Linguistics: an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences articles from March 2000

Linguistics: an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences archives from March 2000

Conservation of grammatical knowledge: on the acquisition of possessive noun phrases by Turkish and Moroccan learners of Dutch(*).(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... Abstract This article deals with the acquisition of possessive DP structures by Turkish and Moroccan adults and children learning Dutch without substantial classroom instruction. Our main claim is that [L.sub.2] learners systematically and...

Acceptability and preference in the interpretation of anaphors(*).
March 1, 2000... Abstract The purpose of this paper is to consider how the preference in the interpretation of anaphors and their distribution properties can interact and be best explained. To reach the goal, this paper presents the prominence hierarchy...

Emphatic reduplication in Oroqen and its Altaic context(*).
March 1, 2000... Abstract Oroqen, a Tungusic language spoken in China, uses the partial reduplication of adjective stems to indicate intensity. This process of "emphatic reduplication" is widespread in Altaic languages, which raises the question of whether...

The notion of current relevance in the Thai perfect(*).(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... Abstract This paper examines the notions of anteriority and current relevance in the Thai grammatical perfect marker leew (grammaticalized from the lexical verb `finish'). Cross-linguistic studies of the grammatical category perfect or...

Rethinking Linguistic Relativity.(Review)
March 1, 2000... J. J. Gumperz and S. C. Levinson, editors: Rethinking Linguistic Relativity. Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language 17. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Several language-related disciplines have witnessed a...

Language, Identity, and Marginality in Indonesia: The Changing Nature of Ritual Speech on the Island of Sumba.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Joel C. Kuipers: Language, Identity, and Marginality in Indonesia: The Changing Nature of Ritual Speech on the Island of Sumba. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. xviii & 183 pp. US$59.95 hardback; US$35.00 paper. Twenty years...

Language and Power in the Creation of the USSR, 1917-1953.(Review)
March 1, 2000... Michael G. Smith: Language and Power in the Creation of the USSR, 1917-1953. Contributions to the Sociology of Language 80. Berlin and New York: Moution de Gruyter, 1998. vi + 294 pp. This book is a critical examination of official Soviet...