Lingvisticæ Investigationes | International Journal of Linguistics and Language Resources

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ORCiD logo with linkJorge Baptista | Universidade do Algarve
Cédrick Fairon | UCLouvain
ORCiD logo with linkCorinne Rossari | Université de Neuchâtel
Founding Editor
Editorial Assistant
Takuya Nakamura | LISN, France

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Lingvisticæ Investigationes publishes original articles dealing with the lexicon, grammar, phonology and semantics. It focuses on studies that are formalized to the point where they can be integrated into text analysis software, and on studies which describe resources such as grammars and electronic dictionaries constructed on a linguistic basis. The journal also publishes bibliographies, summaries of theses, reports, squibs and reviews. Contributions are in English and French. French-speaking authors are free to submit in French or in English.

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ISSN: 0378-4169 | E-ISSN: 1569‑9927
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Latest articles

19 February 2026

  • “Stylish” similatives: A corpus-based study of style nouns in Italian and Russian
    Valentina BenigniBeatrice Bernasconi | LI 48:2 (2025) pp. 323–347
  • Equative and similative constructions in two Walser German linguistic islands of North-Western Italy
    Livio Gaeta | LI 48:2 (2025) pp. 250–275
  • Grammaticalization of kidė as a similative marker in Contemporary Enggano
    Charlotte Hemmings | LI 48:2 (2025) pp. 276–298
  • Marking similarity “in the style of”: Czech prepositional phrases with (non-)taxonomic nouns in contrast with Polish
    Markéta Janebová, Michaela MartinkováAnna Kisiel | LI 48:2 (2025) pp. 377–404
  • The syntax of similative clauses: Insights from Germanic
    Marta Massaia | LI 48:2 (2025) pp. 189–220
  • ‘Wellness’ equatives and their extensions in English as well as in Dutch and German
    Daniel Van OlmenJohan van der Auwera | LI 48:2 (2025) pp. 221–249
  • Noun-based similarity markers in Serbian: A survey
    Dejan StosicLjubica Đurić | LI 48:2 (2025) pp. 405–435
  • Genre and style in French: Interpretative types and formal correlations
    Hélène Vassiliadou, Francine Gerhard-KraitMarie Lammert | LI 48:2 (2025) pp. 299–322
  • On the similative uses of esprit and dukh in French and Russian
    Elena VladimirskaJeļena Gridina | LI 48:2 (2025) pp. 348–376
  • Introduction
    Anna Kisiel, Hélène Vassiliadou, Valentina Benigni, Beatrice Bernasconi, Lieselotte BremsDejan Stosic | LI 48:2 (2025) pp. 179–188
  • 3 October 2025

  • Vouloir dans l’expression pragmaticalisée si (l’)on veut : Quand dire, c’est choisir ?
    Anouch Bourmayan | LI 48:1 (2025) pp. 149–177
  • Énonciation et vouloir
    Marion Carel | LI 48:1 (2025) pp. 103–128
  • Subject obviation and self-locating knowledge
    Julie Goncharov | LI 48:1 (2025) p. 8
  • Vouloir in the landscape of volition and desire
    Alda MariEnzo Laurenti | LI 48:1 (2025) pp. 48–75
  • Les emplois de Je (le) veux bien en diachronie du français
    Evelyne Oppermann-Marsaux | LI 48:1 (2025) pp. 129–148
  • Étude des verbes de volonté dans une démarche de linguistique de corpus
    Aylin PamuksaçCorinne Rossari | LI 48:1 (2025) p. 76
  • Le verbe vouloir dans tous ses états
    Anouch Bourmayan | LI 48:1 (2025) pp. 1–7
  • 24 January 2025

  • ‘The point is, what is the point?’: Vague reference with the the-N-is construction and its interactional functions in spoken English
    Florine Berthe | LI 47:2 (2024) pp. 349–371
  • JE et ON dans le discours de soignants: Du défini à l’indéfini, de la singularité au collectif, du comptable au massif
    Nizha Chatar-Moumni, Caroline LachetAudrey Roig | LI 47:2 (2024) pp. 222–245
  • Référence indéfinie et (im)prédictibilité discursive: Le cas des slogans
    Georgeta Cislaru | LI 47:2 (2024) pp. 295–314
  • Quel rôle discursif donner à un marqueur de référence floue ? Analyse de on dans un corpus de narrations orales
    Gilles Col, Marion Fossard, Mélanie Sandoz, Amélie M. AchimDominique Knutsen | LI 47:2 (2024) pp. 246–271
  • Flou, vague et sous-détermination dans la référence
    Laure GardelleFrédéric Landragin | LI 47:2 (2024) pp. 143–153
  • Étude comparative des constructions à “agent” sous-déterminé en français: ils V, Vpassif et on V
    Laure Anne Johnsen | LI 47:2 (2024) pp. 179–201
  • Suspendre la référence: Stylistique de la référence floue dans L’Innommable de Beckett
    Luca Pallanti | LI 47:2 (2024) pp. 272–294
  • Les références floues en Gbaya (R.C.A.)
    Paulette Roulon-Doko | LI 47:2 (2024) pp. 202–221
  • Tout le monde : Un pronom dit indéfini à référence floue
    Catherine Schnedecker | LI 47:2 (2024) pp. 154–178
  • Le flou référentiel dans l’attribution du contenu des noms sous-spécifiés: Illustration à partir d’exemples en français et en roumain contemporains
    Anaïs Vajnovszki | LI 47:2 (2024) pp. 372–396
  • Go home (6 Jan 2021): On dog whistles, multiple addressee groups and ambiguity in language use
    Esme Winter-Froemel | LI 47:2 (2024) pp. 315–348
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    ORCiD logo with linkJorge Baptista | Universidade do Algarve
    Cédrick Fairon | UCLouvain
    ORCiD logo with linkCorinne Rossari | Université de Neuchâtel
    Founding Editor
    Editorial Assistant
    Takuya Nakamura | LISN, France
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    Anne Abeillé | Université Paris Diderot
    Jean-Claude Chevalier † | Université Paris 8
    Laurence Danlos | Université Paris Diderot
    Tullio De Mauro † | University of Rome La Sapienza
    Annibale Elia | Universita di Salerno
    Gilles Fauconnier † | University of California San Diego
    Giorgio Graffi | University of Verona
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    Franz Guenthner | University of Munich
    Ferenc Kiefer † | Academy of Sciences, Budapest
    Éric Laporte | Université Gustave Eiffel
    Mehryar Mohri | New York University
    Dominique Perrin | Université Gustave Eiffel
    John Robert Ross † | University of North Texas
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    Xavier Blanco | Autonomous University of Barcelona
    Sergio Bolasco | University of Rome La Sapienza
    Matthieu Constant | Université de Lorraine
    Dan Cristea | "Alexandru loan Cuza" University of Iasi
    Anne Dister | Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis (Bruxelles)
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