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Linguistics and Philosophy
Festschrift for Rulon S. Wells
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This volume contains papers by a large number of influencial linguists, written as a tribute to the work of Rulon S. Wells. The volume is subdivided into sections on the Philosophy of Language, Phonology, Syntax, Historical and Typological Linguistics, and Diachronic and Synchronic Derivation.
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 42] 1985. xviii, 472 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 24 October 2011
Published online on 24 October 2011
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
- Preface | pp. iii–v
- Works of Rulon S. Wells | pp. vii–xii
- I. On the philosophy of language and general theoretical issues
- Innate capacity, know-how and use in languageRobert A. Hall | pp. 3–9
- Language, cognition and linguisticsRaimo Anttila | pp. 11–22
- Kuhnian paradigms as system of markedness conventionsJames D. McCawley | pp. 23–43
- Hierarchy in conceptual spaceJohn Robert Ross | pp. 45–53
- Imperfect models and their usesFred J. Damerau | pp. 55–75
- Rask’s lecture on the philosophy of languageWilliam M. Christie | pp. 77–83
- ContrastJohn G. Fought | pp. 85–96
- II. Phonology
- Phonological “neutralization” in classical and stratificational theoriesDavid G. Lockwood | pp. 99–124
- III. Syntax and beyond
- Grammatical phrases and lexical phrasesAndré Martinet | pp. 127–137
- On grammars of scienceZellig S. Harris | pp. 139–148
- Constituency, dependency and applicative structureSebastian Shaumyan | pp. 149–204
- Structure and function in syntactic analysis: Rulon Wells as a paleo-synthesiser of European and American syntaxWilliam J. Sullivan | pp. 205–222
- Come on UpEldon G. Lytle | pp. 223–239
- Why “Junction” theoryJill E. Peterson-Boogaard | pp. 241–252
- Generalization and prediction of syntactic patterns in junction grammarAlan K. Melby | pp. 253–264
- ‘Activity’-‘ Accomplishment’-‘ Achievement’- A language that can’t say ‘I burned it but didn’t brun’ and one that canYoshihiko Ikegami | pp. 265–304
- Positional tendencies of engllish ralative clauses as evidence for processing strategiesGary D. Prideaux | pp. 305–314
- IV. Historical and typological linguistics
- Knowlegde of the pastCharles F. Hockett | pp. 317–341
- Lexical reconstruction and the semantic history hypothesisIsidore Dyen | pp. 343–391
- Hymonymy, heteroclysis, and history in the Japanese verbRoy Andrew Miller | pp. 393–418
- V. On diachronic and synchronic derivation
- Some characteristics of back-formationHenry M. Hoenigswald | pp. 421–425
- How to become a kwa languageKay Williamson | pp. 427–443
- Where do exclamations come from?Adam Makkai | pp. 445–469
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Cited by four other publications
Koerner, E. F. K.
1999. Select Bibliography of James D. McCawley's Writings. Historiographia Linguistica 26:3 ► pp. 262 ff.
Koerner, E. F. Konrad
Kirsner, Robert S.
1991. Review of Rudzka-Ostyn (1988): Topics in cognitive linguistics. Studies in Language 15:1 ► pp. 149 ff.
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