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Table of contents
Forewordvii
List of publications of Winfred P. Lehmann1 Part I: Studies in descriptive linguistics19
1. Delocutive verbs in dyirbal21 2. Multiple SD’s for unambiguous sentences: continuums39 3. Remarks on the separation between syntax and semantics71 4. ‘Sexism’ and the Norwegian language83 5. Machine translation and abstract terminology95 6. Literary meanings — complex or simple?109 7. Some aspects of lexical synonymy in contemporary persian125 8. The humboldtian trend in linguistics145 9. On the inadequacy of type-3 and type-2 grammars for human languages159 10. False cognates in english and spanish173 11. Specificness in generative grammar188 12. Language in a sexist society209 13. Rule breaking in english spelling: A study of final E217 14. Linguistics as a practical science235 Part II: Studies in historical linguistics265
15. Typological notes on irish word-order267 16. Inductive generalizations in semantic change283 17. The uralo-yukaghir focus system: a problem in remote genetic relationship301 18. ‘Something stolen’: a semitic participle and an indo-european neuter substantive317 19. Why AP-ISH but worm-Y?341 20. Bartholomae’s law and an ie root structure constraint365 21. Secondary stress in germanic alliterative verse393 22. Approaches to the study ofvedic religion405 23. Lexical restructuring versus rule addition: a case study in dialect differentiation417 24. A note on Hippocrates’ γραµµατική429 25. historical considerations for lexical variation in cypriotic and standard greek437 26. The synchronic description and historical change445 27. An identification of a language — a methodology457 28. Hildebrandslied 35b: Dat ih dir it nu bi huldi gibu481 29. On the nativization of modern hebrew and the role of children in this process487 Index of names449
