Although it has been widely assumed in historical linguistics that semantics plays a crucial role in analogical change, it is difficult to pinpoint the contribution of the semantic factor, since meaning and form work closely together in bringing about language change. The purpose of the present article is to shed light on the issue by means of two case studies from Russian, which enable us to isolate ...

This thesis is a case study of Optimality Theory (OT) analysis in English second language (hereafter, ESL) coda acquisition. OT can contribute to account for conflicts of constraint rankings in areas of interlanguage development. In this case study of ESL Vietnamese, OT is applied into the previous studies on coda production to account for rates of production types, asymmetry between onset and coda ...

Hva kjennetegner genuskategorien i langvarige kontaktsituasjoner som involverer norsk som er et genusspråk, og kvensk/samisk som ikke har genus? Forskningslitteraturen har så langt gitt oss to svar: for det første forenkling eller oppløsning, og for det andre stor og usystematisk variasjon. Vi presenterer her en ny studie av genus i nordlige språkkontaktområder der funnene peker mot alternative ...