{"id":745,"date":"2026-09-11T23:03:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T03:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lislab\/?p=745"},"modified":"2026-09-11T23:03:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T03:03:32","slug":"gong-et-al-2026-is-published","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lislab\/2026\/09\/11\/gong-et-al-2026-is-published\/","title":{"rendered":"Gong et al (2026) is published!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New paper out! <a href=\"https:\/\/ojs.library.ubc.ca\/index.php\/storyboards\/issue\/view\/183269\">New elicitation materials for degree abstraction and a guide to their use, illustrated with Moor\u00e9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>by Ying Gong, Elizabeth Coppock and Tomiris Kaumenova<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Now published in <em>Semantic Fieldwork Methods<\/em>, Volume 7, Article 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In concert with typological work on the semantic properties of the grammar of degree across a diverse set of languages, a suite of cross-linguistically applicable elicitation materials has arisen. This paper adds to that body of work, contributing storyboards and other elicitation materials designed to elicit structures involving degree abstraction. The paper also shows the results of these materials for Moor\u00e9, a Gur language of Burkina Faso that has been claimed to lack degree abstraction. Along with illustrating how the storyboard can be put to use, the results provide further insight into the case of Moor\u00e9, and the status of the Degree Abstraction Parameter. The initial assessment that it lacks degree abstraction remains tenable. However, independent properties of the language can explain why the established probes for degree abstraction will fail to yield evidence for it. The variation can thus be explained without recourse to such a parameter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/lislab\/files\/2026\/09\/boat2-636x328.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"328\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lislab\/files\/2026\/09\/boat2-636x328.png 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lislab\/files\/2026\/09\/boat2-1024x528.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lislab\/files\/2026\/09\/boat2-768x396.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lislab\/files\/2026\/09\/boat2.png 1237w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New paper out! New elicitation materials for degree abstraction and a guide to their use, illustrated with Moor\u00e9 by Ying Gong, Elizabeth Coppock and Tomiris Kaumenova Now published in Semantic Fieldwork Methods, Volume 7, Article 1, 2026. Abstract: In concert with typological work on the semantic properties of the grammar of degree across a diverse [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14844,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lislab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lislab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lislab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lislab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14844"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lislab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lislab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":747,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lislab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745\/revisions\/747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lislab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lislab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lislab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}