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A comparison of object realisation in Mirandese and Asturian - Coggle…
A comparison of object realisation in Mirandese and Asturian
Theoretical underpinnings
Object realisation
Null objects
Found in Portuguese, but not Spanish
Enclisis vs. Proclisis
Standard Portuguese and Astur-Leonese generalise enclisis in most contexts, Standard Castilian generalises proclisis
Is this affected by the degree of bilingualism?
Language contact
How does contact with Portuguese and Spanish respectively influence the realisation of object pronouns?
Mirandese and Asturian typically sub-grouped under Astur-Leonese
Sociolinguistic typology
Trudgill (2011)
How does network structure and degree of contact influence this?
Can we, however, talk about relative complexity in object realisation?
Methodology
Acceptability Judgement Tests
Materials translated into Mirandese and Asturian to avoid interference from Portuguese/Spanish (to be checked by native speakers)
Semi-spontaneous interviews
Funding dependent, as would require a native speaker consultant
Picture task
Use of picture tasks designed to elicit object pronouns
Potential Supervisors
Dr Ioanna Sitaridou (Cambridge)
NB: might be less appropriate due to need to incorporate sociolinguistic typology
Dr Anna Tristam (Queen's University Belfast)
Professor Robert McColl Millar (Aberdeen)
Particularly on contact, though his language area specialism differs
Antonella Sorace (Edinburgh)
Mostly good fit, despite the point on sociolinguistic typology
Eva Schultze-Berndt (Manchester)
Language contact, morphosyntax, and typology
Yaron Matras (Manchester)
Julio Villa-García (Manchester)