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Between derivation and multifunctionality: In search of evidence for conversion

UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository) Nominal plurals in Sign Language of the Netherlands: Accounting for allomorphy and variation

The morpho-syntax of Standard Scottish English

With empirical research on Standard Scottish English showing a bias towards phonology, the aim of the current study is to contribute to the morpho-syntactic documentation of this variety. Relying on Standard Southern British English for comparison, we concentrate on four eWAVE features on which the varieties have...

Affirmative markers: A cross-linguistic study of overspecification

Based on a worldwide sample of 604 languages from 179 families, this study shows that affirmative markers, the functional opposite of standard negators, are highly infrequent and possibly ‘rara.’ This confirms previous impressionistic claims. Nine languages with one affirmative marker each were found. Their geographica...