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Language processing as a precursor to language change : evidence from Icelandic
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The inconspicuous substratum : Indigenous Australian languages and the phonetics of stop contrasts in English on Croker Island
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The role of atypical constellations in the grammaticalization of German and English passives
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Linear lengthening intonation in English on Croker Island : identifying substrate origins
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Abstract:
The topic of this paper is a striking intonation contour which is found in English on Croker Island, NT, Australia, which is labelled Linear Lengthening Intonation. This contour is formally characterized by a prolonged stretch of high pitch, either in a plateau or rise, concluded by a high boundary tone, typically with lengthening of the final syllable nucleus. The meaning attached to this tune is essentially quantificational, and appears to apply mostly to the run traces of events. While this contour is not found in other varieties of English in this form, it is common in many northern Australian Aboriginal languages, among them languages spoken on Croker Island which have been in contact with English for several generations. In this paper we compare the form and meaning of this tune in Iwaidja, one of the main languages in contact with English on Croker Island, and in local English. Due to substantial parallels and due to the contact situation that is characterized by prolonged bilingualism in a long–term shift scenario, we propose that Linear Lengthening Intonation in English on Croker Island is probably due to language contact with Australian Aboriginal languages that have this tune, most notably Iwaidja.
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200406 - Language in Time and Space (incl. Historical Linguistics; 200408 - Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar; 970120 - Expanding Knowledge in Languages; Communication and Culture; Croker Island (N.T.); Dialectology); English language; intonation (phonetics); Lexicon; Phonology; Semantics)
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URL: https://lipp.ub.uni-muenchen.de/lipp/article/view/4866 https://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:53532
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The Carthaginian North: Semitic Influence on Early Germanic: A Linguistic and Cultural Study
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Reconstructing remote relationships : proto-Australian noun class prefixation
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Zur rekonstruktion der verbalprafixe im Amurdak ; (On reconstructing the verbal prefixes of Amurdak)
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Place names as clues to lost languages? : a comparison between Europe and Australia
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Diversity vs. uniformity : Europe before the arrival of the Indo-European languages : a comparison with prehistoric Australia
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The Linguistic Roots of Europe: Origin and Development of European Languages
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Investigating languages in prehistory : the linguistic roots of Europe
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Some answers and more puzzles : newly discovered modal categories and the history of the Iwaidjan verb system
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Research priorities in historical-comparative linguistics : a view from Asia, Australia and the Pacific
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Incipient grammaticalisation : sources of passive constructions in Old High German and Old English
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