Linguistics: an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences articles from March 2001

Linguistics: an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences archives from March 2001

Some truths and nontruths about even if(1).
March 1, 2001... Abstract The authors describe the various aspects of interpretation of even if conditionals. The following are their main findings: (a) it is (part of) the invariant meaning of even that this focusing adverb evokes a sense of "expected...

A complementation approach to Chinese passives and its consequences(*).
March 1, 2001... Abstract The goal of this paper is to defend the complementation approach to Chinese passives and discuss its consequences. Four interesting issues related to Chinese passives are examined: (a) the categorial status of bei in Chinese...

On the event structure of -ung nominals in German(*).
March 1, 2001... Abstract This paper deals with one of the most productive word-formation patterns in German: -ung nominals denoting events, such as Entdeckung or Erblindung. They are derived by attaching the suffix -ung to a verb stem. Not all of these...

To be with X is to have X: comitatives, instrumentals, locative, and predicative possession(1).
March 1, 2001... Abstract Comitatives and instrumentals are characterized by markedly different behavior as to their combinability with additional functions. This is especially the case with possession and locative: normally, possession is compatible with...

The principle of pragmatic detachability in borrowing: English-origin discourse markers in Pennsylvania German(1).
March 1, 2001... Abstract Different discourse markers (DMs) have been argued to have different levels of pragmatic detachability, based on whether they are lexical and content-oriented or nonlexical and operational in nature (Matras 1998). DMs that are...

The interplay of relexification and levelling in creole genesis and development(*).
March 1, 2001... Abstract This paper bears on the relationship between relexification and levelling, two processes that play a role in creole genesis and development. It is a well-documented fact that situations where creoles develop involve several...

Revisiting the two-dimensional approach to mimetics: a reply to Kita (1997)(1).
March 1, 2001... Abstract In this response I would like to take up the issues that have motivated the two-dimensional approach to mimetics in Japanese advanced by Kita (1997). Kita claims that mimetics belong to the affecto-imagistic dimension while other...

Semantic schism and interpretive integration in Japanese sentences with a mimetic: a reply to Tsujimura(1).
March 1, 2001... Abstract Tsujimura's critique raises questions regarding two major issues raised by Kita (1997). One is the claim that semantic representation of mimetics involves the affecto-imagistic dimension. The affecto-imagistic dimension is...

Government and Codeswitching. Explaining American Finnish.(Review)
March 1, 2001... Helena Halmari: Government and Codeswitching. Explaining American Finnish. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: Benjamins, 1997. As its title indicates, this study is designed to offer a syntactic explanation of code switching, rather than being a...

Notice.
March 1, 2001... July-August 2002 July 15-August 3, 2002, Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany: Linguistic Summer School on Formal and Functional Linguistics: Approaches, History, and Results, hosted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur...