[Linguistics Seminar on 26 Feb] A new method for the analysis of language contact situations
A new method for the analysis of language contact situations Date: 26 Feb 2026 (Thu) Time: 4:00 pm Venue: CPD LG.08 Centennial Campus
Syntax in Social Interaction: Syntax, Conversation, Discourse-Pragmatics, Lexicon, and Mode in if you ask me Constructions – Jesús Olguín-Martinez
Olguín Martínez, Jesús & Stefan Th. Gries. 2026. Syntax in Social Interaction: Syntax, Conversation, Discourse-Pragmatics, Lexicon, and Mode in if you ask me Constructions. Corpus-based studies across humanities (published online). https://doi.org/10.1515/csh-2025-0025 The study analyzes [...]
The link between syntax, semantics, discourse, and lexicon in counteridenticals: A multivariate extension of co-varying collexeme analysis – Jesús Olguín-Martinez
Olguín Martínez, Jesús & Stefan Th. Gries. 2026. The link between syntax, semantics, discourse, and lexicon in counteridenticals: A multivariate extension of co-varying collexeme analysis. Functions of Language (published online). https://doi.org/10.1075/fol.24101.olg The present study [...]
Filler-slot relations in language contact: Lexico-syntactic transference from a usage-based perspective – Jesús Olguín-Martinez
Filler-slot relations in language contact: Lexico-syntactic transference from a usage-based perspective – Jesús Olguín-Martinez Olguín Martínez, Jesús & Stefan Th. Gries. 2026. Filler-slot relations in language contact: Lexico-syntactic transference from a usage-based perspective. Review [...]
Talk for A’ingae nasality always floats (Dr. Maksymilian Dąbkowski)
A'ingae nasality always floats Abstract: The phonology of nasality in A'ingae (or Cofán, ISO 639-3: con) is complex and has received several treatments in the previous literature (e.g. Bennett et al., t.a.; Sanker, 2025; [...]
Research interns wanted for typological database development
Prof. Jesus Olguin-Martinez, University of Hong Kong Linguistics Department D-CCCA: A database for syntactic typological research Syntactic typological databases have received a great deal of attention recently (e.g., The World Atlas of Language Structures online; [...]
Precautioning purpose constructions in typological perspective: a functional trade-off between clause-linking devices and tense–aspect–mood (TAM) marking
"Precautioning purpose constructions in typological perspective: a functional trade-off between clause-linking devices and tense–aspect–mood (TAM) marking" Journal of World Languages Olguín Martínez, Jesús. 2025. Precautioning purpose constructions in typological perspective: A functional trade-off between [...]
Bottom-up modeling of phoneme learning: Universal sensitivity and language-specific transformation” published in Speech Communication
“Bottom-up modeling of phoneme learning: Universal sensitivity and language-specific transformation” published in Speech Communication We are pleased to announce the publication of a new paper titled “Bottom-up modeling of phoneme learning: Universal sensitivity and [...]
[Linguistics Seminar on 4 Dec] Putting words together in the brain to produce complex words
Putting words together in the brain to produce complex words Date: 4 Dec 2025 (Thu) Time: 4:30 pm Venue: Rm 3.04, 3/F Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
[Linguistics Seminar on 27 Nov] Uncovering the dynamics of language shift: Ideologies, repertoires, and displacement
Uncovering the dynamics of language shift: Ideologies, repertoires, and displacement Date: 27 Nov 2025 (Thu) Time: 4:00 pm Venue: Rm 3.04, 3/F Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU