Russian State University for the Humanities

List of John Benjamins publications that have an author or editor affiliated with Russian State University for the Humanities*

Kassian, Alexei S., George Starostin, Mikhail Zhivlov & Sergey A. Spirin 2023 Calibrated weighted permutation test detects ancient language connections in the Circumpolar area (Chukotian-Nivkh and Yukaghir-Samoyedic)*

Keywords: Circumpolar languages | permutation test | Chukotian-Itelmen | Nivkh | Samoyedic-Yukaghir | Dene-Yeniseian | Burushaski

Journal of Historical Linguistics 15:3 pp. 463–481 | article

Bobrova, Angelina & Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen 2023 Modular vs. diagrammatic reasoning: The pragmatist side of human understanding

Keywords: reasoning | inference | modular mind | Mercier & Sperber | Peirce | pragmaticism | logical diagrams | logical graphs

Pragmatics & Cognition 29:1 pp. 111–134 | article

Kholkina, Liliya 2022 Lexical typology of Mandarin Chinese qualitative features

Keywords: Mandarin Chinese | lexicography | heavy | hard | smooth | synonyms

In: The Typology of Physical Qualities, Rakhilina, Ekaterina, Tatiana Reznikova & Daria Ryzhova (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 133] pp. 269–288

Arkadiev, Peter & Alexander Letuchiy 2021 Indirect antipassive in Circassian

Keywords: Circassian languages | polysynthesis | intransitive verbs | lability | applicatives

In: Antipassive: Typology, diachrony, and related constructions, Janic, Katarzyna & Alena Witzlack-Makarevich (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 130] pp. 483–514

Gorbunova, Irene 2021 Perfect and its relatives in Atayal

Keywords: perfect | iamitive | discontinuous past | experiential | resultative

In: The Perfect Volume: Papers on the perfect, Eide, Kristin Melum & Marc Fryd (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 217] pp. 65–86

Arkadiev, Peter 2021 Perfect and negation: Evidence from Lithuanian and sundry languages

Keywords: Lithuanian | Baltic | typology | negation | scope | morphology

In: The Perfect Volume: Papers on the perfect, Eide, Kristin Melum & Marc Fryd (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 217] pp. 137–162

Sumbatova, Nina 2020 Copulas and information structure in Tanti Dargwa

Keywords: Nakh-Dagestanian | Dargwa | thetic sentences | existential sentences | mirativity

In: Thetics and Categoricals, Abraham, Werner, Elisabeth Leiss & Yasuhiro Fujinawa (eds.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 262] pp. 105–140

Arkadiev, Peter & Björn Wiemer 2020 Perfects in Baltic and Slavic

Keywords: Baltic languages | Slavic languages | grammaticalisation | be-perfects | have-perfects

In: Perfects in Indo-European languages and beyond, Crellin, Robert & Thomas Jügel (eds.) [Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 352] pp. 123–214

Kibrik, Andrej A., Nikolay A. Korotaev & Vera I. Podlesskaya 2020 Russian spoken discourse: Local structure and prosody

Keywords: spoken discourse | discourse transcription | local discourse structure | elementary discourse unit | prosody | pause | discourse accent | phase | spoken sentence

In: In search of basic units of spoken language: A corpus-driven approach, Izre’el, Shlomo, Heliana Mello, Alessandro Panunzi & Tommaso Raso (eds.) [Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 94] pp. 35–76

Kibrik, Andrej A., Nikolay A. Korotaev & Vera I. Podlesskaya 2020 The Moscow approach to local discourse structure: An application to English

Keywords: spoken discourse | discourse transcription | local discourse structure | elementary discourse unit | prosody | pause | discourse accent | phase | spoken sentence

In: In search of basic units of spoken language: A corpus-driven approach, Izre’el, Shlomo, Heliana Mello, Alessandro Panunzi & Tommaso Raso (eds.) [Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 94] pp. 367–382

Arkadiev, Peter M. & Yakov G. Testelets 2019 Differential nominal marking in Circassian

Keywords: differential case marking | Circassian languages | pseudo-incorporation

Studies in Language 43:3 pp. 715–751 | article

Ryzhova, Daria, Ekaterina Rakhilina & Liliya Kholkina 2019 Approaching perceptual qualities: The case of heavy

Keywords: lexical typology | frame approach | qualities | heavy | metaphor | perception

In: Perception Metaphors, Speed, Laura J., Carolyn O’Meara, Lila San Roque & Asifa Majid (eds.) [Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research, 19] pp. 185–208

Sumbatova, Nina 2018 My fieldwork, from Georgia to Guinea

In: Word Hunters: Field linguists on fieldwork, Sarvasy, Hannah & Diana Forker (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 194] pp. 123–137

Arkadiev, Peter 2017 Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, Andrej L. Malchukov, Marc Richards (eds.). Scales and Hierarchies. A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective

Studies in Language 41:3 pp. 791–799 | book review

Pache, Matthias, Søren Wichmann & Mikhail Zhivlov 2016 Words for ‘dog’ as a diagnostic of language contact in the Americas

Keywords: Californian languages | lexical borrowing | Mesoamerican languages | pre-Columbian interaction networks | Uru-Chipayan languages

In: Language Contact and Change in the Americas: Studies in honor of Marianne Mithun, Berez-Kroeker, Andrea L., Diane M. Hintz & Carmen Jany (eds.) [Studies in Language Companion Series, 173] pp. 385–410

Arkadiev, Peter M. 2014 Case and word order in Lithuanian infinitival clauses revisited

In: Grammatical Relations and their Non-Canonical Encoding in Baltic, Holvoet, Axel & Nicole Nau (eds.) [Valency, Argument Realization and Grammatical Relations in Baltic, 1] pp. 43–95

Fedorova, Liudmila L. 2012 The development of structural characteristics of Brahmi script in derivative writing systems

Written Language & Literacy 15:1 pp. 1–25 | article

Podlesskaya, Vera I. 2010 Parameters for typological variation of placeholders

In: Fillers, Pauses and Placeholders, Amiridze, Nino, Boyd Davis & Margaret Maclagan (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 93] pp. 11–32

Kimmelman, Vadim 2010 Parts of speech in Russian Sign Language: The role of iconicity and economy

Keywords: parts of speech | nouns | Russian Sign Language | phonology | verbs | iconicity

Sign Language & Linguistics 12:2 pp. 161–186 | article

Fedorova, Liudmila L. 2009 The emblematic script of the Aztec codices as a particular semiotic type of writing system

Keywords: emblem | historical writing systems | polysynthesis | Aztec script | Nahuatl

Written Language & Literacy 12:2 pp. 258–275 | article

Podlesskaya, Vera I. 2008 Auxiliation of ‘give’ verbs in Russian: Discourse evidence for grammaticalization

In: Voice and Grammatical Relations: In Honor of Masayoshi Shibatani, Tsunoda, Tasaku & Taro Kageyama (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 65] pp. 271–298

*Please note that this list may be inaccurate for older publications.