APLL is a conference for the presentation of research on any aspect of the linguistics of Austronesian and Papuan languages. Invited Speakers: - Mary Walworth - Yusuf Sawaki We invite you to present at APLL18 on any aspect of the linguistics of Austronesian and Papuan languages. Talks will be 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of discussion. To apply for a timeslot for your talk, please send us an abstract of your topic. Abstracts can be up to one A4 page, including everything excep

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the multilingual linguistic landscape in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, focusing on the impact of new immigrants and the diverse range of languages they speak, across urban and peripheral areas. It examines the city's transition from a predominantly monolingual or bilingual Chinese–English signage environment to a vibrant multilingual one shaped by Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean and Southeast Asian languages. Employing ethnographic methods and geosemiot

"The Emergence of Pragmatic Markers from Chinese Compounds in Chinese, Japanese and Korean" offers a new perspective on the evolution of pragmatic markers in language contact and grammaticalization, drawing on data-driven and diachronic studies of Chinese compounds. All the contributors to this volume address the issue of whether compounds of Chinese origin have grammaticalized into discourse markers or pragmatic markers from their earlier lexical forms, either similarly across these languages o

Previous studies on Cantonese tone merging have examined monosyllabic materials so far, yet disyllabic words are common in daily conversation. Sound change often originates from a pool of synchronic v...

Here you can find an overview of all research projects and the corresponding job vacancies in the Cross-Cultural Philology Cluster of Excellence.

Cambridge Core - History of Ideas and Intellectual History - Dialect and Nationalism in China, 1860–1960

This collective volume investigates linguistic dynamics in language contact, focusing on heritage speakers. The chapters provide new insights into the role of speaker repertoires and the distinction between contact-induced change and language-internal variation by reporting on corpus-linguistic studies across different communicative situations in heritage and majority languages. Conducted in the context of the DFG Research Unit “Emerging Grammars in Language Contact Situations” (FOR 2537), the s

In present-day, cognitive-functional linguistic research studies in grammaticalization continue to hold a significant place, having survived the test of time for more than 100 years since the term ‘grammaticalisation’ was first coined by Antoine Meillet in 1912. Meillet is cited as having used the term to refer to both analogical innovation or the ‘attribution of a grammatical character to a formerly autonomous word’ (Meillet 1912: 131; Heine et al 1991: 9; Hopper & Traugott 2003: 19). Meillet w

Diese Einführung bietet einen verständlichen Überblick über die Phonetik und Phonologie des Spanischen. Ein besonderer Fokus liegt auf prosodischen Phänomenen wie Silbe, Akzent, Rhythmus und Intonation sowie auf der Variation zwischen europäischen und amerikanischen Varietäten des Spanischen. Eine Anleitung zum Umgang mit der Sprachanalysesoftware Praat und Ausblicke auf neuere theoretische Ansätze wie Optimalitätstheorie und Autosegmentale Phonologie ergänzen den Überblick. Die Neuauflage wurde

Migration has long been a defining force of globalization, but its impact is experienced unequally across different regions. The Global South, in particular, bears the brunt of migration’s complex social, economic, and linguistic ramifications. Whether driven by economic disparity, political unrest, or digital labor economies, migration reconfigures how language functions. It not only serves as a medium of communication, but it is used as a tool of power, negotiation, resistance, and identity fo

Zwartjes, Otto, ed. 2025. The History of Chinese Linguistics in East and West. [Special issue] Historiographia Linguistica 51(1-3). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 385 p. ISSN 0302-5…

The third edition of this popular guide for linguistics students offers clear, practical advice on how to succeed in graduate school, earn a degree, and find a job. Along the way, the author explains how to speak at conferences, publish journal articles, write grant applications, and complete a dissertation, all while developing vital skills and making important connections within the field and in the wider world. The book's discussion of the structure and funding of graduate school and the proc