Influences of rhythm on word order in German

Franz, Isabelle; Bader, Markus; Domahs, Frank; Kentner, Gerrit

doi:10.21437/speechprosody.2020-79

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“…Another illustration is the connection between prosody and syntax, which is an active area of investigation (Eckstein and Friedericil 2006;Franz et al 2020;Kreiner and Eviatar 2014;Luchkina and Cole 2021;Nicodemus 2009;Vaissière and Michaud 2006). The work which has investigated the connection between prosody and word order from a phonetic perspective does take phonetic gradience into account and adding a gradient approach to word order further enriches this area of research.…”

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Why we need a gradient approach to word order

Levshina¹,

Namboodiripad²,

Allassonnière-Tang³

et al. 2021

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This paper argues for a gradient approach to word order, which treats word order preferences, both within and across languages, as a continuous variable. Word order variability should be regarded as a basic assumption, rather than as something exceptional. Although this approach follows naturally from the emergentist usage-based view of language, we argue that it can be beneficial for all frameworks and linguistic domains, including language acquisition, processing, typology, language contact, language evolution and change, variationist linguistics and formal approaches. Gradient approaches have been very fruitful in some domains, such as language processing, but their potential is not fully realized yet. This may be due to practical reasons. We discuss the most pressing methodological challenges in corpus-based and experimental research of word order and propose some solutions and best practices.

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Section: Language Processingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Why we need a gradient approach to word order

Levshina¹,

Namboodiripad²,

Allassonnière-Tang³

et al. 2021

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Why we need a gradient approach to word order

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This article argues for a gradient approach to word order, which treats word order preferences, both within and across languages, as a continuous variable. Word order variability should be regarded as a basic assumption, rather than as something exceptional. Although this approach follows naturally from the emergentist usage-based view of language, we argue that it can be beneficial for all frameworks and linguistic domains, including language acquisition, processing, typology, language contact, language evolution and change, and formal approaches. Gradient approaches have been very fruitful in some domains, such as language processing, but their potential is not fully realized yet. This may be due to practical reasons. We discuss the most pressing methodological challenges in corpus-based and experimental research of word order and propose some practical solutions.

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Influences of rhythm on word order in German

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Why we need a gradient approach to word order

Why we need a gradient approach to word order

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