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

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

Yes--no questions in Mandarin and the theory of focus *.
September 1, 2001... Abstract Yes-no questions in Mandarin can be expressed in many different ways. Former syntactic approaches (Li and Thompson 1979; Huang 1991; Li 1992; McCawley 1994) stressed the difference between so called A-not-A question forms and the...

Output constraints on two Spanish word-creation processes *.
September 1, 2001... Abstract This paper deals with two apparently unrelated Spanish word-creation processes: trisyllabic nominal truncation and -ata/-aca suffixation. We claim that it is possible to account for these two morphological processes in a unified...

The intonational system of Wolof *.
September 1, 2001... Abstract This paper presents an overview of the intonational system of Wolof (a non-tone language belonging to the Atlantic branch of Niger-Congo), based on the analysis of several recorded corpora. This system has several interesting...

The morpheme-to-stress principle in Tohono O'odham *.
September 1, 2001... Abstract In this paper, I describe and analyze a novel pattern of secondary stress in Tohono O'odham. Tohono O'odham (formerly known as Papago) assigns primary stress to the first syllable in content words (Hale 1959; Saxton 1963; Hill and...

Internal and external dimensions of language change: the great divide? Evidence from New Zealand English (1).
September 1, 2001... Abstract In examining and attempting to describe the phenomena of language change, we have traditionally been faced with an enforced choice between internal and external explanations (see, for example, Labor 1972; Ross 1996). Recent...

Global trends in language *.
September 1, 2001... Abstract A natural assumption in typology is that surveys taken at different periods of history would produce much the same profile. However, there are a number of hypotheses that posit global trends. Givon (1979), for instance, posits a...

Publications received between 2 June 2000 and 1 June 2001.(Bibliography)
September 1, 2001... Felicir Affolter and Walter Bischofberger: Nonverbal Perceptual and Cognitive Processes in Children with Language Disorders: Toward a Framework for Clinical Intervention. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2000. Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald: Classifiers: A...

Notices.
September 1, 2001... February-March 2002 February 27-March 1, 2002, University of Mannheim, 24th Annual Meeting of the Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Sprachwissenschaft. Theme: Multilingualism Today. Contact person: Prof. Dr. Rosemarie Tracy; registration:...