PrintCognitive Semiotics
Head of section, Cognitive Semiotics
Research
Completed projects
- Adverbs as verbs in Formosan languages (research leader)
- Centre for Cognitive Semiotics (CCS)
- Information structure, prosody and the origins of Formosan relativization (research leader)
- Integrating the Structures of Information and Discourse: a cross-linguistic approach
- Kammu Reference Grammar
- The Basque-Caucasian hypothesis - grammatical clues (research leader)
- Signatures of Life on Earth and in Cosmos - ASG, Pufendorf IAS
Publications
Books (1)
Editorships (4)
- Carling, G., Johansson, V. & Holmer, A. (2014). (Eds.) Språket, människan och världen : människans språk 1-2. Lärarmaterial. Studentlitteratur AB.
- Johansson, V., Carling, G. & Holmer, A. (2013). (Eds.) Språket, människan och världen : människans språk 1-2. Studentlitteratur AB.
- Burenhult, N., Holmer, A., Karlsson, A., Lundström, H. & Svantesson, J.-O. (2012). (Eds.) Humanities of the lesser-known : New directions in the description, documentation and typology of endangered languages and musics, 10-11th September 2010, Lund University, Sweden. Language Documentation and Description, 10.
- Holmer, A., Svantesson, J.-O. & Viberg, Å. (2001). (Eds.) Proceedings of the 18th Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics : vol 1 -2. Travaux de l'Institut de Linguistique de Lund, 39.
Articles (10)
- Fredriksson, J., Malm, J., Holmer, A. & Ouattara, L. (accepted/in press). Does size matter? Attendance numbers at SI-sessions and how it affects learning conditions. Journal of Peer Learning. University of Wollongong.
- Johansson, N., Anikin, A., Carling, G. & Holmer, A. (accepted/in press). The typology of sound symbolism : Defining macro-concepts via their semantic and phonetic features. Linguistic Typology. De Gruyter.
- Carling, G., Larsson, F., Cathcart, C., Johansson, N., Holmer, A., Round, E. & Verhoeven, R. (2018). Diachronic Atlas of Comparative Linguistics (DiACL)—A database for ancient language typology. PLoS ONE, 13. Public Library of Science.
- Holmer, A. (2017). Quantifying the soft power of SI. Supplemental Instruction Journal, 3, 80-94.
- Burenhult, N., Holmer, A., Karlsson, A., Lundström, H. & Svantesson, J.-O. (2012). Humanities of the lesser-known: an overview. Language Documentation and Description, 10, 5-11.
- Holmer, A. (2012). Evidence from Formosan for a unified theory of adverb ordering. Lingua, 122, 902-921. Elsevier.
- Holmer, A. (2006). The place of Swedish in word order typology. Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung, 59, 76-102. Akademie Verlag.
- Holmer, A. (2005). Verb serialization in Kammu. Working Papers (Lund University, Department of Linguistics), 51, 65-84. Department of Linguistics, Lund University.
- Holmer, A. & Sigurd, B. (2001). Implementing Basque Grammar on the Computer. Fontes linguae Vasconum, 173-192. Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra.
- Holmer, A. (1999). An active analysis of Basque ergativity. Fontes Linguæ Vasconum, 189-225. Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra.
Book chapters (16)
- Svantesson, J.-O. & Holmer, A. (2014). Kammu. In Jenny, M. & Sidwell, P. (Eds.) The handbook of Austroasiatic languages (pp. 955-1002). Brill Academic Publishers.
- Carling, G. & Holmer, A. (2013). Tankar om språk. In Johansson, V., Carling, G. & Holmer, A. (Eds.) Språket, människan och världen : människans språk 1-2 (pp. 299-314). Studentlitteratur AB.
- Holmer, A. (2013). Greetings Earthlings! On Possible Features of Exolanguage. In Dunér, D. (Eds.) The History and Philosophy of Astrobiology: Perspectives on Extraterrestrial Life and the Human Mind (pp. 157-184). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
- Holmer, A. (2013). Lexical clues on music and speech: the view from Seediq muuyas. In Berry, P. (Ed.) If I were a drongo bird (pp. 37-40). Musikhögskolan i Malmö.
- Holmer, A. (2013). Parallel grammars : on being separated by a common language. In Flyman Mattsson, A. & Norrby, C. (Eds.) Language Acquisition and Use in Multilingual Contexts (pp. 50-59), 52. Travaux de l'institut de linguistique de Lund.
- Holmer, A. (2013). Språkets arkitektur. In Johansson, V., Carling, G. & Holmer, A. (Eds.) Språket, människan och världen : människans språk 1-2 (pp. 181-206). Studentlitteratur AB.
- Holmer, A. (2013). Språkets byggklossar. In Johansson, V., Carling, G. & Holmer, A. (Eds.) Språket, människan och världen : människans språk 1-2 (pp. 165-180). Studentlitteratur AB.
- Holmer, A. & Carling, G. (2013). Språk i världen. In Johansson, V., Carling, G. & Holmer, A. (Eds.) Språket, människan och världen : människans språk 1-2 (pp. 91-124). Studentlitteratur AB.
- Gillis, C. & Holmer, A. (2012). SI and the Lund experience. In Gärdebo, J. & Wiggberg, M. (Eds.) Students, the university ́s unspent resource: revolutionising higher education through active student participation (pp. 45-60). Uppsala: Report series from the Division for Development of Teaching and Learning.
- Holmer, A. (2011). Formosanska språk, relativisering och språktypologi. Årsbok, Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund. Årsbok 2011, 37-58. Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund.
- Holmer, A. (2010). Seediq adverbial verbs - a review of the evidence. In Mercado, R., Potsdam, E. & deMena Travis, L. (Eds.) Austronesian Contributions to Linguistic Theory: Selected Proceedings of AFLA XIV (pp. 163-182). John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Holmer, A. (2006). Polypersonal agreement, convergent evolution and the Basque-caucasian hypothesis. In Fernández, B. & Laka, I. (Eds.) Andolin gogoan. Essays in honour of Professor Eguzkitza (pp. 477-495). Bilbao: University of the Basque Country Publishing Service.
- Holmer, A. (2006). Seediq - adverbial heads in a Formosan language. In Gärtner, H.-M., Law, P. & Sabel, J. (Eds.) Clause structure and adjuncts in Austronesian languages (pp. 83-123). Mouton de Gruyter.
- Holmer, A. (2006). Vandringar i kammugrammatikens djungel. In Lundström, H. & Svantesson, J.-O. (Eds.) Kammu – om ett folk i Laos (pp. 168-174). Lunds universitetshistoriska sällskap.
- Holmer, A. (2005). Seediq – antisymmetry and final particles in a Formosan VOS language. In Carnie, A., Harley, H. & Dooley, S. A. (Eds.) Verb First. On the syntax of verb-initial languages. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Holmer, A. (2002). The morphology and syntax of Seediq focus. In Wouk, F. & Ross, M. (Eds.) The Historical and Typological Development of Western Austronesian Voice (pp. 333-354). Canberra: ANU: Pacific Linguistics.
Conference contributions (7)
- Fredriksson, J., Holmer, A. & Malm, J. (2018). Attendance numbers at SI/PASS sessions – how do they affect learning conditions?.
- Holmer, A. & Billings, L. (2014). Clitic pronouns in Seediq. In Arka, W. & Indrawati, N. M. (Eds.) Argument realisations and related constructions in Austronesian languages : papers from 12-ICAL. Volume 2 (pp. 111-139). ANU Press.
- Carling, G., Eriksen, L., Holmer, A. & van de Weijer, J. (2013). Contrasting linguistics and archaeology in the matrix model: GIS and cluster analysis of the Arawakan languages. In Borin, L. & Saxena, A. (Eds.) Approaches to measuring linguistic differences (pp. 29-56). Mouton de Gruyter.
- Karlsson, A. & Holmer, A. (2012). Functions of word order and intonation in information structuring in Puyuma. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Speech Prosody, Vols I and II, 123-126. Tongji Univ Press.
- Karlsson, A. & Holmer, A. (2011). Interaction between word order, information structure and intonation in Puyuma. In Endo, M. (Ed.) Linguistic Circle for the Study of Eastern Eurasian Languages (pp. 28-38).
- Holmer, A. (2004). Intraposition and Formosan adverbial heads. In Law, P. (Ed.) [Host publication title missing] (pp. 120-134). Berlin: Zentrum für allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft..
- Holmer, A. (1999). Structural implications of the function of Instrument Focus in Seediq. In Li, P. J.-K. & Zeitoun, E. (Eds.) Selected papers from 8ICAL (pp. 423-454). Taipei: Institute of Linguistics (Preparatory Office), Academia Sinica.
Reports (2)
- Malm, J., Bryngfors, L., Carey, W., Holmer, A., Mörner, L.-L. & Ody, M. (2019). Status report for European SI/PASS/PAL-programmes. Lund University (Media-Tryck).
- Malm, J., Holmer, A., Bryngfors, L., Mörner, L.-L., Augustinsson, A., Bangura Arvidsson, M., Davidson, M., Fredriksson, J., Gagnemo Persson, R., Hellmark, T., Hillman, M., Honoré, P., Iten, S., Kruzela, P., Ouattara, L., Persson, S., Rosendahl, S., Rosenlind, I., Tapani, C., Zillinger, M. & Åström, I. (2017). UTVÄRDERING AV SI-VERKSAMHETEN VID LUNDS UNIVERSITET 2016/17. Lunds universitet, Media-Tryck.
Working papers (7)
- Henningsson, L.-Å. & Holmer, A. (2008). The distribution of quantifiers in Seediq. Working Papers. Lund University: Department of Linguistics.
- Holmer, A. (2001). The ergativity parameter. Working Papers, Lund University, Dept. of Linguistics, 48.
- Holmer, A. & Sigurd, B. (2001). An outline of a Basque computerized grammar. Working Papers, Lund University, Dept. of Linguistics, 48.
- Holmer, A. (1999). On complements of unaccusatives and the argument structure of motion verbs. Working Papers, Lund University, Dept. of Linguistics, 47.
- Holmer, A. (1997). Case cancellation or KP-extraction?. Working Papers, Lund University, Dept. of Linguistics, 46.
- Holmer, A. (1996). Passive typology - the case link. Working Papers, Lund University, Dept. of Linguistics, 45.
- Holmer, A. (1995). Right movement in Seediq. Working Papers, Lund University, Dept. of Linguistics, 44.
Reviews (3)
- Holmer, A. (2016). Review of Vyvyan Evans. The language myth - why language is not an instinct. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 37, 869-871. Taylor & Francis.
- Holmer, A. (2012). Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar, 2nd Edition. Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 40, 241-252. Journal of Chinese Linguistics, University of California.
- Holmer, A. (1999). Review of Yung-Li Chang ‘Voice, Case and Agreement in Seediq and Kavalan’. Glot International, 11-123.
Supervision at Lund University (2)
Research portal (Lund University)
Administrative
Tasks
- Head of Section at Cognitive Semiotics, Danish, General Linguistics, Icelandic, Phonetics, Swedish, Swedish as Second Language and Swedish as a Foreign Language
- Chairperson, Board of Section 1, Centre for Languages and Literature
- Member, The Board, Centre for Languages and Literature
Teaching
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