Linguists and psychologists have long been studying cross-linguistic transfer, the influence of native language properties on linguistic performance in a foreign language. In this work we provide empirical evidence for this process in the form of a strong correlation between language similarities derived from structural features in English as Second Language (ESL) texts and equivalent similarit...

Introduction. One of the most contested debates in phonology concerns identifying factors that affect typology. The Analytic Bias approach (AB) claims that biases in learning affect the typology, while the Channel Bias approach (CB) assumes phonetic precursors and transmission of language affect the typology (Moreton 2008). Empirical evidence in favor of both hypotheses exists: processes that a...

In the Government-based literature, all structural principles supplied by UG are, without exception, assumed to exert their influence over every well-formed representation. We do find cases, however, where two principles that appear to be universally applicable make opposing predictions as to the grammaticality of a given structure. To resolve such instances of principle clash, I propose a loca...

There are approximately 7000 languages spoken in the world today. This diversity reflects the legacy of thousands of years of cultural evolution. How far back we can trace this history depends largely on the rate at which the different components of language evolve. Rates of lexical evolution are widely thought to impose an upper limit of 6000-10,000 years on reliably identifying language relat...

For the study at hand, it is necessary to analyse constructive legacy of last decades by identifying a model and type architecture that allows its study, as specific example in time place. With this mind, we can justify certain approach “new” architectural project, which may be somewhat appropriate given historical period. Today, cities are undergoing processes obsolescence presenting attribute...

Abstract UnReinforced Masonry (URM) buildings constitute the majority of Italian building stock and represent one most vulnerable construction typologies, as emerged during seismic events occurred in last decades. The objective present work is proposal a methodology for vulnerability fragility assessment different typologies URM buildings. Through statistical analysis post-earthquake damage sur...