... significant innovations, largely induced by contact with the lingua franca, Nepali. Among these innovations are: the rise of new ...
Tópico(s): Multilingual Education and Policy
2011 - John Benjamins Publishing Company | Typological studies in language
This paper argues that Nepali is neither a fully ergative language nor a simple split-ergative language conditioned by tense/aspect, because the language shows a more complex case-marking pattern than previously described. Furthermore, the paper demonstrates that Nepali is a split-ergative language conditioned by the semantic nature of NPs. In the domain of inanimate NPs, the language is ergative; elsewhere, it resists classification as ergative or accusative. This finding is of typological significance ...
Tópico(s): Linguistic Variation and Morphology
2007 - Elsevier BV | Lingua
... Malay, and Tamil), with English being a dominant lingua franca. Additionally, other minority/migrant languages are also spoken to varying degrees (e.g. Tagalog, Thai, Burmese, Hindi, Punjabi, and Nepali). Contributing to public health communication research, this study ...
Tópico(s): Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
2024 - De Gruyter | Linguistics Vanguard
... scenario of globalization. English has been a global lingua franca that lubricates communication in the multilingual and multicultural communities. In this context, some Nepali novels have been translated into English, including Modiain ...
Tópico(s): English Language Learning and Teaching
2021 - Indonesia University of Education | Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics
This paper argues that Nepali is neither a fully ergative language nor a simple split-ergative language conditioned by tense/aspect, because the language shows a more complex case-marking pattern than previously described. Furthermore, the paper demonstrates that Nepali is a split-ergative language conditioned by the semantic nature of NPs. In the domain of inanimate NPs, the language is ergative; elsewhere, it resists classification as ergative or accusative. This finding is of typological significance ...
Tópico(s): Cognitive Abilities and Testing
1987 - Elsevier BV | Lingua
Balthasar Bickel, Yogendra Prasad Yadava,
... nominative or ergative S/A’ in Maithili and Nepali. Hindi shows a split between some constructions being ...
Tópico(s): Natural Language Processing Techniques
2000 - Elsevier BV | Lingua
... Cavineña, Dyirbal, Gooniyandi, Jaru, Kâte, Lesgian, Mongsen Ao, Nepali, Nyangumarta, Pitta‐Pitta, Samoan, a Tibetan variety, Trumai, ...
Tópico(s): Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
2009 - Wiley | Language and Linguistics Compass
... Aryan and Tibeto-Burman contact as seen through Nepali and Newari verb tenses. International Journal of Dravidian ... 1979. Convergence in South Asia: A creóle example. Lingua 48.193-222. Weinreich, Uriel. 1953. Languages in ...
Tópico(s): Multilingual Education and Policy
1982 - Linguistic Society of America | Language