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New Use Of An Old Discourse Marker: The Interface Of Implicit Attitudes, Explicit Attitudes, And Rapid Language Change Of "So", Syelle Graves

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation investigates a linguistic feature called “backstory so,” defined as discourse marker so when it prefaces the answer to a question or request for information from an interlocutor. The motivation for its investigation is a collection of highly negative internet comments expressing irritation and insulting attitudes toward this use of so and the people who say it, calling them annoying, inarticulate, and condescending, for example. I also examine controversy in the (limited) literature about whether or not this language feature is new.

I therefore first present findings that this use of so is an instance of rapid language …

Syntactic Processing And Cross-Linguistic Structural Priming In Heritage Spanish Speakers And Late Bilinguals: Effects Of Exposure To L2 English On Processing Illicit Structures In L1 Spanish, Ian Phillips

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This study examines real-time heritage language syntactic processing and tests the hypothesis that some commonly observed properties of heritage languages—apparent instability in grammatical knowledge and divergence from monolingual grammatical norms—can be attributed to cross-linguistic influence from the socially dominant language during online processing. To test this hypothesis, a novel cross-linguistic structural priming experiment based on self-paced listening was conducted with a group of heritage Spanish speakers and late Spanish-English bilinguals to test whether exposure to preposition stranding in English—a feature of core syntax that does not exist in Spanish—could facilitate processing of (ungrammatical) preposition stranding in a subsequently encountered Spanish …

An Experimental Study Of The Differences Between "Just" And "Only": Npi Licensing And Modal Scope, Taletha Callahan-Kanik

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Throughout much of the theoretical semantic literature, the two exclusives only and just have been assumed identical in their structures and semantics. This manuscript contests that assumption, using parallel examples with negative polarity items (NPIs) and modals to demonstrate the asymmetry of these exclusives. After reviewing the existing theoretical literature, I utilize these examples to inform an experimental study centering around NPIs. This experiment (influenced by Chemla, Homer, and Rothschild (2011)) employs an acceptability judgment task where participants (n=90) are asked to judge sentences containing negation, only, and just (both with and without NPIs) on a 6-point scale.

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Recursive Neural Networks For Semantic Sentence Representation, Liam S. Geron

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Semantic representation has a rich history rife with both complex linguistic theory and computational models. Though this history stretches back almost 50 years (Salton, 1971), recently the field has undergone an unexpected shift in paradigm thanks to the work of Mikolov et al., 2013(a & b) which has proven that vector-space semantic models can capture large amounts of semantic information. As of yet, these semantic representations are computed at the word level, and finding a semantic representation of a phrase is a much more difficult challenge. Mikolov et al., 2013(a&b) proved that their word vectors can be composed arithmetically to …

Kajian Pragmatik Pada Kosakata Dan Fonetis Bahasa Penderita Afasia Global, Nugroho Ponco Santoso, Andayani Andayani, Budhi Setiawan

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

Aphasia is a language disorder caused by brain injury. This study aimed at describing how the pragmatic process and forms on words and language phonemes of those suffering from global aphasia. The study is qualitative research using case study approach. The primary data on this study were collected by purposive sampling whose subject was a global aphasia sufferer who had obtained language rehabilitation during one-year period. The secondary data were taken by using in-depth interview with the family, therapist, and subject's neighborhood. The data were analyzed by comparing the in-depth interview result and the field notes of research. The result …

The Importance Of Cross-Cultural Understanding In Foreign Language Teaching In The Asian Context, Dian Ratnasari

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

Foreign language learning is not only about grammar or vocabulary but also life skill to be able to communicate. Furthermore, mastering culture along with learning language is essential. Language learners must have knowledge of cultural understanding because every language reflects many kinds of cultures. The same thing can happen between Indonesian and German. If the communication is not good, it could lead to something negative, especially when the communications are related to business cooperation as well as other important partnerships. So, in foreign language learning, teachers must teach the cultures of both the native and foreign language too, so that …

Semantic Analysis Of Passive Sentence Translation In Novel The Hunger Games: Mockingjay By Suzanne Collins, Lionora Oktariani, Endry Boeriswati, Sri Harini Ekowati

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

This study aims at analyzing the translation of English passive sentences into Indonesian language, in terms of the meanings and equivalence which appear in the translation. The method used to analyze the data is a descriptive quantitative. The sample of this research is taken from five chapters of the novel Hunger Games: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. The result shows that the translation of passive sentences comes into several types of meanings: lexical meaning 37%, grammatical meaning 2%, textual meaning 5%, and contextual meaning 46%. The translation of passive sentences also falls into two types of equivalences: formal equivalence 35% and …

Penerapan Lesson Study Untuk Meningkatkan Performansi Mengajar Dosen Dalam Perkuliahan Nahwu Di Kelas, Moh. Khasairi, M. Syathibi Nawawi, Irhamni Irhamni

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

This research aimed at describing the application of Lesson Study to increase lecturer’s teacing performance in teaching Nahwu. The researchers used classroom action research in two cycles. The subjects of this research were the students taking Nahwu course with low competence. The result showed that the lecturer model was successful to enhance his patience which he did not recognise before to solve his teaching performance of “difficult” course, i.e. discussing the problem with his colleagues. The observer of this Lesson Study scored 95% for the success of applying Lesson Study, and 98% for the positive change of each step done.

Pragma-Gramatikal Kesantunan Hegemonis Bahasa Bali Dalam Awig-Awig, Nengah Arnawa, I Wayan Gunartha, I Nyoman Sadwika

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

This study aims to reveal the relation between pragmatics and grammar, especially in Balinese language, which usually has been widely separated. The data were collected through document recording on a number of manuscripts and interviews with informants spreading out over five districts/cities in Bali Province as a representation of dialectal variation. Based on the theory of semantic structure it revealed that grammatical choice was motivated by pragmatic needs to realize Balinese hegemonic politeness in awig-awig of pakraman of the villages. The grammatical choices were: (1) personification of nouns desa, banjar, or subak, i.e. [+ CONCRETE] given the role as noun …

Tongan Relative Clauses At The Syntax-Prosody Interface, Byron Ahn

Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA)

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Event Existentials In Tagalog, Edith Aldridge

Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA)

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Tp Serialization In Malagasy, Laura Kalin, Edward Keenan

Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA)

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Notes On Daakie (Port Vato): Sounds And Modality, Manfred Krifka

Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA)

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Does Sundanese Have Prolepsis And/Or Raising To Object Constructions?, Eri Kurniawan

Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA)

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A, B, C, Or None Of The Above: A C-Command Puzzle In Tagalog, Bradley Larson

Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA)

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Differential Object Marking In Tagalog, Anja Latrouite

Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA)

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Interrogative Verb Sequencing Constructions In Amis, Dong-Yi Lin

Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA)

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How Does Who Compose?, Andreea Nicolae, Gregory Scontras

Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA)

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A Direct Analysis Of Malagasy Phrasal Comparatives, Eric Potsdam

Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA)

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A Probe-Based Account Of Voice Agreement In Formosan Languages, Chaokai Shi, T.-H. Jonah Lin

Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA)

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Sequences Of Pronominal Clitics In Mantauran Rukai: V-Deletion And Suppletion, Doris Ching-Jung Yen, Loren Billings

Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA)

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Graphic Representations Of Grammatical Gender In Spanish Language Anarchist Publications, Mariel Mercedes Acosta Matos

Publications and Research

This paper offers a descriptive analysis of the suffixes -@, -x, -e and other orthographic innovations as transgressions to the genderedness of Spanish language. First I discuss the grammatical rules of expressing gender in Spanish and a summary of the ongoing debates concerning linguistic sexism and androcentrism in Spanish language. Then I present some examples of the gender neutral suffixes drawn from articles found in 3 “Do It Yourself” journals published online by three anarchist collectives in Latin America.

Hili-Clauses: Insights Into Tongan Nominalization, Douglas Ball

Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA)

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Movement And Locality In Sundanese Wh-Questions, William D. Davies, Eri Kurniawan

Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA)

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On The Left Periphery In Indonesian, Catherine Fortin

Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA)

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Backward Control In Samoan, Vincent Homer

Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA)

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News About The No-Phrase Specificational Pseudoclefts In Malagasy, Laura Kalin

Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA)

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Voice Determines Co-Argument Anaphora In W. Austronesian, Edward L. Keenan

Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA)

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Two Types Of Anticausatives In Acehnese, Seongyeon Ko

Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA)

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Voice, Agree And Locality In Paiwan, Chao-Lin Li

Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA)

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