Laboratories & Research Centres

20 10, 2025

Awards – Olguín Martínez, Jesús

Steven Chan2025-10-21T11:21:32+08:00

The interaction of standard negation in clauses of substitution: a typological account I am this year’s recipient of the Anna Siewierska Award from the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE), recognizing the best article published in Folia Linguistica (FL). FL is one of the leading journals in linguistics, and SLE is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious professional organizations for linguists in Europe. The following is the paper that was the winner: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/flin-2023-2044/html?srsltid=AfmBOorRWgkLjSt4wJlQF9wNvwo9F17eqdmu7hUuh305-GgzbVBKXKEW Publications

Awards – Olguín Martínez, JesúsSteven Chan2025-10-21T11:21:32+08:00

20 10, 2025

2025. Similative-pretence constructions in language contact situations: A Usage-Based Construction Grammar perspective. Cognitive Linguistic Studies 12. 292-321.

Steven Chan2025-10-20T16:49:11+08:00

2025. Similative-pretence constructions in language contact situations: A Usage-Based Construction Grammar perspective. Cognitive Linguistic Studies 12. 292-321 Similative-pretence constructions in language contact situations A Usage-Based Construction Grammar perspective Jesús Olguín Martínez | University of Hong Kong Stefan Th. Gries | Justus-Liebig University Giessen | UC Santa Barbara The present study introduces a method that can be used to explore in a quantitatively rigorous yet less demanding way (both in terms of data and statistical requirements) how constructional templates and their lexical preferences (lexico-syntactic transference) diffuse in language contact situations. The study investigates the influence of Mexican Spanish similative-pretence constructions on Huasteca Nahuatl similative-pretence constructions as a proof-of-concept [...]

2025. Similative-pretence constructions in language contact situations: A Usage-Based Construction Grammar perspective. Cognitive Linguistic Studies 12. 292-321.Steven Chan2025-10-20T16:49:11+08:00

20 10, 2025

2025. Exceptive constructions in Huasteca Nahuatl: On the interaction of syntax and discourse in language use. Studies in Language (published online)

Steven Chan2025-10-20T16:43:58+08:00

2025. Exceptive constructions in Huasteca Nahuatl: On the interaction of syntax and discourse in language use. Studies in Language (published online) Exceptive constructions in Huasteca Nahuatl On the interaction of syntax and discourse in language use Jesús Olguín Martínez | University of Hong Kong The paper explores exceptive constructions (e.g., all my family went to the wedding except Mark) in Huasteca Nahuatl (Uto-Aztecan). It is shown that connected and free exceptives have developed intriguing discourse-pragmatic functions that have not been identified by previous studies. While connected exceptives (e.g., everyone except Pedro went to the meeting) indicate a surprising situation, free exceptives (e.g., everyone went to [...]

2025. Exceptive constructions in Huasteca Nahuatl: On the interaction of syntax and discourse in language use. Studies in Language (published online)Steven Chan2025-10-20T16:43:58+08:00

13 05, 2022

Chaire Internationale 2022 – Kofi Yakpo – Multicausal approaches to language contact

Departmental Editor2022-05-13T21:37:51+08:00

We are happy to announce that Dr. Kofi Yakpo has been invited as a guest professor with the Laboratory of Excellence “Foundations of Language" (Sorbonne & Université Paris Cité, France), and is going to give a series of four seminars on the theme “Multicausal approaches to language contact”. The seminars will take place on June 2, 3, 13 and 14, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at INALCO, Pôle Langues et Civilizations, 65 rue des Grands Moulins 75013 Paris - Room 5.22. All are welcome in case you are in Paris between 1-15 June 2022! For more information, click here. [...]

Chaire Internationale 2022 – Kofi Yakpo – Multicausal approaches to language contactDepartmental Editor2022-05-13T21:37:51+08:00