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46 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 2,184 Linguistic research and analysis papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

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  • The lack of attention to foreign word spelling in traditional acquisition research. The theoretical imbalance in traditional acquisition research. The complexity of foreign word spelling acquisition.

    Erwerb der Fremdwortschreibung · 2026 · DOI

  • The study is limited by the complexity of the linguistic situation in Carinthia. The study is also limited by the fact that it is a first tentative step in the analysis of lexical interference. The study excludes metaphorical extensions and instances where paradigmatic and syntagmatic fields intersect.

    Slovene and German in Contact: Some Lexical Analyses · 1983 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in the literature regarding the analysis of semantic fields in Slovene and German dialects. The study highlights the need for further research on the lexical integration of loanwords in languages in contact.

    Slovene and German in Contact: Some Lexical Analyses · 1983 · DOI

  • The study is limited to the analysis of the use of the definite article in Sorbian, excluding word order phenomena and the use of the article in New Lusatian. The paper does not provide a complete contrastive analysis of the syntactic means for expressing definiteness in Sorbian and German.

    Markedness Theory and the Syntax of Definiteness in Sorbian and German · 1983 · DOI

  • Future research could investigate the application of the theory of markedness to other aspects of the syntax of Sorbian and German. Further study could also explore the implications of the paper's findings for language pedagogy and language contact.

    Markedness Theory and the Syntax of Definiteness in Sorbian and German · 1983 · DOI

  • Future research could explore language contact in other border regions. The study suggests further analysis of communication strategies in multilingual environments.

    Barbara Alicja Jańczak, ›Linguistische Grenzschaft‹ als eine analytische Kategorie. Sprachkontakt des deutsch-polnischen Grenzgebietes, Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Verlage, ss. 413 · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the study of language contact in the Polish-German border region. The research aims to fill this gap by analyzing communication strategies in Polish border markets.

    Barbara Alicja Jańczak, ›Linguistische Grenzschaft‹ als eine analytische Kategorie. Sprachkontakt des deutsch-polnischen Grenzgebietes, Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Verlage, ss. 413 · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need for a complete classification of the Hungarian language, including its syntax. The Hungarian language lacks a comprehensive grammar that can be used by foreigners and native speakers alike.

    „Oly különbségek és dolgok […] mik tulajdonképen nincsenek” · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research could explore the applications of Coseriu's theory in various areas of linguistics. The author suggests that further analysis of Coseriu's work could inform the development of linguistic theory.

    LA CRÉATIVITÉ DANS LA CONTINUITÉ : JOHANNES KABATEK SUR LA THÉORIE LINGUISTIQUE D’EUGENIO COSERIU · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of Coseriu's linguistic theory. The author highlights the need for further analysis of Coseriu's epistemological principles.

    LA CRÉATIVITÉ DANS LA CONTINUITÉ : JOHANNES KABATEK SUR LA THÉORIE LINGUISTIQUE D’EUGENIO COSERIU · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in our understanding of linguistic errors in public spaces and their implications for language use and linguistic norms. The study highlights the need for further research on the context and intentions behind linguistic errors in public spaces.

    Grenzen überschreiten: Zu fehlerhaften Formulierungen im öffentlichen Raum – Ergebnisse einer Linguistic Landscape-Recherche · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of the development of metapredicative function in exponents of numerical approximation. The author notes that prior work has not fully explored the linguistic mechanisms that bring about syntactic changes in these units.

    Krystalizowanie się funkcji metapredykatywnej wykładników aproksymacji liczbowej w historii polszczyzny(na przykładzie przyimków) · 2026 · DOI

  • The analysis is limited to a corpus of 13 texts. One text was not annotatable due to the use of sarcasm.

    Diskursanalyse und Strukturannotation argumentativer Texte: Ein korpuskontrastiver Methodenvorschlag am Beispiel des Klimadiskurses · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper suggests that future research can apply the proposed methodological concept to other discourses and topics. The study recommends further analysis of the climate change discourse using the proposed approach.

    Diskursanalyse und Strukturannotation argumentativer Texte: Ein korpuskontrastiver Methodenvorschlag am Beispiel des Klimadiskurses · 2026 · DOI

  • The need for a framework that addresses multilingual contexts in educational settings. The lack of deskriptory for bilingvních and multilingvních disciplinárních gramotností.

    Bilingvní a multilingvní disciplinární gramotnosti · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research could investigate the use of Abtönungspartikeln in other literary texts. Future research could also explore the role of Abtönungspartikeln in shaping narrative style and character characterization in different genres.

    Pragmatische und stilistische Funktionen von Abtönungspartikeln in Heinrich Manns Professor Unrat · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a research gap in the systematic analysis of Abtönungspartikeln in literary texts. The study notes that prior research has mainly concentrated on the analysis of Abtönungspartikeln in spoken language.

    Pragmatische und stilistische Funktionen von Abtönungspartikeln in Heinrich Manns Professor Unrat · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in the understanding of word choice in linguistic expression in German and Azerbaijani. The study aims to fill this gap by examining the semantic and pragmatic aspects of word choice.

    Die stilistische Wirkung der Wortwahl in der Kommunikation im Deutschen und im Aserbaidschanischen · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of the role of linguistic means in scientific texts. The study highlights the importance of considering the author's presence and attitude in scientific communication.

    Wissensbewertung im wissenschaftlichen Diskurs: Eine deskriptive linguistische Analyse in ausgewählten literaturwissenschaftlichen Artikeln · 2026 · DOI

  • The acquisition of foreign word spelling is a neglected area of research. Traditional acquisition research does not distinguish between native and foreign word spelling.

    Erwerb der Fremdwortschreibung · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a gap in the current understanding of power dynamics and how they operate in modern society. The paper identifies a need for a more nuanced understanding of how power is exercised and maintained through various institutions and systems.

    Verfügungsmacht -Die Asymmetrie als Strukturform-Wer das Risiko trägt, entscheidet nicht · 2026 · DOI

  • But why were the avant-garde and progressive qualities of his views unrecognised even in his time? Why has Vossler’s conception ended up on the fringes of scientific discourse and is now a mere episode in modern linguistics? By addressing those questions, the present study aims to show the considerable explanatory potential of Vossler’s approach that still, despite the passage of time, can contribute to further research on language and civilisation from the ethnolinguistic viewpoint.

    The Spirit of Language in Civilisation: Karl Vossler’s Ethnolinguistic Thinking · 2025 · DOI

  • It appears that the specific relation between distinguished subcategories of particles in Dutch and Polish and the commensurability between the counterparts of individual particles in these two languages remain to be discerned but the findings made so far for both languages are significant and comparable enough to establish a basis for further contrastive research.

    “Na dokładkę nog even dit.” Overeenkomsten en verschillen tussen de classificaties van partikels in de Poolse en in de Nederlandse traditie van partikelstudie · 2023 · DOI

  • also Haugen, in: Asher (ed) The encyclopedia of language and linguistics, Pergamon, Oxford, 1994: 4340), and while print certainly constitutes an important instrument for the dissemination of codified norms, it remains to be established what role hand-written texts played in standardisation processes.

    Alternative sources of data for alternative histories of standardisation · 2019 · DOI

  • It should be noted that there is currently no agreement among adherents of FSP with regard to the importance of contextual features for determining the topic - It has been argued, for example, that topic and comment are autonomous, i.

    On the Typological Variability of Argument Regrouping in the Slavic Languages · 1978 · DOI

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