Ling Fridays: Singerman on recursion in Tuparí

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Quotation and syntactic recursion in Tuparí Adam Singerman, Syracuse University For over two decades there has been heated debate about whether recursion is a universal property of human language. Indigenous languages of the Amazon Basin …

Ling Fridays: Obert on motion verbs in Amazonia

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Language in motion: terrain-based motion verbs and on the move documentation in Northwestern Amazonia Karolin Obert, Lund University Mobility is of central concern to the humanities. This is because mobility is everywhere: It is a …

Ling Fridays: Robinson on dictionary use in L2 learning

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Dictionary Proficiency: A Cornerstone in Evidence-Based Language Learning Shawn Anthony Robinson, Research Affiliate – Wisconsin’s Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB), University of Wisconsin Madison This presentation (working paper) highlights the essential role of dictionary …