July 28, 2025Open Access

A Phylogenetic Perspective on the Syntax-Semantics Interface: A Case Study in Clause Linkage Constructions

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CMCarlo Y. MeloniUniversity of Zurich CCChundra CathcartUniversity of Zurich ERErik J. RingenUniversity of Zurich

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Analysis of clause linkage constructions suggests semantics has limited impact on syntax in Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, and Tupi-Guarani languages, indicating potential challenges to existing hierarchies.

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The analysis reveals limited effects of semantics on syntax integration in clause linkage constructions.
Using nearly 700 constructions, the study finds moderate lineage-specific interactions defying previous assumptions.
The Ornstein-Uhlenbeck model is employed to explore phylogenetic dynamics across language families.
These results indicate that the syntax-semantics interface may be more robust than previously thought in typological studies.

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Meloni et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/689a093fe6551bb0af8ceb4f https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.19.665697

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