Linguistics: an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences articles from September 2002

Linguistics: an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences archives from September 2002

The morphological dimension of polarity licensing *.
September 1, 2002... Abstract Polarity items must, by definition, lie inside the scope of their licenser; items like any N, in addition, appear to require a c-commanding and overt licenser. It is argued that the relevant restriction refers to precedence, not...

Reflexives and resultatives: some differences between English and German *.
September 1, 2002... Abstract In resultative constructions formed with so-called unergative verbs, the distribution of the reflexive pronouns is different in English and German. In the cases of resultatives formed with verbs that include information about...

Imperatives, interruption in conversation, and the rise of discourse markers: a study of Italian guarda *.
September 1, 2002... Abstract This paper investigates the history of discourse markers, with special reference to Italian guarda. This discourse marker has arisen from the imperative guarda! `look!'. The imperative `look!' may entitle the speaker to an...

Partial agreement in second-language acquisition *.
September 1, 2002... Abstract Partial agreement, which manifests itself in certain coordinate structures in English, offers an unusual opportunity to investigate the nature of the computational system employed in second-language acquisition. The experiment on...

Some aspects of modern diachronic onomasiology *.
September 1, 2002... Abstract The following contribution calls attention to the fact that cognitive linguistics has already had its effects on historical semasiology, but hardly on historical onomasiology. Although certain "modern" linguistic concepts can be...

In the name of a vessel: emotive perspectives in the reporting of the Ehime Maru-Greeneville collision in a Japanese newspaper *.
September 1, 2002... Abstract This paper analyzes referential forms that identify the Ehime Maru and the Greeneville, the two vessels involved in the February 9, 2001, collision off the coast of Hawaii. Analysis of 256 articles reporting the collision obtained...

Margaret Deuchar and Suzanne Quay: Bilingual Acquisition: Theoretical Implications of a Case Study.(Book Review)
September 1, 2002... Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. 156 pp. A careful examination of bilingual acquisition, an interesting phenomenon in itself for both linguists and parents, can provide answers to other, more general, linguistic issues. In their book,...

Hannes Kniffka, editor: Indigenous Grammar Across Cultures.(Book Review)
September 1, 2002... Frankfort, etc.: Peter Lang, 2001. xiii + 623 pp. ISBN 3-631-38581-1, US-ISBN 0-8204-5437-0. Paperback DM 168.00 (US$ [+ or -] 124.00). This is a rum book. The editor's aim was to bring together as varied a collection as he could muster of...

Publications received between 2 June 2001 and 1 June 2002.(Bibliography)
September 1, 2002... The following list includes recent books potentially relevant to the traditional and/or allied disciplines of linguistics. An effort is made to see that all books of interest to the readers of Linguistics are reviewed. Publishers receive two...