Alexandre François
Présentation
Voici un aperçu de mes publications scientifiques. Pour une liste plus complète, voir ma page personnelle. Bonne lecture ! *** You will find here a sample of my scientific publications. For a complete list, visit my homepage. Enjoy your reading!
Publications
Publications
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EvoSem: A database of polysemous cognate sets4th Workshop on Computational Approaches to Historical Language Change (LChange'23), Dec 2023, Singapore (SG), Singapore |
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Vers des ressources électroniques interconnectées : Lexica, les dictionnaires de la collection Pangloss9èmes Journées Internationales de la Linguistique de corpus, Jul 2017, Grenoble, France. pp.48-51 |
The coding of (in)definiteness in northern Vanuatu: Anaphora, specificity, topicality8th Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics (APLL8), May 2016, Londres, United Kingdom |
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Documentation des traditions musicales au Vanuatu : Création et vie des archives à l’ère numérique5e Congrès Asie et Pacifique , Sep 2015, Paris, France |
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Musiques du Vanuatu. Fêtes et MystèresMusiques du Vanuatu. Fêtes et mystères., Dec 2013, Paris, France |
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Vowel shifting and cloning in Motlav: historical explanation vs. formal description2000, pp.49-68 |
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Ben en français oral, l'énonciateur (dés)engagé1998, 24 p |
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Negation in DorigMatti Miestamo; Ljuba Veselinova. Negation in the world's languages III. Papunesia, Australia, and the Americas, 9, Language Science Press, pp.73-128, 2026, Research on Comparative Grammar, 978-3-96110-554-0 |
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Non-verbal predicates in Oceanic languagesPier Marco Bertinetto; Luca Ciucci; Denis Creissels. Non-verbal predication in the world’s languages: A typological survey. Africa, Austronesia, Papunesia, Australia, 2, DeGruyter, pp.1023-1066, 2026, Comparative Handbooks of Linguistics, 9783112209677. ⟨10.1515/9783112209677-029⟩ |
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Explicit apprehensions, implicit instructions: An indirect speech act in the grammarMarine Vuillermet; Eva Schultze-Berndt; Martina Faller. Apprehensional constructions in a cross-linguistic perspective, Language Science Press, In press, Studies in Diversity Linguistics |
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Subgrouping: Trees vs. wavesBowern, Claire; Evans, Bethwyn. The Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics, Routledge, In press, Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics |
Explicit apprehensions, implicit instructionsMarine Vuillermet; Eva Schultze-Berndt. A typology of apprehensives, Language Science Press, In press, Studies in Diversity Linguistics |
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Olfactory words in northern Vanuatu: Langue vs. paroleŁukasz Jedrzejowski; Przemysław Staniewski. The Linguistics of Olfaction, 131, Benjamins, pp.277-304, 2021, Typological Studies in Language, 9789027208408. ⟨10.1075/tsl.131.10fra⟩ |
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A proposal for conversational questionnairesAimée Lahaussois; Marine Vuillermet. Methodological Tools for Linguistic Description and Typology, 16, , pp.155-196, 2019, Language Documentation & Conservation Special Publications, 978-0-9973295-5-1 |
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In search of island treasures: Language documentation in the PacificBradley McDonnell; Andrea L. Berez-Kroeker; Gary Holton. Reflections on Language Documentation, 20 Years after Himmelmann 1998, 15, pp.276-294, 2018, Language Documentation & Conservation Special Publication, 978-0-9973295-3-7 |
Freeing the Comparative Method from the tree modelRitsuko Kikusawa & Lawrence Reid. Let's talk about trees: Genetic relationships of languages and their phylogenic representation, 98, , pp.59-89, 2018, Senri Ethnological Studies, 9784906962617 |
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Méthode comparative et chaînages linguistiques : Pour un modèle diffusionniste en généalogie des languesJean-Léo Léonard. Diffusion : implantation, affinités, convergence, XXIV, Peeters, pp.43-82, 2017, Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris |
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The ins and outs of 'up' and 'down': Disentangling the nine geocentric space systems of Torres and Banks languagesAlexandre François; Sébastien Lacrampe; Michael Franjieh; Stefan Schnell. The Languages of Vanuatu: Unity and Diversity, 5, Asia-Pacific Linguistics Open Access, pp.137-195, 2015, Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia, 9781922185235 |
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The exceptional linguistic density of VanuatuAlexandre François; Sébastien Lacrampe; Michael Franjieh; Stefan Schnell. The Languages of Vanuatu: Unity and Diversity, 5, Asia-Pacific Linguistics Open Access, pp.1-21, 2015, Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia, 9781922185235 |
Temperature terms in northern VanuatuMaria Koptjevskaja-Tamm. The Linguistics of Temperature, 107, John Benjamins, pp.832-857, 2015, Typological Studies in Language, 9789027206886. ⟨10.1075/tsl.107.28fra⟩ |
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Trees, Waves and Linkages: Models of Language DiversificationBowern, Claire; Evans, Bethwyn. The Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics, Routledge, pp.161-189, 2014, 978-0-41552-789-7. ⟨10.4324/9781315794013.ch6⟩ |
Descriptive linguisticsJon R. McGee; Richard L. Warms. Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology: An Encyclopedia, 1, SAGE, pp.184-187, 2013, 978-1412999632. ⟨10.4135/9781452276311.n61⟩ |
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Shadows of bygone lives: The histories of spiritual words in northern VanuatuRobert Mailhammer. Lexical and structural etymology: Beyond word histories, DeGruyter Mouton, pp.185-244, 2013, Studies in Language Change, 978-1614510598. ⟨10.1515/9781614510581.185⟩ |
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Des valeurs en héritage: Les isomorphismes sémantiques et la reconstruction des languesInjoo Choi-Jonin, Marc Duval & Olivier Soutet. Typologie et comparatisme, Louvain: Peeters, pp.129-145, 2010, Orbis-Supplementa 29 |
Pragmatic demotion and clause dependency: On two atypical subordinating strategies in Lo Toga and Hiw (Torres, Vanuatu)Isabelle Bril. Clause hierarchy and Clause linking: The Syntax and Pragmatics interface, John Benjamins, pp.499 - 548, 2010, 9789027205889. ⟨10.1075/slcs.121.16fra⟩ |
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The languages of Vanikoro: Three lexicons and one grammarBethwyn Evans. Discovering history through language: Papers in honour of Malcolm Ross, Canberra: Australian National University, pp.103-126, 2009, Pacific Linguistics 605 |
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Verbal aspect and personal pronouns: The history of aorist markers in north VanuatuAndrew Pawley & Alexander Adelaar. Austronesian historical linguistics and culture history: A festschrift for Bob Blust, Canberra: Australian National University, pp.179-195, 2009, Pacific Linguistics |
Mystère des langues, magie des légendesAssociation Salomon. Le mystère Lapérouse ou le rêve inachevé d’un roi, Éditions de Conti, pp.230 - 233, 2008, 9782351030127 |
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Semantic maps and the typology of colexification: Intertwining polysemous networks across languagesMartine Vanhove. From Polysemy to Semantic change: Towards a Typology of Lexical Semantic Associations, Benjamins, pp.163-215, 2008, Studies in Language Companion Series |
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Noun articles in Torres and Banks languages : Conservation and innovationJeff Siegel, John Lynch and Diana Eades (eds). Linguistic Description and Linguistic Applications: Studies in Memory of Terry Crowley, New York: John Benjamins, 15p., 2007 |
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Diversité des prédicats non verbaux dans quelques langues océaniennesJacques François et Irmtraud Behr. Les constituants prédicatifs et la diversité des langues: Actes de la Journée de la Société de Linguistique de Paris, Louvain: Peeters, pp.179-197, 2005, Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris |
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Serial verb constructions in MwotlapR.M.W. Dixon & Alexandra Aikhenvald (eds). Serial Verb Constructions: A cross-linguistic typology, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.223-238, 2005, Explorations in Linguistic Typology |
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Chains of freedom: Constraints and creativity in the macro-verb strategies of MwotlapI. Bril et F. Ozanne-Rivierre (eds). Complex predicates in Oceanic languages: Studies in the dynamics of binding and boundness, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pp.107-143, 2004, Empirical Approaches to Language Typology |
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Le mwotlapEmilio Bonvini & Alain Peyraube (eds). Dictionnaire des Langues, vol. 3 of Encyclopédie des Sciences du Langage -- Sylvain Auroux (ed.), Presses Universitaires de France, Paris., 8p., 2001 |
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Music of Vanuatu : Celebrations and mysteries2013, http://www.maisondesculturesdumonde.org/sites/default/files/albums/booklet260147.pdf |
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Pragmatic demotion and clause dependency: On two atypical subordinating strategies in Lo Toga and Hiw (Torres, Vanuatu)2010 |
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Contraintes de structures et liberté dans l'organisation du discours. Une description du mwotlap, langue océanienne du VanuatuLinguistique. Université Paris-Sorbonne - Paris IV, 2001. Français. ⟨NNT : ⟩ |
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Structures et dynamiques des systèmes linguistiques: Documentation, description, comparaison des langues océaniennesLinguistique. Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), 2014 |
Understanding language genealogy: Alternatives to the tree modelJournal of Historical Linguistics, 9 (1), 2019 |