Are the semantic categories of very closely related languages the same? We present a new methodology for addressing this question. Speakers of English, German, Dutch and Swedish described a set of video clips depicting cutting and breaking events. The verbs elicited were then subjected to cluster analysis, which groups scenes together based on similarity (determined by shared verbs). Using this...

This paper gives an overview of the Icelandic data in Nordic Word Order Database (NWD; Lundquist et al. 2019). The were collected from 30 native speakers Icelandic, and experimental task elicited argument placement (subject shift, object long particle shift). results confirm that subject shift definite subjects pronouns is produced categorically as pronominal shift. With regard to non-pronomina...

The present study explores the variation in the plural inflection of eight varieties of Frisian and English, focusing on the irregular plural formations. The aim of the study is to identify and assess the significance of the factors which contributed to the preservation and emergence of irregular plural patterns in the investigated varieties. Multivariate regression analysis, which was employed...

This paper aims to find the origin of the Afrikaans pronunciation with the use of dialectometry. First, Afrikaans was compared to Standard Dutch, Standard Frisian and Standard German. Pronunciation distances were measured by means of Levenshtein distances. Afrikaans was found to be closest to Standard Dutch. Second, the Afrikaans pronunciation was compared to 361 Dutch dialect varieties in the ...

Methods of teaching foreign languages in higher education is a basic discipline that an integral part the training specialists at educational qualification level “Master”, field knowledge 035.04 Philology (Germanic and literatures (translation inclusive) for future professional activity. Work program “Methods language // Foreign Language” within course on literature Methodology Teaching Languag...

Abstract Extraposition in OV Germanic languages is a complicated phenomenon, which has been analyzed different ways—as result of rightward movement, as base generation extraposing items to the right, and raising predicative elements. The most common type item extraposition CP, but also PPs heavy adjuncts are attested Modern German. Early New High German (ENHG) material adds complexity this topi...

The phonology of a language (like other components of grammar) undergoes change in the course of time. Languages differ as to which phonemic contrasts are made and also which changes their phonological system undergoes. How intimately related these two aspects of a phonological system are remains an open question, though usually some relationship is expected. In this paper we look at two aspect...