Linguistics: an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences articles from July 2006

Linguistics: an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences archives from July 2006

Fixed segmentism and dual description *.
July 1, 2006... Abstract This article considers the theoretical challenge posed by fixed segmentism, the introduction of a particular segment or segments into a reduplicated string. The languages of the Indian subcontinent contain many examples of this...

Symbolic flexibility and argument structure variation *.
July 1, 2006... Abstract Much work on the syntax-semantics interface has focused on verb frame alternations, the well-documented phenomenon that a verb is typically found in a variety of syntactic contexts. On the other hand, cognitive linguists have...

NP-anaphora and focused possessors in parallel architecture *.
July 1, 2006... Abstract The Persian counterparts to English noun phrases like John's and mine involve the anaphoric element mal (lit. 'property'). This element can form a possessive construction in combination with common noun phrases, proper names, or...

Instrument inversion in Toqabaqita *.(valency-rearrangement whereby the grammatical relations of two object noun phrases are interchanged)
July 1, 2006... Abstract Toqabaqita (an Oceanic language) has two types of valency-rearrangement whereby the grammatical relations of two object noun phrases are interchanged. One type is lexically severely restricted." it applies only to a small number...

At the interface: selection of the Welsh definite article (1).
July 1, 2006... Abstract The Welsh definite article has three surface forms, 'r [r], yr [??r] and y [[??]]. Though it might appear that all three forms are derived from a single underlying representation, with the surface forms representing a case of...

Why children aren't universally successful with quantification *.
July 1, 2006... Abstract This paper explores preschooler's knowledge of the linguistic principles (syntactic, semantic and pragmatic) regulating the interaction between universally quantified noun phrases and negation. Previous work has shown that...

"Creating language anew": some remarks on an idea of Bernard Comrie's *.
July 1, 2006... Abstract Comrie (2000) asks if there are any cases of documented ontogenetic processes that could throw light on the creation of human language--are there cases now where humans endowed with linguistic capacity "create language anew", and...