Liyong Wang
@standforever0410.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Linguistics at Shaanxi Normal University. Research interests: Construction Grammar(sbcg), Syntax-Semantics-Pragmatics interface, Chinese Linguistics. Personal website: https://standforever0410.blogspot.com/
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@davidadger.bsky.social's "Mereological Syntax" presents an argument for replacing Chomsky’s set-theoretic Merge view of syntax with a theory of syntax based on mereological objects. Available #OpenAccess: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255327...
November 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
@davidadger.bsky.social's "Mereological Syntax" presents an argument for replacing Chomsky’s set-theoretic Merge view of syntax with a theory of syntax based on mereological objects. Available #OpenAccess: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255327...
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Reminder: Please join us tomorrow (Friday) for the third talk of the 2025-2026 University of Calgary Linguistics Speaker Series: “External possession and multitransitivity” by University of Toronto Professor María Cristina Cuervo
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Reminder: Please join us tomorrow (Friday) for the third talk of the 2025-2026 University of Calgary Linguistics Speaker Series: “External possession and multitransitivity” by University of Toronto Professor María Cristina Cuervo
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This is an article about reduplication in Madarin Chinese. By Yanru Lu and me. It grew out of Ynaru Lu's masther thesis and will appear in 2027 in the Journal of Linguistics.
Have fun.
https://lingbuzz.net/lingbuzz/009505
#linguistics #language #chinese #syntax #morphology #semantics #HPSG
Have fun.
https://lingbuzz.net/lingbuzz/009505
#linguistics #language #chinese #syntax #morphology #semantics #HPSG
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This is an article about reduplication in Madarin Chinese. By Yanru Lu and me. It grew out of Ynaru Lu's masther thesis and will appear in 2027 in the Journal of Linguistics.
Have fun.
https://lingbuzz.net/lingbuzz/009505
#linguistics #language #chinese #syntax #morphology #semantics #HPSG
Have fun.
https://lingbuzz.net/lingbuzz/009505
#linguistics #language #chinese #syntax #morphology #semantics #HPSG
Chimpanzees are natural scientists | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Chimpanzees are natural scientists
Humans and chimpanzees share the potential to rationally revise their beliefs
www.science.org
November 16, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Chimpanzees are natural scientists | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Explore the intersections of #literarytheory, #linguistics and #artificialintelligence in Cambridge’s new collection of chapters and articles: 🤖📚 https://cup.org/42HqvR8
Free to read (where not already #openaccess) until 30 Nov. @modernlanguage.bsky.social
Free to read (where not already #openaccess) until 30 Nov. @modernlanguage.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Explore the intersections of #literarytheory, #linguistics and #artificialintelligence in Cambridge’s new collection of chapters and articles: 🤖📚 https://cup.org/42HqvR8
Free to read (where not already #openaccess) until 30 Nov. @modernlanguage.bsky.social
Free to read (where not already #openaccess) until 30 Nov. @modernlanguage.bsky.social
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Books: The Lexico-Semantic Representation of Words in the Mental Lexicon: Wang (2025)
Books: The Lexico-Semantic Representation of Words in the Mental Lexicon: Wang (2025)
Speech production is a core component of human communication, allowing individuals to express meaning and engage with others seamlessly. This thesis explores the mechanisms underlying language production in native Mandarin Chinese, with a particular focus on semantic and lexico-syntactic features involved in word production.
The investigation is structured around three key studies. First, a picture-word interference (PWI) experiment examines the influence of animacy—a semantic feature—on lang
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November 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Books: The Lexico-Semantic Representation of Words in the Mental Lexicon: Wang (2025)
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Our special issue on ‘Parallelism in the Architecture of Language’ is now published! Huge thanks to all contributing authors, reviewers, Eva, Neil, and the topiCS journal team for their excellent work 📚🗣️🧠🤖🙏🏻
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17568765...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17568765...
October 30, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Our special issue on ‘Parallelism in the Architecture of Language’ is now published! Huge thanks to all contributing authors, reviewers, Eva, Neil, and the topiCS journal team for their excellent work 📚🗣️🧠🤖🙏🏻
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17568765...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17568765...
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Confs: GLOW Syntax Workshop
Confs: GLOW Syntax Workshop
Less documented languages is an umbrella term meant to cover a vast variety of languages that are more difficult for scholars to access for a variety of reasons. Some of them concern the lack of written attestations or of an official status in education or administration, the small size of the speech community, the limited transmission from one generation to another – conditions that generally go together with minority or endangered status. However, it is possible to consider under the same head
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October 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Confs: GLOW Syntax Workshop
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The LSA Bloomfield Book Award Committee is pleased to announce that Norbert Hornstein has been selected as the winner of the Leonard Bloomfield Book Award in 2026 for his book, The Merge hypothesis: A theory of aspects of syntax (Cambridge University Press, 2024)! #LSA2026 #NewOrleans #Bloomfield
October 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The LSA Bloomfield Book Award Committee is pleased to announce that Norbert Hornstein has been selected as the winner of the Leonard Bloomfield Book Award in 2026 for his book, The Merge hypothesis: A theory of aspects of syntax (Cambridge University Press, 2024)! #LSA2026 #NewOrleans #Bloomfield
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Today, the #INNSightForum welcomes its second external speaker, Liina Pylkkänen (@liinapy.bsky.social)!
Join us as we explore language processing to take a glance into the brain’s temporal dynamics at 11:15 a.m. in the Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128) or online | 🗓️ neuro.gatech.edu/innsight-for...
Join us as we explore language processing to take a glance into the brain’s temporal dynamics at 11:15 a.m. in the Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128) or online | 🗓️ neuro.gatech.edu/innsight-for...
October 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Today, the #INNSightForum welcomes its second external speaker, Liina Pylkkänen (@liinapy.bsky.social)!
Join us as we explore language processing to take a glance into the brain’s temporal dynamics at 11:15 a.m. in the Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128) or online | 🗓️ neuro.gatech.edu/innsight-for...
Join us as we explore language processing to take a glance into the brain’s temporal dynamics at 11:15 a.m. in the Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128) or online | 🗓️ neuro.gatech.edu/innsight-for...
Confucius would say:"If terminology is not corrected, then what is said cannot be followed. If what is said cannot be followed, then work cannot be accomplished." 名不正则言不顺，言不顺则事不成.
#opinion Linguistic warfare: Understanding Donald Trump's renaming tactics
Linguistic warfare: Understanding Donald Trump's renaming tactics
Donald Trump’s renaming efforts extend beyond geography to political adversaries, showcasing a deliberate strategy of branding and power
www.theweek.in
October 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Confucius would say:"If terminology is not corrected, then what is said cannot be followed. If what is said cannot be followed, then work cannot be accomplished." 名不正则言不顺，言不顺则事不成.
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Out Now!
Reflections on English Word-Formation by Laurie Bauer of @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social
#Linguistics #LangSky 🐦🐦
Reflections on English Word-Formation by Laurie Bauer of @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social
#Linguistics #LangSky 🐦🐦
Offers a new way of looking at the phenomenon of word-formation in English through re-evaluating some of its central tenets.
Reflections on English Word-Formation by Laurie Bauer, Coming Soon
#Linguistics #LangSky
cup.org/4dETwks
Reflections on English Word-Formation by Laurie Bauer, Coming Soon
#Linguistics #LangSky
cup.org/4dETwks
Reflections on English Word-Formation
Cambridge Core - Morphology - Reflections on English Word-Formation
cup.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Out Now!
Reflections on English Word-Formation by Laurie Bauer of @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social
#Linguistics #LangSky 🐦🐦
Reflections on English Word-Formation by Laurie Bauer of @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social
#Linguistics #LangSky 🐦🐦
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Calls: 38th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics
Calls: 38th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics
Call for Papers:
The 38th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-38) will be held from May 8–10, 2026 at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., USA. Launched in 1989, the NACCL conference series has become a major academic platform for Chinese language and linguistics research in North America and beyond.
Conference Dates: May 8–10, 2026
Location: Washington, D.C., USA
Website: https://eall.columbian.gwu.edu/naccl-38
Email: [email protected]
Co-chairs:
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October 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Calls: 38th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics
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Like its prequel, this book examines the 'nature/nurture' debate in language, while also asking how language came to be part of our human nature in the course of evolution.
Genes, Brains, Evolution and Language by Harry van der Hulst, Coming Soon
#LangSky #Linguistics 💙📚 🐦🐦
cup.org/44zZPD8
Genes, Brains, Evolution and Language by Harry van der Hulst, Coming Soon
#LangSky #Linguistics 💙📚 🐦🐦
cup.org/44zZPD8
July 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Like its prequel, this book examines the 'nature/nurture' debate in language, while also asking how language came to be part of our human nature in the course of evolution.
Genes, Brains, Evolution and Language by Harry van der Hulst, Coming Soon
#LangSky #Linguistics 💙📚 🐦🐦
cup.org/44zZPD8
Genes, Brains, Evolution and Language by Harry van der Hulst, Coming Soon
#LangSky #Linguistics 💙📚 🐦🐦
cup.org/44zZPD8
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Look it’s published! 😍
Thank you to the three editors and my co-authors, and now it’s there for all of you (and your students) to read up about comparative syntax 🤓 📖
Thank you to the three editors and my co-authors, and now it’s there for all of you (and your students) to read up about comparative syntax 🤓 📖
October 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Look it’s published! 😍
Thank you to the three editors and my co-authors, and now it’s there for all of you (and your students) to read up about comparative syntax 🤓 📖
Thank you to the three editors and my co-authors, and now it’s there for all of you (and your students) to read up about comparative syntax 🤓 📖
Only by knowing where we come from can we understand how we stand right now and see where we will go in the future. Great paper to read!
Thrilled to announce the publication of my paper "A Modern Synthesis: The Fillmorean Construction and its Hidden Lineage" in Constructions! The article digs into the prehistory of #ConstructionGrammar and is based on the first chapter of my upcoming book
constructions.journals.hhu.de/article/view...
constructions.journals.hhu.de/article/view...
A Modern Synthesis: The Fillmorean Construction and its Hidden Lineage
| Constructions
constructions.journals.hhu.de
October 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Only by knowing where we come from can we understand how we stand right now and see where we will go in the future. Great paper to read!
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"Surveys the fascinating history of the study of language, from its beginnings in ancient Mesopotamia & Egypt to the diversification of the language sciences in the past 50 years."
The Cambridge History of Linguistics eds. Linda R. Waugh, Monique Monville-Burston, & John E. Joseph
cup.org/3PO06Kl
The Cambridge History of Linguistics eds. Linda R. Waugh, Monique Monville-Burston, & John E. Joseph
cup.org/3PO06Kl
The Cambridge History of Linguistics
Cambridge Core - English Language and Linguistics: General Interest - The Cambridge History of Linguistics
cup.org
January 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"Surveys the fascinating history of the study of language, from its beginnings in ancient Mesopotamia & Egypt to the diversification of the language sciences in the past 50 years."
The Cambridge History of Linguistics eds. Linda R. Waugh, Monique Monville-Burston, & John E. Joseph
cup.org/3PO06Kl
The Cambridge History of Linguistics eds. Linda R. Waugh, Monique Monville-Burston, & John E. Joseph
cup.org/3PO06Kl
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"A compelling and thought-provoking analysis of human sociality and the origins of language."
The Interaction Engine by Stephen C. Levinson (@mpi-nl.bsky.social), Out Now & #OpenAccess
https://cup.org/4nusznG
#OA #Linguistics #LangSky 🐦🐦
The Interaction Engine by Stephen C. Levinson (@mpi-nl.bsky.social), Out Now & #OpenAccess
https://cup.org/4nusznG
#OA #Linguistics #LangSky 🐦🐦
October 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
"A compelling and thought-provoking analysis of human sociality and the origins of language."
The Interaction Engine by Stephen C. Levinson (@mpi-nl.bsky.social), Out Now & #OpenAccess
https://cup.org/4nusznG
#OA #Linguistics #LangSky 🐦🐦
The Interaction Engine by Stephen C. Levinson (@mpi-nl.bsky.social), Out Now & #OpenAccess
https://cup.org/4nusznG
#OA #Linguistics #LangSky 🐦🐦
Construction Grammar analysis of phrasal compounds in English
Project MUSE - The English phrase-as-lemma construction: When a phrase masquerades as a word, people play along
muse.jhu.edu
October 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Construction Grammar analysis of phrasal compounds in English
The CASA notations would make an interesting contrast with SBCG
Thomas Herbst and Thomas Hoffmann, A Construction Grammar of the English language: CASA – a constructionist approach to syntactic analysis (Cognitive Linguistics in Practice 5). Amsterdam and Philadel...
Thomas Herbst and Thomas Hoffmann, A Construction Grammar of the English language: CASA – a constructionist approach to syntactic analysis (Cognitive Linguistics in Practice 5). Amsterdam and Philadel...
www.cambridge.org
October 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The CASA notations would make an interesting contrast with SBCG
国际中国语言学学会第 32 届年会（IACL-32）征稿启事 mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=Mzg5...
国际中国语言学学会第 32 届年会（IACL-32）征稿启事
会议地点：中国 广东省 广州市
mp.weixin.qq.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
国际中国语言学学会第 32 届年会（IACL-32）征稿启事 mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=Mzg5...
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TOC: Constructions and Frames Vol. 17, No. 2 (2025)
TOC: Constructions and Frames Vol. 17, No. 2 (2025)
2025. iii, 138 pp.
Table of Contents
Articles
Exploring the form of Italian diminutives: Alternation patterns and constructional schemas
M. Silvia Micheli & Matteo Pellegrini | pp. 175–210
Complex verbs in English: The relationship between verb-forming suffix schemas and argument structure constructions
Jacqueline Laws & Geert Booij | pp. 211–235
The manner of cutting revisited
Seizi Iwata | pp. 236–277
Definite null instantiation in English(es): A Usage-based Construction
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September 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
TOC: Constructions and Frames Vol. 17, No. 2 (2025)
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Calls: Social Meaning and Grammar
Calls: Social Meaning and Grammar
2nd Call for Papers:
The question of how humans process social information is one of the biggest topics in cognitive science. This workshop addresses the topic from the perspective of linguistics and aims at breaking new ground by bringing together the two very different perspectives of sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology on the one hand and formal syntax and semantics on the other hand.
Confirmed Speakers:
Elin McCready (ICREA/Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Emma Moore (Univ
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September 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Calls: Social Meaning and Grammar
excellent case for Sociolinguistic study
The evolution of Taylor Swift's accent.
archive.today/Nkydk
archive.today/Nkydk
September 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
excellent case for Sociolinguistic study