Linguistics: an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences articles from September 2003

Linguistics: an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences archives from September 2003

Introduction.(Editorial)
September 1, 2003... In the past few years interest in language production has greatly increased and it is no longer necessary to start off "by bemoaning the lack of relevant research" (Wheeldon 2001: 1). One manifestation of this change was the initiation in 1997...

Structural priming across languages *.
September 1, 2003... Abstract In structural priming, the structure of one sentence is echoed in the structure of a second sentence that may be otherwise unrelated to the first. It can occur without the intention to create syntactic parallelism and without...

Task sensitivity of animacy effects: evidence from German picture descriptions *.
September 1, 2003... Abstract In this article we (re)consider how animacy, a conceptual property of referents, affects word order. It is commonly assumed that animacy effects arise during conceptualization, taken broadly to include processing at a mental model...

Processes of conceptualization in language production: language-specific perspectives and event construal (1).
September 1, 2003... Abstract Differences in how verbal tasks are solved by speakers of different languages are often attributed to specific cultural and stylistic traditions. In contrast to this position we argue that differences in the organization of...

Conceptual and grammatical characteristics of argument alternations: the case of decausative verbs *.
September 1, 2003... Abstract In this paper the grammatical and conceptual properties of decausative verbs of the type The plate broke are explored from the viewpoint of a model of language production that systematically upholds the distinction between...

Verbs and nouns convey different types of motion in event descriptions *.
September 1, 2003... Abstract This paper reviews the evidence for Kersten's (1998a) theory of a division of labor between nouns and relational terms in the description of a motion event. According to this theory, nouns tend to convey intrinsic motion, or...

Focus as perspectivation (1).
September 1, 2003... Abstract This paper aims at focus/background structures (FBSs) from a production point of view. Based on an analysis of retellings, we demonstrate that syntax-oriented conceptions of focus are applicable to these spoken data, resulting in...

Publications received between 2 June 2002 and 1 May 2003.
September 1, 2003... 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...