Singular perception, multiple perspectives through we: constructing intersubjective meaning in English and German

This paper presents the results of a corpus-based investigation of the role of the first-person plural pronoun in the construction of intersubjective meaning among evidential perception verbs in written and spoken English and German (mainly written). Whereas the first-person singular pronoun only signifies that the evidence rests solely with the speaker/writer, the first-person plural pronoun allows a much wider range of intersubjective meanings concerning the nature of the evidence. It is also shown how English and German perception verbs express intersubjective evidential meaning in a number of different complementation patterns, how the type of this meaning is often linked to these patterns, and how the use of the first-person plural pronoun can vary among and within these constructions

Analyzing lexical emergence in modern American English online

This paper introduces a quantitative method for identifying newly emerging word forms in large time-stamped corpora of natural language and then describes an analysis of lexical emergence in American social media using this method based on a multi-billion word corpus of Tweets collected between October 2013 and November 2014. In total 29 emerging word forms, which represent various semantic classes, grammatical parts-of speech, and word formations processes, were identified through this analysis. These 29 forms are then examined from various perspectives in order to begin to better understand the process of lexical emergence

Inscription latine récemment découverte à Rome, interprétation nouvelle

Bréal Michel. Inscription latine récemment découverte à Rome, interprétation nouvelle. In: Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 26ᵉ année, N. 1, 1882. pp. 23-25

V. Grammaire comparée

Bréal Michel. V. Grammaire comparée. In: Rapport sur l'École pratique des hautes études, 1874-1875. 1874. p. 124

Quelques étymologies (rabies, cælum…)

Bréal Michel. Quelques étymologies (rabies, cælum…). In: Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 33ᵉ année, N. 4, 1889. pp. 256-257