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New Developments in Galician Linguistics
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New Developments in Galician Linguistics

A special issue of Languages (ISSN 2226-471X).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 2743

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Xosé Luís Regueira

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Instituto da Lingua Galega, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15705 Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
Interests: variation and change; language contact; language ideologies; phonetics
Dr. Elisa Fernández Rei

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Instituto da Lingua Galega, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15705 Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
Interests: language contact; variation and change; discourse analysis; intonation

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Galician linguistics has a short history, but in the last 50 years it has seen remarkable development and, particularly in the last two decades, new lines of research have been initiated and new methodologies have been incorporated, demonstrating that Galician linguistics has reached a level of development comparable to studies in any other language in its context. The goal of this Special Issue is to present a representative sample of the state of research on Galician linguistics, including studies with innovative methodologies and lines of recent development in Galician linguistics, combining the work of researchers of recognized prestige with that of young researchers, as a sign of the field’s vitality and future prospects.

We encourage contributions on any aspect of the Galician language, particularly works that are an expression of recent developments in the field of language contact, variation, sociolinguistics and discourse and identity studies. Manuscripts should be between 8000 and 12000 words in length.

Tentative completion schedule:

  • Abstract submission deadline: 15 April 2023
  • Notification of abstract acceptance: 15 May 2023
  • Full manuscript deadline: 31 January 2024

We request that, prior to submitting a manuscript, interested authors initially submit a proposed title and an abstract of 400-600 words summarizing their intended contribution. Please send it to the guest editors ([email protected]) or to the Languages editorial office ([email protected]). Abstracts will be reviewed by the guest editors for the purposes of ensuring proper fit within the scope of the Special Issue. Full manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer-review.

Prof. Dr. Xosé Luís Regueira
Dr. Elisa Fernández Rei
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Languages is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Galician language
  • variation and change
  • language contact
  • language ideologies
  • language and identities
  • phonetics
  • grammar studies
  • dialectology
  • language perception

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Galician Perfective Periphrases among Complex Predicates: Degrees of Grammaticalization and the Possibility of a Perfect Tense
by Natalia Jardón
Languages 2024, 9(6), 196; https://doi.org/10.3390/languages9060196 - 27 May 2024
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The so-called perífrasis perfectivas in Galician present the action as concluded or realized. This particular aspectual feature constitutes the common ground for an otherwise heterogeneous set of constructions, ranging from rematar de ‘finish’+ infinitive (e.g., rematóu de beber ‘(s/he) finished drinking’) to ter [...] Read more.
The so-called perífrasis perfectivas in Galician present the action as concluded or realized. This particular aspectual feature constitutes the common ground for an otherwise heterogeneous set of constructions, ranging from rematar de ‘finish’+ infinitive (e.g., rematóu de beber ‘(s/he) finished drinking’) to ter ‘have’ + participle (e.g., teñen ido ‘(they) have gone (Rep.)’). This work provides a critical assessment of their syntactic and semantic properties in cases where the participle may not show agreement. This is the case for periphrases built on three auxiliaries: ter, levar, and dar, of which ter + participle stands out as the most grammaticalized one. The case of ter is further investigated in relation to European Portuguese (EP) and Brazilian Portuguese (BP), where ter + participle is considered a fully-fledged perfect tense. Additionally, the use of these periphrases in areas where Spanish is also present is evaluated from a contact perspective. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Developments in Galician Linguistics)
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Mood Alternation with Adverbs of Uncertainty in Galician: A Multifactorial Analysis
by Vítor Míguez
Languages 2024, 9(6), 195; https://doi.org/10.3390/languages9060195 - 24 May 2024
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This study investigates the factors that significantly constrain mood selection in Galician within uncertainty adverb constructions, applying a logistic regression model. This analysis identified several significant factors affecting the choice between the indicative and subjunctive moods, including the temporal context of the clause, [...] Read more.
This study investigates the factors that significantly constrain mood selection in Galician within uncertainty adverb constructions, applying a logistic regression model. This analysis identified several significant factors affecting the choice between the indicative and subjunctive moods, including the temporal context of the clause, the preceding adverb, and the interaction of fictional and nonfictional registers with the verb type of the predicate and the gender of the speaker/writer. Time reference and the preceding adverb emerged as primary factors conditioning mood choice, with present and future time frames and adverbs encoding weaker epistemic values significantly predisposing toward the subjunctive mood. This study also highlighted the influence of the gender of the speaker/writer, demonstrating the preference of women toward the indicative mood in fictional texts. Verb type and register interact in complex ways that only partially align with previous findings. The results of the present study contribute to a deeper understanding of syntactic variation in Galician, adding to a growing body of quantitative research on Galician grammar. Full article
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Language Ideologies and Linguistic Practices of Transgenerational Return Migrants in Galicia
by Nicola Bermingham and Carme Silva-Domínguez
Languages 2024, 9(6), 187; https://doi.org/10.3390/languages9060187 - 21 May 2024
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This article explores transgenerational return migration to Galicia, Spain, focusing on participants of the Scholarships for Outstanding Youth Abroad (BEME) programme. It examines how descendants of Galician emigrants, primarily grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Galician emigrants to Latin America, engage with the Spanish and [...] Read more.
This article explores transgenerational return migration to Galicia, Spain, focusing on participants of the Scholarships for Outstanding Youth Abroad (BEME) programme. It examines how descendants of Galician emigrants, primarily grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Galician emigrants to Latin America, engage with the Spanish and Galician languages. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 30 participants, the article explores participants’ language ideologies regarding Galician as a minoritised language and Spanish as a global language. This article highlights the role of language as a symbolic resource in transgenerational return migration, offering a sociolinguistic perspective to the understanding of this migration phenomenon. Full article
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Variant Choices of Future Time Reference in Galician: The Grammaticalization of [haber (de) + infinitive] as a Window to Diachronic Change
by Esther L. Brown and Javier Rivas
Languages 2024, 9(4), 142; https://doi.org/10.3390/languages9040142 - 15 Apr 2024
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Compared to neighboring Romance languages, Galician currently maintains a more ubiquitous usage of the construction [haber (present) + (de) + infinitive] as a future marker in variation with the periphrastic construction with ir ‘go’ and the morphological [...] Read more.
Compared to neighboring Romance languages, Galician currently maintains a more ubiquitous usage of the construction [haber (present) + (de) + infinitive] as a future marker in variation with the periphrastic construction with ir ‘go’ and the morphological future. We examine this under-studied construction to gain a better understanding of Galician grammar and also contribute new data with which to consider diachronic change regarding the grammaticalization of the future from obligation markers. We conduct a variationist analysis of 1589 tokens of future forms in recorded conversations (CORILGA) in order to determine the frequency of usage, patterns of variation, linguistic conditioning and degree of grammaticalization of the periphrastic forms with haber and ir in contrast to the morphological variant. We find evidence to suggest that the periphrastic construction with haber is highly grammaticalized as a future marker and we identify factors of the production context that modulate the grammaticalization process. Full article
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