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Standardization of the English language

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The topic of my research is the history of normative English grammar, particularly its contacts with contemporary philosophy of language, rhetoric and poetics.

  • Expires after: 01-01-2525
  • Keywords: Standardization,Historical Linguistics,Historical Sociolinguistics,Language And Culture,Prescriptivism,Grammar Writing

Analysis of syntactic /grammatical complexity measures in academic and non-academic discourse

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My current research is about the analysis of syntactic/ grammatical complexity measures in academic and non-academic discourses using corpus linguistics methodologies and techniques.

  • Website: www.researchgate.net/profile/Maryam_Nasseri
  • Expires after: 01-01-2080
  • Keywords: Syntactic Complexity,Syntactic Complexity Measures,Academic Writing,First And Second Language Acquisition,Complexity,Corpus Linguistics,Grammar Writing,Syntax,Statistical Methods Of Syntactic Analysis

19c grammars and grammar writing

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I investigate British and American grammars, grammar writing and their influence on language change of the time, based on corpus studies and my collection of nineteenth-century grammars (CNG).

Variation and Change in English

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Grammatical and phonological variation in past and present varieties of English; functional conditioning; based on linguistic corpora and text databases; with a focus on quantitative methodologies.

  • Expires after: 31-12-2030
  • Keywords: Alternations,Constraints On Variation,Corpus Linguistics,Diachronic Variation,Historical Linguistics,Language Change,Phonology,Quantitative Methods,Variationist Linguistics,World Englishes,Grammar

Verb-second

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When the verb does and doesn't come second.

  • Website: walkden.space/research.html
  • Expires after: 01-07-2028
  • Keywords: Syntax,Historical Linguistics,Corpus Linguistics,Old English,Middle English,Historical Syntax,Grammar

Null subjects

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Is the subject expressed, or not?

  • Website: walkden.space/research.html
  • Expires after: 01-07-2028
  • Keywords: Syntax,Corpus Linguistics,Historical Linguistics,Old English,Historical Syntax,Grammar

Letter writing in Late Modern English

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Unlocking the Mary Hamilton Papers. A window onto eighteenth-century life, literature and language

  • Website: https://www.maryhamiltonpapers.alc.manchester.ac.uk/about/
  • Expires after: 31-12-2027
  • Keywords: Grammar Writing,Historical Sociolinguistics,Language Attitudes,Diachronic Variation,Prescriptivism,Standardization,Variationist Linguistics,Corpus Linguistics,Historical Correspondence,Pragmatics,Social Network Analysis,Socio-historical Linguistics

Have a bite, have a bash, have a taste and a smell : a study of atypical light verb constructions in Modern and Contemporary English

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PhD thesis

  • Website: https://theses.fr/2020TOUR2024
  • Expires after: 31-12-2027
  • Keywords: Light Verb Constructions,Semantics,Syntax,Construction Grammar,Analogy,Historical Linguistics

Development of corpus based l2 syntactical errors analysis framework for predictive segmentation

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Checking essays written by students is a time-consuming task. In addition to detecting spelling and grammar errors, educators also need to report predictive segmentation. This study focused on one suc

Prototypes in Parts of Speech

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We use Natural Language Processing and neurolinguistic evidence from Basque, Chinese and English) to verify whether adjectives as a prototypically structured category exist.

Mapping Form, Continuity and Change in Pegagogical Grammars of English

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The project under preparation aims to investigate the evolution of pedagogical grammar books used primarily the German area used in the 20th century up to now. It includes works both for advanced stud

  • Expires after: 31-03-2027
  • Keywords: Grammar Writing,Grammar,Digital Humanities,Language Pedagogy

The probabilistic grammar of rap

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As part of my PhD project, I am investigating grammatical variation in rap lyrics. I am conducting four case studies, e.g. on FTR, to identify variables driving grammatical alternation in rap songs.

  • Expires after: 30-09-2026
  • Keywords: Probabilistic Linguistics,Grammatical Variation,Rap

Bare Singular Count Nouns

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Semantic and pragmatic explorations of bare singular count nouns, which show incorporation within PPs (“in prison”) and are moving towards grammaticalization in pre-sentential shell nouns (“truth is”)

  • Website: rc.library.uta.edu/uta-ir/handle/10106/30272
  • Expires after: 16-03-2026
  • Keywords: Bare Singular Count Nouns,Nominal Determination,Semantic Incorporation,Conventional Implicature,Grammaticalization,Construction Grammar

Constructionalizing Conversation: Collaborative and Auto-Insubordination in English Language Podcasts

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My PhD explores language use in podcasts through the lens of Interactional Construction Grammar, focusing on frequently insubordinating words because and which in dialogic and monologic settings.

  • Expires after: 31-12-2025
  • Keywords: Construction Grammar,Conversation Analysis,Insubordination,Pragmatics,Syntax,Spoken Language

Interpreting Modality - A Multi-Method Approach

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The dissertation employs typological and psycholinguistic approaches to conduct a multivariate analysis of modality across several Indo-European languages.

  • Expires after: 31-12-2025
  • Keywords: Construction Grammar,Grammaticalization,Grammatical Aspect,Cognitive Linguistics,Coercion

Historical Sociolinguistics Meets Construction Grammar: The Case of Productivity in English

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Aims: (1) increase the explanatory power of CxG by drawing on historical sociolinguistics; (2) learn more about linguistic phenomena in the field of productivity in the history of English.

Prepositions in English Argument Structure across Time and Space: A Corpus-based Evolutionary Construction Grammar Approach

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The project uses (diachronic) construction grammar and evolutionary linguistics for a comprehensive treatment of English verb complementation from the perspective of prepositions between ME and PD WEs

  • Expires after: 30-11-2022
  • Keywords: Historical Construction Grammar

Phrasal verbs (PhVs) from the viewpoint of Construction Grammar

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PhV-constructions reveal the features of attraction involving new verbs provided the action or motion event is identical, and facilitate and diversify the naming process with the speakers.

  • Expires after: 30-09-2022
  • Keywords: Corpus Linguistics,Cognitive Linguistics,Construction Grammar,Lexicology,Semantics,Phrasal Verb,Coercion,Collostructional Analysis

Exploring probabilistic grammar(s) in varieties of English around the world

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The objective of the project is to understand the lectal plasticity of probabilistic knowledge of English grammar, on the part of language users with diverse regional and cultural backgrounds.

Nigerian English, Nigerian Pidgin and World Englishes

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I am interested in English grammar, pidgin and creole studies, World Englishes and sociolinguistics. I am willing to learn and develop professionally.

  • Expires after: 31-12-2019
  • Keywords: Grammar,Dialectology,Language Contact,Grammaticalisation,Lexical Variation,Multilingualism,Syntax,World Englishes,Sociolinguistics