The impact of verb type on word order in German Sign Language

Proske, Sina

doi:10.53846/goediss-9407

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“…Different languages and varieties have different points of balance, leading to cross-linguistic gradient patterns. The differences between languages can be explained by particular features of different grammars: cross-linguistic studies reveal that grammatical features of individual languages (e.g., verb agreement or aspectual marking) constrain language production (e.g., Kimmelman 2012;Norcliffe et al 2015;Nordlinger et al 2022;Proske 2022;Sauppe et al 2013), even at the earliest stages of sentence planning. Taking a gradient approach to how these factors interact is crucial for capturing both the distribution of cross-linguistic variation and the dynamics of within-language variation.…”

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Why we need a gradient approach to word order

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Namboodiripad²,

Allassonnière-Tang³

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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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confidence: 99%