@inbook{MTMT:34153832, title = {Why almost and almost are not even approximately the same: The diachronic semantics of approximatives in Hungarian}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34153832}, author = {Halm, Tamás András}, booktitle = {Language Change: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-85292-3_11}, unique-id = {34153832}, abstract = {In my paper, I will explore the diachronic semantics of two almost-approximators in Hungarian: majdnem (‘almost-M’) and szinte (‘almost-S’). I will show that there is a neat division of labour between these two: majdnem is an intensional approximator (possible worlds, cf. Sadock 1981, Nouwen 2006 a.o) whereas szinte is a scalar approximator (precision standards, cf. Penka 2005, Sauerland & Stateva 2007, Amaral & del Prete 2010, Greenberg & Ronen 2013 a.o.), a situation similar to that observed in Russian (čut’ ne and počti, cf. Kagan and Wolf 2015). I will show that this can be straightforwardly derived from the grammaticalization trajectories of the two approximators: majdnem derives from the adverb majd ‘soon’ (and the expletive negator nem ‘no’) and szinte derives from an adverb originally meaning ‘by out-ward appearance, superficially’. These two processes both exhibit semantic bleaching and the semanticization of originally pragmatically inferred information (Eckardt 2006). With the help of corpus data, I will also track and explain in terms of competing grammars (Niyogi 2002) how, in certain environments, majdnem is in the process of crowding szinte out.}, year = {2026}, pages = {305-531} } @article{MTMT:34799247, title = {Hungarian adaptation of the cerebellar cognitive affective/Schmahmann Syndrome Scale}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34799247}, author = {Szabó-Műhelyi, Viktória and Szabó, Pál Tamás and Schmahmann, Jeremy D. and Káldi, Tamás and Bánréti, Zoltán and Béres-Molnár, Katalin Anna and Folyovich, András}, doi = {10.1080/23279095.2024.2341815}, journal-iso = {APPL NEUROPSYCH-ADUL}, journal = {APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY-ADULT}, volume = {33}, unique-id = {34799247}, issn = {2327-9095}, abstract = {Recent studies have reported that cerebellar lesions can cause cognitive, behavioral, and affective symptoms. This constellation is called the cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome (CCAS). A bedside instrument, the CCAS-Scale, has been developed to screen for this clinical presentation. The aim of this study is to adapt the CCAS-Scale to Hungarian according to international cross-cultural guidelines. In cooperation with the senior author of the original CCAS-Scale, we defined a five-step adaptation protocol (license number 6758-1/2021). Step 1: translation of the scale from English to Hungarian by two separate teams. Step 2: comparison of the two translated versions, synthesis (preliminary version). Step 3: back translation by an independent professional translator. Step 4: authorization, revision, and correction. Step 5: pre-testing the scale, measuring the test times. Following our protocol, we produced the CCAS-H and the instructions booklet. We pre-tested healthy (n = 10) and cerebellar stroke patients (n = 10) and finalized the scale. Although not significantly, but cerebellar patients reached lower raw scores compared with healthy subjects. Testing times differed significantly between the two groups. A meticulous validation protocol was outlined to assess the validity and reliability of the newly adapted test. CCAS-H is a quick and adequate scale to examine the cerebellar-cognitive affective syndrome, which will be available for Hungarian professionals. Our main challenge was to define the stimuli and cues with adequate psycholinguistic and psychometric properties. As a next step, we are gathering data for the validation with the help of six other Hungarian Neurology departments.}, year = {2026}, eissn = {2327-9109}, pages = {192-200}, orcid-numbers = {Schmahmann, Jeremy D./0000-0003-0706-5125; Káldi, Tamás/0009-0008-8264-9482} } @article{MTMT:34876974, title = {Collaborative research practices in the study of diasporisation. Chronotopes of dispersion among Hungarians in Catalonia}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34876974}, author = {Szabó, Gergely}, doi = {10.1080/01434632.2024.2357143}, journal-iso = {J MULTILING MULTICUL DEVEL}, journal = {JOURNAL OF MULTILINGUAL AND MULTICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT}, volume = {47}, unique-id = {34876974}, issn = {0143-4632}, abstract = {Diasporas and diasporisation have lately been at the centre of interest in sociolinguistic inquiry. Literature on the inclusion of diasporic speakers in academic knowledge production in connection with diasporas is scarce, although this would be of crucial importance to achieve ‘thinking diaspora from below’ (Rosa and Trivedi 2017. “Diaspora and Language.” In The Routledge Handbook of Migration and Language, edited by Suresh Canagarajah, 330–346. London: Routledge) when researching sociolinguistic phenomena. In this article, I discuss an ethnographically informed critical sociolinguistic study of diasporisation among Hungarians in Catalonia between 2018 and 2022 in which I applied collaborative research practices with the key participants. These practices consisted of the joint formulation of questions, the creation of a reflexive diasporic space, and feedback provided in the post-fieldwork phase. I address how these methods contributed to the emergence of a chronotopic approach to diasporisation. I argue that the inclusion of the emic perspectives of diasporic speakers through their involvement in the research process is a fruitful way to approach diasporas and diasporisation. Moreover, by paying attention to the needs and interests of the participants, this way of researching on, for, and with the participants also contributes to better understandings of diasporisation.}, year = {2026}, eissn = {1747-7557}, pages = {4106-4120}, orcid-numbers = {Szabó, Gergely/0000-0002-8553-1227} } @article{MTMT:35122304, title = {Review of ‘Politeness in the History of English – From the Middle Ages to the Present Day’ written by Andreas H. Jucker.}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35122304}, author = {Kádár, Zoltán Dániel}, doi = {10.1080/01434632.2024.2377461}, journal-iso = {J MULTILING MULTICUL DEVEL}, journal = {JOURNAL OF MULTILINGUAL AND MULTICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT}, unique-id = {35122304}, issn = {0143-4632}, year = {2026}, eissn = {1747-7557} } @inbook{MTMT:35157244, title = {Scrambling and Object Shift: Synthesis Article}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35157244}, author = {den Dikken,, Marcel}, booktitle = {Handbook on the Syntax of the Germanic Languages}, unique-id = {35157244}, year = {2026}, pages = {1-35}, orcid-numbers = {den Dikken,, Marcel/0000-0003-2602-2331} } @inbook{MTMT:35636196, title = {Khanty syntax}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35636196}, author = {Csepregi, Márta and Gugán, Katalin}, booktitle = {Uralic Syntax}, unique-id = {35636196}, year = {2026}, orcid-numbers = {Csepregi, Márta/0000-0003-0848-6992} } @article{MTMT:35649584, title = {Lexical patterns in Hungarian vowel harmony}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35649584}, author = {Rácz, Péter and Rebrus, Péter}, doi = {10.1515/cllt-2024-0021}, journal-iso = {CORPUS LINGUIST LING}, journal = {CORPUS LINGUISTICS AND LINGUISTIC THEORY}, volume = {22}, unique-id = {35649584}, issn = {1613-7027}, abstract = {Hungarian shows variable front vowel harmony, particularly in suffixed back vowel + [epsilon] nouns. The study aims to address two main research questions: (1) To what extent does stem-level information (similarity across stems) predict suffix variation for back vowel + [epsilon] stems in Hungarian corpus data? (2) Do suffixes themselves predict suffix variation beyond the stem-level information? We draw on a dataset of 200 noun stems, 4,501 suffixed forms and 4 x 106 tokens, based on the New Hungarian Webcorpus, and use a K-Nearest Neighbours learner and a hierarchical generalised linear model to address these questions. We find that the majority of back vowel + [epsilon] stems show variable vowel harmony, that this depends on stem similarity and that similarity effects are amplified by vowel-initial suffixes. This points to a model of Hungarian vowel harmony in which stem- and suffix-level information are lexically specified.}, keywords = {Hungarian; linguistics; Learning models; Vowel harmony}, year = {2026}, eissn = {1613-7035}, pages = {93-113}, orcid-numbers = {Rebrus, Péter/0000-0002-1077-3918} } @article{MTMT:35747868, title = {Flattery in historical China: A pragmatic perspective}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35747868}, author = {Kádár, Zoltán Dániel and Fengguang, Liu and Li, Zhang and House, Juliane}, doi = {10.1075/prag.24076.liu}, journal-iso = {PRAGMATICS}, journal = {PRAGMATICS}, unique-id = {35747868}, issn = {1018-2101}, year = {2026}, eissn = {2406-4238} } @inproceedings{MTMT:35997837, title = {A Ramesside treasury scribe from el-Khokha (TT -400-)}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35997837}, author = {Egedi, Barbara and Vasáros, Zsolt}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 13th International Congress of Egyptologists}, unique-id = {35997837}, year = {2026} } @{MTMT:36063426, title = {Hungarian Lexicography}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/36063426}, author = {Lipp, Veronika}, booktitle = {International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (Third ed.)}, doi = {10.1016/B978-0-323-95504-1.00438-5}, unique-id = {36063426}, year = {2026}, pages = {470-474} }