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STAR (https://star-linguistics.org) publishes a wide range of articles on the syntax of natural languages and closely related fields. A diamond-open-access journal. Publisher: Open Library of Humanities.
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New #openaccess article on the #syntax of natural language
Author: Middleton, John
Title: Diagnosing negation in Polynesian
Keywords: negation, predicate negation, Polynesian, apparent raising, Tokelauan, Samoan
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
Author: Middleton, John
Title: Diagnosing negation in Polynesian
Keywords: negation, predicate negation, Polynesian, apparent raising, Tokelauan, Samoan
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
December 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
New #openaccess article on the #syntax of natural language
Author: Middleton, John
Title: Diagnosing negation in Polynesian
Keywords: negation, predicate negation, Polynesian, apparent raising, Tokelauan, Samoan
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
Author: Middleton, John
Title: Diagnosing negation in Polynesian
Keywords: negation, predicate negation, Polynesian, apparent raising, Tokelauan, Samoan
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
New #openaccess article on the #syntax of natural language
Author: Hewett, Matthew
Title: The precedence component in intervention effects: evidence from English passives
Keywords: intervention, precedence, passive, search algorithm, constituency, verb phrase structure
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
Author: Hewett, Matthew
Title: The precedence component in intervention effects: evidence from English passives
Keywords: intervention, precedence, passive, search algorithm, constituency, verb phrase structure
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
December 19, 2025 at 2:39 AM
New #openaccess article on the #syntax of natural language
Author: Hewett, Matthew
Title: The precedence component in intervention effects: evidence from English passives
Keywords: intervention, precedence, passive, search algorithm, constituency, verb phrase structure
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
Author: Hewett, Matthew
Title: The precedence component in intervention effects: evidence from English passives
Keywords: intervention, precedence, passive, search algorithm, constituency, verb phrase structure
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
New #openaccess article on the #syntax of natural language
Author: Cinque, Guglielmo
Title: The superiority of a movement approach to Greenberg’s Universal 20 (a reply to Dryer 2018)
Keywords: Universal 20, word order, order of adjectives
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
Author: Cinque, Guglielmo
Title: The superiority of a movement approach to Greenberg’s Universal 20 (a reply to Dryer 2018)
Keywords: Universal 20, word order, order of adjectives
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
December 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
New #openaccess article on the #syntax of natural language
Author: Cinque, Guglielmo
Title: The superiority of a movement approach to Greenberg’s Universal 20 (a reply to Dryer 2018)
Keywords: Universal 20, word order, order of adjectives
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
Author: Cinque, Guglielmo
Title: The superiority of a movement approach to Greenberg’s Universal 20 (a reply to Dryer 2018)
Keywords: Universal 20, word order, order of adjectives
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
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August 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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New #openaccess article on the #syntax of natural language
Authors: Werkmann Horvat, Ana & Birtić, Matea & Gračanin-Yuksek, Martina
Title: How does ‘do so’ do? Testing the applicability of the ‘do so’ test in Croatian
Keywords: arguments, adjuncts, ‘do so’ test, Croatian
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
Authors: Werkmann Horvat, Ana & Birtić, Matea & Gračanin-Yuksek, Martina
Title: How does ‘do so’ do? Testing the applicability of the ‘do so’ test in Croatian
Keywords: arguments, adjuncts, ‘do so’ test, Croatian
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
August 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
New #openaccess article on the #syntax of natural language
Authors: Werkmann Horvat, Ana & Birtić, Matea & Gračanin-Yuksek, Martina
Title: How does ‘do so’ do? Testing the applicability of the ‘do so’ test in Croatian
Keywords: arguments, adjuncts, ‘do so’ test, Croatian
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
Authors: Werkmann Horvat, Ana & Birtić, Matea & Gračanin-Yuksek, Martina
Title: How does ‘do so’ do? Testing the applicability of the ‘do so’ test in Croatian
Keywords: arguments, adjuncts, ‘do so’ test, Croatian
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
New #openaccess article on the #syntax of natural language
Author: Manzini, M. Rita
Title: Left–right asymmetries in Italian adjectives: partial order and phases
Keywords: adjectives, order, phases, degrees, plural
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
Author: Manzini, M. Rita
Title: Left–right asymmetries in Italian adjectives: partial order and phases
Keywords: adjectives, order, phases, degrees, plural
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
August 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
New #openaccess article on the #syntax of natural language
Author: Manzini, M. Rita
Title: Left–right asymmetries in Italian adjectives: partial order and phases
Keywords: adjectives, order, phases, degrees, plural
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
Author: Manzini, M. Rita
Title: Left–right asymmetries in Italian adjectives: partial order and phases
Keywords: adjectives, order, phases, degrees, plural
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
New #openaccess article on the #syntax of natural language
Authors: Bruening, Benjamin & Tollan, Rebecca
Title: Reconstruction in wh movement: the view from lexical reactivation
Keywords: reconstruction, wh movement, lexical reactivation, interference
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
Authors: Bruening, Benjamin & Tollan, Rebecca
Title: Reconstruction in wh movement: the view from lexical reactivation
Keywords: reconstruction, wh movement, lexical reactivation, interference
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
August 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
New #openaccess article on the #syntax of natural language
Authors: Bruening, Benjamin & Tollan, Rebecca
Title: Reconstruction in wh movement: the view from lexical reactivation
Keywords: reconstruction, wh movement, lexical reactivation, interference
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
Authors: Bruening, Benjamin & Tollan, Rebecca
Title: Reconstruction in wh movement: the view from lexical reactivation
Keywords: reconstruction, wh movement, lexical reactivation, interference
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
New #openaccess article on the #syntax of natural language
Author: Keine, Stefan & Bhatt, Rajesh
Title: Crossover asymmetries
Keywords: scrambling, weak crossover, strong crossover, secondary crossover, Condition C, Hindi-Urdu, case, late merge, multidominance
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
Author: Keine, Stefan & Bhatt, Rajesh
Title: Crossover asymmetries
Keywords: scrambling, weak crossover, strong crossover, secondary crossover, Condition C, Hindi-Urdu, case, late merge, multidominance
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
August 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
New #openaccess article on the #syntax of natural language
Author: Keine, Stefan & Bhatt, Rajesh
Title: Crossover asymmetries
Keywords: scrambling, weak crossover, strong crossover, secondary crossover, Condition C, Hindi-Urdu, case, late merge, multidominance
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
Author: Keine, Stefan & Bhatt, Rajesh
Title: Crossover asymmetries
Keywords: scrambling, weak crossover, strong crossover, secondary crossover, Condition C, Hindi-Urdu, case, late merge, multidominance
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
New #openaccess article on the #syntax of natural language
Authors: Kovač, Iva & Schoenmakers, Gert-Jan
Title: An experimental-syntactic take on long passive in Dutch: unraveling the patterns underlying its (un)acceptability
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
Authors: Kovač, Iva & Schoenmakers, Gert-Jan
Title: An experimental-syntactic take on long passive in Dutch: unraveling the patterns underlying its (un)acceptability
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
An experimental-syntactic take on long passive in Dutch: unraveling the patterns underlying its (un)acceptability
This article provides experimental evidence for the existence of long passive in Dutch and proposes a syntactic analysis of the findings. Long passive, a control-like complementation configuration wit...
doi.org
August 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
New #openaccess article on the #syntax of natural language
Authors: Kovač, Iva & Schoenmakers, Gert-Jan
Title: An experimental-syntactic take on long passive in Dutch: unraveling the patterns underlying its (un)acceptability
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
Authors: Kovač, Iva & Schoenmakers, Gert-Jan
Title: An experimental-syntactic take on long passive in Dutch: unraveling the patterns underlying its (un)acceptability
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
New #openaccess article on the #syntax of natural language
Author: Stigliano, Laura
Title: Mixed-identity requirements in ellipsis: the case of topic-remnant elided questions in Spanish
Keywords: ellipsis, identity, licensing, movement, Spanish
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
Author: Stigliano, Laura
Title: Mixed-identity requirements in ellipsis: the case of topic-remnant elided questions in Spanish
Keywords: ellipsis, identity, licensing, movement, Spanish
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
Mixed-identity requirements in ellipsis: the case of topic-remnant elided questions in Spanish
Through a detailed examination of an understudied elliptical construction in Spanish that I dub topic-remnant elided wh-questions, I argue that certain types of ellipsis exhibit “mixed-identity” requi...
doi.org
August 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
New #openaccess article on the #syntax of natural language
Author: Stigliano, Laura
Title: Mixed-identity requirements in ellipsis: the case of topic-remnant elided questions in Spanish
Keywords: ellipsis, identity, licensing, movement, Spanish
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
Author: Stigliano, Laura
Title: Mixed-identity requirements in ellipsis: the case of topic-remnant elided questions in Spanish
Keywords: ellipsis, identity, licensing, movement, Spanish
doi.org/10.16995/sta...
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FYI: Syntactic Theory and Research - "2025"
FYI: Syntactic Theory and Research - "2025"
The editors Profs. Klaus Abels (UCL) and Suznne Flynn (MIT), the editorial board, and the publisher Open Library of Humanities (https://www.openlibhums.org) are exited to announce the publication of the first articles in the new, community owned, peer-reviewed, and fully open access journal Syntactic Theory and Research (STAR) (https://star-linguistics.org) and to issue an open call for papers.
Syntactic Theory and Research will publish a wide range of articles on the syntax of natural langu
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August 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
FYI: Syntactic Theory and Research - "2025"
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Thrilled to announce the launch of six inaugural papers in the new, peer-reviewed, community-owned, and fully diamond open-access journal Syntactic Theory and Research (STAR), published by the Open Library of Humanities:
Announcement for the Online Launching of Syntactic Theory and Research (STAR)
Dear Colleagues, We are very excited to announce the launching of six inaugural papers on the new, peer reviewed, community owned, and fully open access journal Syntactic Theory and Research …
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August 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Thrilled to announce the launch of six inaugural papers in the new, peer-reviewed, community-owned, and fully diamond open-access journal Syntactic Theory and Research (STAR), published by the Open Library of Humanities:
Reposted by Syntactic Theory and Research
The first ever issue of Syntactic Theory and Research (STAR) is out! star-linguistics.org/articles/
STAR is the diamond #OpenAccess editorial successor to the journal Syntax. You can follow them here: @starlinguistics.bsky.social
STAR is the diamond #OpenAccess editorial successor to the journal Syntax. You can follow them here: @starlinguistics.bsky.social
Articles
star-linguistics.org
August 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The first ever issue of Syntactic Theory and Research (STAR) is out! star-linguistics.org/articles/
STAR is the diamond #OpenAccess editorial successor to the journal Syntax. You can follow them here: @starlinguistics.bsky.social
STAR is the diamond #OpenAccess editorial successor to the journal Syntax. You can follow them here: @starlinguistics.bsky.social
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Congrats to @starlinguistics.bsky.social on their inaugural issue published by @openlibhums.org ! Read it here: star-linguistics.org #OpenAccess #AcaSky
Syntactic Theory and Research
Ana Werkmann Horvat (University of Osijek), Matea Birtić (Institute for Croatian Language and Linguistics), Martina Gračanin-Yuksek (Middle East Technical University)
star-linguistics.org
August 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Congrats to @starlinguistics.bsky.social on their inaugural issue published by @openlibhums.org ! Read it here: star-linguistics.org #OpenAccess #AcaSky