Linguistics: an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences articles from May 2008

Linguistics: an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences archives from May 2008

The semantics of particles: advantages of a contrastive and panchronic approach: a study of the polysemy of French deja and Italian gia (1).(Report)
May 1, 2008... Abstract In this article, we propose a contrastive, panchronic method of semantic-pragmatic analysis, which we find particularly useful for uncovering the subtle distinctions of meaning and use that are characteristic of particle(-like...

Word length and the location of primary word stress in Dutch, German, and English *.(Report)
May 1, 2008... Abstract This study addresses the extent to which the location of primary stress in Dutch, German, and English monomorphemic words is affected by the syllables preceding the three final syllables. We present analyses of the monomorphemic...

What about a (really) minimalist theory of language acquisition? *.
May 1, 2008... Abstract The Minimalist Program introduced a new concept of language and added new content to the innateness position concerning our linguistic capacity. It also redefined the metatheoretical role of the theory of acquisition within...

A constructionist approach to complementation: evidence from Ancient Greek *.(Report)
May 1, 2008... Abstract This article deals with the representation of complement sentences in a speaker's mental grammar, and the contribution of complement-taking predicates and complement clause types to the overall meaning of the complement sentence....

The enclitic -mm in Amharic: reassessment of a multifunctional morpheme (1).(Report)
May 1, 2008... Abstract In this article we examine the enclitic -mm in Amharic and its claimed functions as topic marker and coordinative conjunction. The enclitic -mm has multiple translations into English, and would thus seem to constitute a...

The later development of an early-emerging system: the curious case of the Polish genitive *.(Report)
May 1, 2008... Abstract Eighty Polish children and adolescents aged from 6 to 18 participated in a nonce word inflection experiment testing their productivity with the two genitive masculine endings, -a and -u, and their sensitivity to the distributional...

Insa Gulzow: The Acquisition of Intensifiers. Emphatic Reflexives in English and German Child Language.(Book review)
May 1, 2008... Insa Gulzow: The Acquisition of Intensifiers. Emphatic Reflexives in English and German Child Language. Studies on Language Acquisition 22. Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2006. xi + 279 pp. Insa Giilzow's book documents the use of...

Arie Verhagen: Constructions of Intersubjectivity: Discourse, Syntax, and Cognition.(Critical essay)
May 1, 2008... Arie Verhagen: Constructions of Intersubjectivity: Discourse, Syntax, and Cognition. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. 272 pp. While cognitive linguistics has been gradually establishing itself as a vocal participant in...

Simone Muller: Discourse Markers in Native and Non-Native English Discourse.(Critical essay)
May 1, 2008... Simone Muller: Discourse Markers in Native and Non-Native English Discourse. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2005. xviii + 290 pp. Hardback ISBN 90-272-5381-1. The artist is like well I see you l- later you...