Stéphane Polis
List of John Benjamins publications in which Stéphane Polis is involved.
Articles
2021 Lexical diachronic semantic maps: Mapping the evolution of time-related lexemes Journal of Historical Linguistics 11:3, pp. 367–420 | Article
This paper extends the scope of application of the semantic map model to diachronic lexical semantics. Combining a quantitative approach to large-scale synchronic polysemy data with a qualitative evaluation of the diachronic material in two text languages, ancient Egyptian and ancient Greek, it… read more
2018 Swimming against the typological tide or paddling along with language change? Dispreferred structures and diachronic biases in affix ordering Journal of Historical Linguistics 8:3, pp. 388–443 | Article
It has repeatedly been observed that there is a worldwide preference for suffixes over prefixes. In this article, we argue that universally dispreferred – or rare – structures can and do arise as the result of regular processes of language change, given the right background structures.… read more