The Crosslinguistics of Zero-Marking of Spatial Relations

Stolz, Thomas; Lestrade, Sander; Stolz, Christel

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“…The frequency with which zero appears is rather low but is certainly not negligible. Rather, it is comparable with the frequency with which fi is dropped in two Maltese corpora analysed by STOLZ et al (2014). This picture changes in the Sílli (D) corpus, in which zero outnumbers SE by a ratio of 2.4 : 1, and is completely reversed in the Sílli (K) corpus.…”

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confidence: 69%

“…We will use the term (spatial) Region for this, though see TALMY (2000) and STOLZ et al (2014) for alternatives. LEHMANN defines Region as "an aspect of the topological structure associated with a physical object by virtue of its being three-dimentional and occupying a position in three-dimensional space " (2012: 484).…”

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“…Work by LESTRADE (2010LESTRADE ( , 2013 and STOLZ et al (2014) has recently drawn attention to the fact that the phenomenon of zero marking of spatial relations is widely found crosslinguistically. STOLZ et al identify two types of spatial zeroes, syntagmatic and paradigmatic, which they define thus:…”

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“…In other words, the optional omission of overt spatial markers, which gives rise to syntagmatic zeroes, is contextually-conditioned. LESTRADE (2010LESTRADE ( , 2013 and STOLZ et al (2014) account for the (syntagmatic or paradigmatic) omission of spatial markers in terms of economy and predictability. They argue that the use of zero markers is driven by the speakers' preference to produce economical utterances while at the same time ensuring communicative success.…”

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From syntagmatic to paradigmatic spatial zeroes: The loss of the prepositionsein inner Asia Minor Greek

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Georgakopoulos

2016

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We trace the diachronic development of the preposition se in inner Asia Minor Greek from its use to mark a range of spatial functions to its ultimate loss and replacement by zero. We propose that, before spreading to all syntactic and semantic contexts, zero marking was contextually-dependent on the presence/absence of a prenominal genitive modifying the head noun of Ground-encoding NPs and on the presence/absence of Region-encoding postpositions. We attribute these developments to an informational load relief strategy aimed at producing more economical utterances as well as to language contact with Turkish, which favoured structural convergence on the adpositional level between the two languages.

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From syntagmatic to paradigmatic spatial zeroes: The loss of the prepositionsein inner Asia Minor Greek

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“…Es zeigt sich nämlich auch im crosslinguistischen Vergleich, dass Toponymemanchmal nur spezifische ihrer Unterklassen -sich im Satzzusammenhang deutlich anders verhalten als Appellativa, so dass man von einer spezifischen Grammatik der Toponyme sprechen darf, die sich beispielsweise in der Tendenz zur Nullmarkierung von räumlichen Relationen bei Toponymen niederschlägt (Stolz et al 2014). Aus diesem Blickwinkel ist es oberflächlich betrachtet zulässig zu sagen, Toponyme seien letztlich Wörter wie alle anderen.…”

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Aspekte der kolonialen und postkolonialen Toponymie unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des deutschen Kolonialismus

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2015

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Aspekte der kolonialen und postkolonialen Toponymie unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des deutschen Kolonialismus"Rien n'est en effet simple, et l'histoire va vite." (Denis Crouzet, La nuit de la 418) Abstract: This paper argues that linguists and historians alike may learn from studying colonial and postcolonial toponymy comprehensively. The authors provide an inventory of toponyms which were introduced during short-lived colonial reign of Imperial Germany in Africa and Oceania. The focus is on two classes of colonial toponyms, namely those which are entirely German and those which give evidence of hybrid formations. The systematicity of these toponymical classes on the phonological, morphological, and semantic level is described and evaluated. The presentation of the facts from the colonial past of Germany is preceded by a discussion of a variety of aspects which are of interest for the study of colonial and postcolonial toponymy in general. This study marks the beginning of a long-term project which aims at a comparative analysis of the toponymical practices associated with colonialism and postcoloniallism.

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Concord in Russian close appositional constructions: a quantitative study

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The Crosslinguistics of Zero-Marking of Spatial Relations

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From syntagmatic to paradigmatic spatial zeroes: The loss of the prepositionsein inner Asia Minor Greek

From syntagmatic to paradigmatic spatial zeroes: The loss of the prepositionsein inner Asia Minor Greek

Aspekte der kolonialen und postkolonialen Toponymie unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des deutschen Kolonialismus

Concord in Russian close appositional constructions: a quantitative study

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