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Grounded in descriptive linguistics, this textbook introduces the basics of the major subfields of linguistics, as well as the Chinese writing system, for students with no prior linguistic training. It presents the Chinese language from the perspective of both modern linguistics and its longstanding philological legacy, as well as providing historical and sociolinguistic context. Chapters cover phonology and phonetics, morphology, lexicon, lexical semantics, syntax, sign language and braille. Au

The study of language variation from a geographical perspective has become the subject of renewed interest thanks to new theoretical, empirical and technological developments, such as advances in the study of language and dialect contact, the creation of new dialectal corpora or the availability of computer tools to create maps from geolocated linguistic data. The present volume features research that takes advantage of these developments and brings together the efforts of linguists working in h

The Lo Chia-luen International Sinology Research Fellowship at National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taiwan, invites outs...

Dialectometry is a quantitative branch of dialectology, which makes use of computational and statistical methods on dialect data in order to understand language variation in space. The current dissertation presents how dialectometry can deepen our understanding of the variation of Yue dialects spoken in Southern China. It also shows how Yue can help us to broaden the scope of computational methods used in dialectometry, particularly in accounting for tonal languages, which are common in the worl

Die Archäologie gehört seit fast 200 Jahren zur wissenschaftlichen Tradition der Humboldt-Universität. Ihre Schließung bedeutet den Abbruch einer gewachsenen Forschungstradition und eine dauerhafte Sc...

University of Vigo, Spain (March 31 – April 1, 2027) University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal (April 2–3, 2027) The Organizing Committee of the 13th International Conference on Missionary Linguistics invites the academic community to submit proposals for individual papers, thematic panels, and posters for the 2027 edition, jointly organized by the Faculty of Philology and Translation of the University of Vigo and the Center for Studies in Letters (CEL), based at the U

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Focus: Participants will explore language evolution through a combination of theoretical courses, computational workshops, and master classes led by international experts. The summer school also features a dedicated workshop and poster session on the latest research in diachronic and computational linguistics. Up to 6 ECTS credits are available for successful participants. Apply here: https://forms.gle/xPBn15HdDjBiyknH9 The summer school covers a broad range of linguistic fields, including t

47. From language description to the collaborative documentation of multilingual settings on the African continent was published in Volume 2 on page 811.

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APLL is a conference for the presentation of research on any aspect of the linguistics of Austronesian and Papuan languages. Invited Speakers: - Mary Walworth - Yusuf Sawaki We invite you to present at APLL18 on any aspect of the linguistics of Austronesian and Papuan languages. Talks will be 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of discussion. To apply for a timeslot for your talk, please send us an abstract of your topic. Abstracts can be up to one A4 page, including everything excep

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the multilingual linguistic landscape in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, focusing on the impact of new immigrants and the diverse range of languages they speak, across urban and peripheral areas. It examines the city's transition from a predominantly monolingual or bilingual Chinese–English signage environment to a vibrant multilingual one shaped by Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean and Southeast Asian languages. Employing ethnographic methods and geosemiot

"The Emergence of Pragmatic Markers from Chinese Compounds in Chinese, Japanese and Korean" offers a new perspective on the evolution of pragmatic markers in language contact and grammaticalization, drawing on data-driven and diachronic studies of Chinese compounds. All the contributors to this volume address the issue of whether compounds of Chinese origin have grammaticalized into discourse markers or pragmatic markers from their earlier lexical forms, either similarly across these languages o

Previous studies on Cantonese tone merging have examined monosyllabic materials so far, yet disyllabic words are common in daily conversation. Sound change often originates from a pool of synchronic v...

Here you can find an overview of all research projects and the corresponding job vacancies in the Cross-Cultural Philology Cluster of Excellence.

Cambridge Core - History of Ideas and Intellectual History - Dialect and Nationalism in China, 1860–1960

This collective volume investigates linguistic dynamics in language contact, focusing on heritage speakers. The chapters provide new insights into the role of speaker repertoires and the distinction between contact-induced change and language-internal variation by reporting on corpus-linguistic studies across different communicative situations in heritage and majority languages. Conducted in the context of the DFG Research Unit “Emerging Grammars in Language Contact Situations” (FOR 2537), the s

In present-day, cognitive-functional linguistic research studies in grammaticalization continue to hold a significant place, having survived the test of time for more than 100 years since the term ‘grammaticalisation’ was first coined by Antoine Meillet in 1912. Meillet is cited as having used the term to refer to both analogical innovation or the ‘attribution of a grammatical character to a formerly autonomous word’ (Meillet 1912: 131; Heine et al 1991: 9; Hopper & Traugott 2003: 19). Meillet w

Diese Einführung bietet einen verständlichen Überblick über die Phonetik und Phonologie des Spanischen. Ein besonderer Fokus liegt auf prosodischen Phänomenen wie Silbe, Akzent, Rhythmus und Intonation sowie auf der Variation zwischen europäischen und amerikanischen Varietäten des Spanischen. Eine Anleitung zum Umgang mit der Sprachanalysesoftware Praat und Ausblicke auf neuere theoretische Ansätze wie Optimalitätstheorie und Autosegmentale Phonologie ergänzen den Überblick. Die Neuauflage wurde

Migration has long been a defining force of globalization, but its impact is experienced unequally across different regions. The Global South, in particular, bears the brunt of migration’s complex social, economic, and linguistic ramifications. Whether driven by economic disparity, political unrest, or digital labor economies, migration reconfigures how language functions. It not only serves as a medium of communication, but it is used as a tool of power, negotiation, resistance, and identity fo