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Construing chemistry knowledge through English systematic names of organic compounds: a Systemic Functional Linguistics perspective 从有机化合物的英文系统名称构建化学知识：系统功能语言学的视角

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Language Sciences

Pub Date : 2025-08-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2025.101756

Zhigang Yu

This paper explores how English systematic names of organic compounds (ESNOCs) construe chemistry knowledge. Drawing on types of structure and the field model in Systemic Functional Linguistics, this study analyzes the grammatical structures organizing ESNOCs and the field-specific meanings realized by these structures. The analysis reveals three types of structures underpinning the meaning-making of ESNOCs: (1) multivariate structures that construe a classification taxonomy and a composition taxonomy; (2) subjacency structures – one-layer and two-layer subjacency duplexes – that complement the multivariate structures by adding a gauged spatial property that specifies the locations of substituents or functional groups within the composition taxonomy and expanding the breadth of this taxonomy through the representation of as many identical substituents and/or functional groups as needed in an organic compound; (3) univariate structures, where the hypotactic ones complement the multivariate structures by specifying the different depths of the classification taxonomy, and the paratactic ones complement the multivariate and subjacency structures by expanding the composition taxonomy breadth for distinct substituents and enriching the sptial property, respectively. These field-specific meanings constitute the disciplinary affordance of most ESNOCs. The findings regarding the grammatical structures organizing ESNOCs reveal how these technical terms used in organic chemistry achieve their disciplinary affordances.

本文探讨了有机化合物英文系统名称如何解释化学知识。本研究借鉴系统功能语言学的结构类型和场域模型，分析了组织esnoc的语法结构以及这些结构所实现的特定场域意义。通过分析，揭示了支持esnoc意义建构的三种结构类型：(1)构成分类分类和构成分类的多元结构；(2)下邻基结构-单层和双层下邻基双相化合物-通过添加可测量的空间属性来补充多元结构，该属性指定了组合物分类中取代基或官能团的位置，并通过表示有机化合物中所需的尽可能多的相同取代基和/或官能团来扩展该分类的广度；(3)单变量结构，其中形合结构通过指定不同的分类分类深度来补充多元结构，对位结构通过扩展不同取代基的组成分类宽度和丰富空间性质来补充多元和次邻近结构。这些特定领域的含义构成了大多数esnoc的学科功能。关于组织esnoc的语法结构的发现揭示了有机化学中使用的这些专业术语如何实现其学科功能。

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Productivity of Assamese derivational suffixes 阿萨姆语派生后缀的生产力

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Language Sciences

Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2025.101746

Pinky Moni Gayan, Arup Kumar Nath

Numerous languages, especially Indo-European, have made major strides in the study of morphological productivity as a result of the advent of digital technologies in recent decades. However, Indo-Aryan languages have received comparatively little attention from a quantitative perspective, primarily due to the lack of sufficient digital corpora and resources. This research attempts to investigate the productivity status of a few Assamese suffixes, addressing the challenges of obtaining resources and data collection techniques due to the lack of fully developed, substantial digital corpora. The study employs two manually curated samples, derived from digital texts and a dictionary of the language, to investigate this issue. While some of the suffixes exhibit consistency of productivity across various measuring methods in both samples, other suffixes present a contrastive picture indicating gaps and non-alignment between measuring methods and sampling approaches. It determines the overall productivity of suffixes using different measurement methods and shows that shifting the focus to various elements or functions of the suffixes may reveal fluctuations in their productivity.

由于近几十年来数字技术的出现，许多语言，特别是印欧语，在形态学生产力的研究方面取得了重大进展。然而，从定量的角度来看，印度雅利安语受到的关注相对较少，主要是由于缺乏足够的数字语料库和资源。本研究试图调查一些阿萨姆语后缀的生产力状况，解决由于缺乏充分发展的、实质性的数字语料库而获得资源和数据收集技术的挑战。这项研究使用了两个人工整理的样本，分别来自数字文本和语言词典，来调查这个问题。虽然一些后缀在两个样本中显示出不同测量方法的一致性，但其他后缀呈现出对比图，表明测量方法和采样方法之间存在差距和不一致。使用不同的测量方法确定了后缀的整体生产力，并表明将焦点转移到后缀的各种元素或功能上可能会揭示其生产力的波动。

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Four kinds of subjectivity: from speaking to communicating 四种主体性：从说话到交流

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Language Sciences

Pub Date : 2025-07-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2025.101745

Henrik Bergqvist

The aim of the paper is to argue for the utility of subjectivity as a descriptive notion and to support this aim by distinguishing between different levels of linguistic analysis where subjectivity plays a role. The idea behind this is to develop and promote the use of the notion of subjectivity in the framework of descriptive linguistics and cross-linguistic comparison. Subjectivity is conceptualized as the speaker’s expression of “self” and the paper identifies four kinds of subjectivity: Subjectivity of speaking – the speaker’s choice to say one thing instead of another; Subjectivity of reference – how speaking subjects position themselves with respect to objects, places, times, and other speaking subjects; Subjectivity of stance – how speaking subjects position their attitudes to knowledge of the world with respect to the knowledge-states of other speaking subjects; Subjectivity of communication - how speaking subjects position their utterances with respect to the potential and actual utterances of other speaking subjects. On the communicative level, subjectivity is argued to be a useful notion in the definition of grammatical forms that primarily serve communicative, rather than referential functions. On this level, the speaker’s responsibility for an utterance constitutes a subjective orientation that may be contrasted with a non-subjective, public orientation where the speaker shares responsibility with a larger group.

本文的目的是论证主体性作为一种描述性概念的效用，并通过区分主体性发挥作用的不同语言分析层次来支持这一目标。这背后的想法是在描述语言学和跨语言比较的框架内发展和促进主体性概念的使用。主体性被定义为说话人对“自我”的表达，并分为四种主体性：说话的主体性——说话人选择说一件事而不是另一件事；参照的主观性-说话主体如何将自己定位于物体、地点、时间和其他说话主体；立场的主观性——说话主体如何根据其他说话主体的知识状态来定位他们对世界知识的态度；交流的主体性——说话主体如何根据其他说话主体潜在的和实际的话语来定位自己的话语。在交际层面上，主体性被认为是一个有用的概念，用于定义主要服务于交际而非指称功能的语法形式。在这个层面上，说话者对话语的责任构成了一种主观取向，这可能与非主观的、公开的取向形成对比，在这种取向中，说话者与更大的群体分担责任。

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Language ontologies and the worlding of language(s)/languaging: does language create the world or does worlding create language? 语言本体论和语言的世界/语言：是语言创造世界还是世界创造语言？

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Language Sciences

Pub Date : 2025-07-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2025.101743

Eugenia Demuro , Laura Gurney

This article argues for the importance of understanding language ontologies in applied linguistics. We draw on a range of related fields to further develop this framework, questioning the notion of a singular and homogeneous understanding of language. We not only move beyond a monolingual focus to embrace a more inclusive understanding of language(s) and their sociocultural underpinnings, but, drawing on the ‘ontological turn’ and its exploration of diverse worlds, we theorise language as a dynamic assemblage of elements that emerges uniquely in each performance or practice, grounded in specific contexts. Our contribution aims to expand the understanding of language as multifaceted and ever evolving phenomena, reflecting on a range of themes and questions, including how we might pluralise language within Western modernity. Is language the same across all contexts of contemporary western societies or within Western modernity? Does language apply only to human groups? How do nonhuman others perform language(s)/languaging? In challenging existing assumptions regarding what language is or what it might be, our research invites others to explore new possibilities in their examination of language(s), languaging, and semiotic practices.

本文论述了理解语言本体论在应用语言学中的重要性。我们借鉴了一系列相关领域来进一步发展这个框架，质疑语言的单一和同质理解的概念。我们不仅超越了单一语言的关注，拥抱对语言及其社会文化基础的更具包容性的理解，而且，利用“本体论转向”及其对不同世界的探索，我们将语言理论化为一种动态的元素组合，这些元素在特定背景下的每次表演或实践中都是独特的。我们的贡献旨在扩大对语言作为多方面和不断发展的现象的理解，反思一系列主题和问题，包括我们如何在西方现代性中实现语言的多元化。语言在当代西方社会或西方现代性的所有语境中都是一样的吗？语言只适用于人类群体吗？非人类是如何使用语言的？在挑战关于语言是什么或可能是什么的现有假设时，我们的研究邀请其他人在他们对语言，语言和符号学实践的检查中探索新的可能性。

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The situatedness of aesthetic emotions: a review of the literature and a proposal for its study in variationist linguistics 审美情感的情境性：变异语言学研究的文献综述及建议

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Language Sciences

Pub Date : 2025-07-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2025.101744

Javier E. Díaz-Vera

This paper explores the situatedness of aesthetic emotions, emphasizing their cultural, historical, and contextual variability. It critiques the Western-centric framework that often dominates the study of aesthetic emotions, arguing for a more inclusive approach that recognizes the influence of diverse cultural practices and beliefs. The paper identifies key research gaps, including the need for a comprehensive lexicon of aesthetic emotions across languages, the impact of social and cultural factors on aesthetic evaluations, and the historical evolution of aesthetic emotion expressions. It integrates insights from psychological constructionist models, which view aesthetic emotions as emerging from the interplay of prior knowledge and contextual cues, rather than from a universal affective core. The study employs a sociocognitive framework and a corpus-based onomasiological methodology to analyze metaphorical patterns related to aesthetic emotions in multiple languages, including Spanish, English, Old English, and Japanese. The findings highlight the importance of linguistic diversity and cultural context in shaping aesthetic experiences. By addressing these gaps, the paper aims to contribute to more inclusive theories and models that reflect human diversity, ultimately informing broader debates on multiculturalism and inclusivity in the study of aesthetic emotions.

本文探讨了审美情感的情境性，强调其文化、历史和语境的可变性。它批判了通常主导审美情感研究的以西方为中心的框架，主张采用一种更具包容性的方法，认识到不同文化习俗和信仰的影响。本文指出了主要的研究空白，包括对跨语言审美情感综合词汇的需求，社会和文化因素对审美评价的影响，以及审美情感表达的历史演变。它整合了心理建构主义模型的见解，该模型将审美情感视为来自先前知识和上下文线索的相互作用，而不是来自普遍的情感核心。本研究采用社会认知框架和基于语料库的象形学方法，分析了西班牙语、英语、古英语和日语等多种语言中与审美情感相关的隐喻模式。研究结果强调了语言多样性和文化背景在塑造审美体验中的重要性。通过解决这些差距，本文旨在为反映人类多样性的更具包容性的理论和模型做出贡献，最终为美学情感研究中关于多元文化主义和包容性的更广泛辩论提供信息。

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Support verbs that are not verbs 支持非动词的动词

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Language Sciences

Pub Date : 2025-06-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2025.101741

Eric Laporte , Jeesun Nam , Jeannot Fils Ranaivoson , Takuya Nakamura

In support verb constructions (SVC), as have poise, the support verb is explicitly assumed to be a verb, here have. However, during the last 50 years, the notion of SVC has been extended to a large range of new cases. With this new scope, the linguistic form that plays the role of the support verb can also be an expression not classified as a verb, such as be mad with, or an adjective, e.g. 있다 issta ‘there is’ in Korean.

Calling ‘support verb’ a non-verb is a terminological issue. Beyond that, this article examines the validity of extending the definition of SVCs. After surveying the linguistic forms at stake and the reactions to such extension, we focus on delimiting the historical, stricto sensu SVCs based on criteria, in a way that matches the traditional intuition. Then, for each type of linguistic form proposed as an extension, we examine how far the extension distorts this notion. We find both SVCs and extensions of SVC to be of interest in a model of syntax and the lexicon. Finally, the ‘verb’ part of speech is not essential to any of the categories, which suggests adopting the terms of ‘support construction’ and ‘extension of support construction’ instead.

在支持动词结构（SVC）中，如have poise，支持动词被明确地假定为动词，这里是have。然而，在过去的50年里，SVC的概念已经扩展到大范围的新病例。在这个新的范围内，充当支持动词角色的语言形式也可以是不被归类为动词的表达，例如be mad With，或者是形容词，例如韩语中的“有”。把“支持动词”称为非动词是一个术语问题。除此之外，本文还探讨了扩展svc定义的有效性。在调查了利害关系的语言形式和对这种扩展的反应之后，我们将重点放在根据标准划分历史上严格意义上的svc上，以一种与传统直觉相匹配的方式。然后，对于每一种被提出作为延伸的语言形式，我们检查延伸在多大程度上扭曲了这个概念。我们发现SVC和SVC的扩展在语法和词汇模型中都很有趣。最后，“动词”的词性对任何类别来说都不是必需的，这就建议采用“支持结构”和“支持结构的延伸”来代替。

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Theorizing temporality in multimodal communication: linearity and non-linearity in bullet comments 多模态交流中的时间性理论化：项目符号注释中的线性和非线性

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Language Sciences

Pub Date : 2025-06-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2025.101740

Feifei Zhou, Liu Yang

The increasingly mediated conditions of online communication call for new theorizations of temporality. Informed by Harris' critique of the Saussurean principle of linearity, we build on Duncker's methodological innovations and reassert the importance of examining temporality from individuals' first-person perspectives in sign-making activities. By incorporating insights from recent studies on mediated time and the impact of digital technologies on temporal experiences, we seek to refine the integrationist notions of cotemporality and sequentiality. Our approach develops a more dynamic view structured around the dialectically paired metaphors of linearity and non-linearity drawn from Hutton's work. The strengths of this new view are illustrated through a case study of bullet comments, a multimodal writing function embedded in videos, whereby Chinese social media users engage in non-linear wordplay, unsettle the video's content, introduce new linear temporal structures and construct ritualistic semiotic events. We contend that this reconceptualized temporality proves essential for understanding users' creative practices and bonding experiences in the digital space. We also briefly discuss how this understanding of temporality aligns with social media users' general experiences in the current age of information overload and fragmented time.

网络交流日益中介化的条件要求新的时间性理论。通过Harris对索绪尔线性原则的批判，我们在Duncker的方法论创新的基础上，重申了在标识制作活动中从个人第一人称角度审视时间性的重要性。通过结合最近关于中介时间和数字技术对时间体验的影响的研究的见解，我们试图完善共时性和顺序性的整合主义概念。我们的方法围绕从赫顿的作品中提取的线性和非线性的辩证配对隐喻发展了一个更动态的观点。这一新观点的优势是通过对子弹评论的案例研究来说明的，子弹评论是嵌入在视频中的多模态写作功能，中国社交媒体用户参与非线性文字游戏，扰乱视频内容，引入新的线性时间结构并构建仪式符号事件。我们认为，这种重新概念化的时间性对于理解用户在数字空间中的创造性实践和结合体验至关重要。我们还简要讨论了这种对时间性的理解如何与当前信息过载和时间碎片化时代的社交媒体用户的一般体验相一致。

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Ostensible invitations in Chinese – A pragmatic perspective 从语用学的角度看汉语的表面邀请

IF 1.7 2区文学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Language Sciences

Pub Date : 2025-06-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2025.101742

Dániel Z. Kádár , Jihong Zhao , Juliane House , Fengguang Liu

In this study, we examine ostensible invitations in Chinese, i.e. cases where an interactant invites the addressee to an event when both participants are aware of the fact that the invitation is not a real one. In order to identify pragmatic similarities and differences between ostensible and genuine invitations, we compare two corpora of naturally-occurring online exchanges on WeChat, including 70 ostensible and 70 genuine invitations. Our analysis shows that ostensible invitations in our data tend to be indicated by formulaic expressions and realised in typically ritual ways through which the inviter displays her goodwill. We hope to fill a knowledge gap because previous studies have mostly investigated ostensible refusals of invitations in Chinese rather than ostensible invitations. We also hope to contribute to previous research on ostensible invitations, by revisiting the seminal study of Isaacs and Clark (1990), which has either been applied as a departure point for investigating ostensible invitations in non-Western linguacultures, or has been entirely dismissed on cultural grounds. We propose a middle ground between these views, by following a bottom-up approach to ostensible invitations and using a system which combines ritual, expressions, speech acts and interaction.

在这项研究中，我们研究了汉语中的表面邀请，即互动者邀请收件人参加活动，但双方都知道这不是一个真实的邀请。为了识别虚假邀请和真实邀请之间的语用异同，我们比较了b微信上两个自然发生的在线交流语料库，包括70个虚假邀请和70个真实邀请。我们的分析表明，在我们的数据中，表面上的邀请往往是用公式化的表达来表示的，并以典型的仪式方式实现，邀请人通过这种方式来表达自己的善意。我们希望填补这一知识空白，因为以往的研究大多是研究汉语的表面拒绝，而不是表面邀请。我们也希望通过重新审视艾萨克斯和克拉克（1990）的开创性研究，为之前对表面邀请的研究做出贡献，该研究要么被用作研究非西方语言文化中表面邀请的出发点，要么因文化原因而被完全忽视。我们提出了一种介于这两种观点之间的中间立场，采用自下而上的方法来处理表面上的邀请，并使用一种结合仪式、表情、言语行为和互动的系统。

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Paradoxical practices of being with others: Some experiential dynamics at play while interacting across differences 与他人相处的矛盾实践：跨差异互动时的一些经验动态

IF 1.7 2区文学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Language Sciences

Pub Date : 2025-06-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2025.101731

Hanne De Jaegher , Rika Preiser , Elena Clare Cuffari

This paper presents findings from an experiment/workshop, which was motivated by the ever-increasing need in today’s fractured and complex world to foster engagements between people of diverse backgrounds, positions, and identities. The workshop taught and employed the PRISMA method, which provides a way for researcher-participants to study the experiential dynamics of participatory sense-making in social interactions. PRISMA can be seen as an analogue process technology or a participation technology. It is used to refract the experience of interaction dynamics as we engage in interactions. In this study, we invited participants to interact by drawing together on shared sheets of paper. We found that participants engaged in what we call paradoxical practices of being with each other, and that the materials through which people interacted influenced the emotions and sense-making that emerged. We present the research findings in a way that can be followed step by step by a reader in a traditional fashion, but also give the reader structured options to engage with the findings presented in a participatory way, true to the message of the paper. Finally, we draw conclusions from this work for the use of technology in human co-becoming, enactive ethics of participation and difference, and how to enhance interaction “literacy”. This research deepens the understanding of participatory sense-making, and sheds light on the interactive tensions at the roots of languaging and co-becoming. The findings contribute to both scientific knowledge and practical implications for navigating complex social interactions.

本文介绍了一项实验/研讨会的研究结果，该实验/研讨会的动机是，在当今支离破碎和复杂的世界中，促进不同背景、职位和身份的人之间的接触的需求日益增长。工作坊采用了PRISMA方法，为研究者和参与者提供了一种研究社会互动中参与性意义形成的经验动态的方法。PRISMA可以看作是一种模拟过程技术或参与技术。当我们参与互动时，它被用来折射互动动态的体验。在这项研究中，我们邀请参与者在共享的纸上一起画画。我们发现，参与者参与了一种我们称之为彼此相处的矛盾实践，人们互动的材料影响了出现的情绪和意义构建。我们以一种读者可以以传统方式逐步遵循的方式呈现研究结果，但也为读者提供结构化的选择，以参与式的方式参与呈现的研究结果，忠实于论文的信息。最后，我们从这项工作中得出结论，在人类共同成为中使用技术，参与和差异的积极伦理，以及如何提高互动“素养”。本研究加深了对参与式意义建构的理解，并揭示了语言和共同成为根源的互动紧张关系。这一发现对引导复杂的社会互动既提供了科学知识，又具有实际意义。

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I am criticizing you when I say “I am not criticizing you”: a prosodic-pragmatic exploration of the Chinese metapragmatic negation bùshì wǒ shuō nǐ 我说“我不批评你”是在批评你：汉语元语用否定的韵律语用探索bùshì wugshuu n_

IF 1.7 2区文学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Language Sciences

Pub Date : 2025-05-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2025.101730

Zepeng Wang , Zhe Liang , Peibing Liu , Yansheng Mao , Ying Ma

The current study aims to explore both the prosodic pattern and the sociocultural motivations behind the linguistic form and prosodic features of the Chinese metapragmatic negation bùshì wǒ shuō nǐ “I am not criticizing you,” in order to understand how verbal language and nonverbal prosody interact in constructing the speakers’ pragmatic intent. The results show that the character shuō “to criticize” exhibits the highest F0, as well as the greatest intensity and duration ratio within the prosodic unit bùshì wǒ shuō nǐ, indicating that shuō serves as the focus of this prosodic unit. This finding suggests that speakers highlight the act of criticizing, even while using the negation marker bùshì “not” to deny any intent to criticize. These results shed light on how language users employ prosody to construct specific pragmatic meanings.

本研究旨在探讨汉语元语用否定的语言形式和韵律特征背后的韵律模式和社会文化动机，以了解言语语言和非言语韵律如何在构建说话人的语用意图中相互作用。结果表明，“要批评”字在韵律单位bùshì内F0最高，强度和持续时间比最大，说明“要批评”字是这个韵律单位的重点。这一发现表明，说话者强调批评的行为，即使使用否定标记bùshì“不”来否认任何批评的意图。这些结果揭示了语言使用者如何使用韵律来构建特定的语用意义。

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