Benjamin Slade

University of Utah, Linguistics, Faculty Member

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My research focuses on formal and historical aspects of linguistics, esp. semantics/syntax. Language interests include South Asia (Sanskrit, Hindi, Sinhala, Nepali, Malayalam etc). Current research projects include syntax & semantics of quantifier particles; adverbial modification; focus identification & labelling. Past work includes studies of epistemic indefinites, the morphology of Rastafari English, and rise and spread of morphological & orthographic innovations in the cyberpunk subculture.

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The University of Texas at Austin

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University of Cologne

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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

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"Iorgu Iordan - Al. Rosetti" Institute of Linguistics, Bucharest

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Bu-Ali Sina University

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National Research University Higher School of Economics

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El Colegio de México

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Development of verb-verb complexes in Indo-Aryan

Verb-Verb Complexes in Asian Languages

This chapter discusses the historical development and properties of verb-verb compounds in Indo-A... more This chapter discusses the historical development and properties of verb-verb compounds in Indo-Aryan, with reference to verb-verb compounds in Dravidian. The history of modern Indo-Aryan verb-verb compounds is explored, including an examination of the precursors of such constructions in early Indo-Aryan, as well as the apparent earliest examples in late Middle and early modern Indo-Aryan. A number of morphosyntactic and lexical differences between verb-verb structures in different modern Indo-Aryan languages are examined, focusing particularly on differences between Hindi and Nepali. The larger picture of South Asian verb-verb compounds is examined through comparison of lexical inventories of Indo-Aryan and Dravidian languages, with some evidence pointing to independent developments within South Asia, with some later partial convergence.

Grammatica et verba : glamor and verve : studies in South Asian, historical, and Indo-European linguistics in honor of Hans Henrich Hock on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday

Verb Concatenation in Asian Linguistics

Across a large part of Asia are found a variety of verb-verb collocations, a prominent subset of ... more Across a large part of Asia are found a variety of verb-verb collocations, a prominent subset of which involves collocations typically displaying completive or resultative semantics. Such collocations are found in Indo-Aryan and Dravidian languages of South Asia, Turkic and Iranian languages of Central Asia, and in Chinese languages. In South and Central Asian languages, verb-verb collocations usually involve some added aspectual/Aktionsart element of meaning, frequently (though not exclusively) indicating completion of an event and sometimes involving speaker evaluation of the event (e.g., surprise, regret). Thus Hindi Rām-ne kitāb paṛh diyā, literally “John read-gave the book,” with the sense “John read the book out.” In Chinese languages, many verb-verb collocations involve a resultative sense, similar to English “Kim ran herself/her shoes ragged.” However, earlier Chinese verb-verb collocations were agent-oriented, for example, She-sha Ling Gong“(Someone) shot and killed Duke Li...

Anatomy of Hungarian aspectual particles

Aspectual particles. We explore the behaviour and morphosyntax of a subset of aspectual particles... more Aspectual particles. We explore the behaviour and morphosyntax of a subset of aspectual particles in Hungarian, including meg and még. We argue that in a number of cases, the properties of the specific particles are predictable. In cases where no specific predictions are possible, we note that the attested behaviour is expected. The Hungarian facts are reminiscent of patterns found in Hindi and Nepali. Not only does this investigation address the development and internal structure of aspectual particles in Hungarian specifically, but it also has wider implications for understanding aspectual particles in natural language more generally. Hungarian meg. The particles considered in this paper are derivatives of meg (historical data are from Zaicz 2006). In the description, we only distinguish present-day Hungarian from earlier Hungarian (in most cases, this is old Hungarian). Let us consider various forms of meg first. Note that it is plausible, given the characterizations of earlier i...

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