This paper aims to fill in a long missing piece in the paradigmatic word-formation research: a
set of rival affixes whose members are differentiated in meaning. We argue that such a set …

In the last few decades, under the influence of foreign languages and netspeak, many word-
formation patterns emerged in the Chinese lexicon. This paper proposes a corpus-based …

The main objective of this book is to develop a deeper understanding of the form and
interpretation of number, a core feature of human cognition (Dehaene, 1999). Using insights …

Abstract Language standardization has historically been a critical area of inquiry in
language policy and planning (LPP) research. This is a political matter, which contributes to …

Agreement variation is a critical issue in discussing syntactic configuration and semantic
integration. Two competing hypotheses have been proposed to account for how semantic …

Broadly speaking, binominal and biverbal lexical constructions have been studied
independently in different research traditions and frameworks. It is true that the two do not …

The aim of this paper is to explain an unusual agreement pattern that arises between
Tunisian Arabic broken plurals and their targets. For example, a verb may agree with a …

The view known in the generative literature as the 'DP hypothesis' posits that the head of a
phrase like those artists is actually the demonstrative those, rather than the noun artists. This …

* Winner of AEDEAN Leocadio Martín Mingorance Book Award on Theoretical and Applied
English Linguistics (2021)** Winner of ESLA Guadalupe Aguado Research Award for Young …

Pluralia tantum and singularia tantum are nouns that are, respectively, only plural or only
singular. When considered as a single linguistic phenomenon rather than as a set of …