionally simple NP structures. The lack of research makes it difficult to evaluate the significance of such observations, but …
The Absconditive revealed
Speakers of Coastal Marind, a Papuan language of the Anim family, use a special inflectional form of the verb to signal that the state of affairs that the verb describes is outside the addressee’s current focus of attention. A central claim of the paper is that speakers use this verb form, which I call the Absconditive , to signal that the addressee should realign their attention to achieve shared access to the state of affairs. The paper describ…
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The Absconditive revealed
Speakers of Coastal Marind, a Papuan language of the Anim family, use a special inflectional form of the verb to signal that the state of affairs that the verb describes is outside the addressee’s current focus of attention. A central claim of the paper is that speakers use this verb form, which I call the Absconditive , to signal that the addressee should realign their attention to achieve shared access to the state of affairs. The paper describ…
Noun phrase complexity and contiguity in a Papuan language
This article considers NP complexity and discontinuity in the Papuan language Coastal Marind. First, I give an overview of NP structure in the language, which is characterized by extremely limited possibility of elaboration and modification. I connect this to the observation that Papuan languages are characterized by exceptionally simple NP structures. The lack of research makes it difficult to evaluate the significance of such observations, but …
Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (2 works) · Argument (complex analysis) (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Construal level theory (1 work)