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Table of contents
Acknowledgementviii
Introductionix
A tribute to Gerald Sanders1 I. Typological issues
The second persons is rightly so called9 The structure of category systems25 On the natural domain of linguistic universals45 II. Syntactic issues
Why is syntax complicated?73 What is categorical grammar really good for?93 The logic of relative adjectives105 On the subject-predicate structure of pseudoclefts119 Neagtion and predicate heads135 Iconicity: motivations in Chinese grammar153 Hypothesizing case frame information for new verbs175 Local ambiguity and natural language processing187 III. Discourse issues
Constructing a courtroom narrative203 Saying it with a smile215 Vera Hayden’s Dilemma, or the Indirection in direct speech233 Anaphora in GErman discourse243 Gender assignment in Oromo269 IV. Phonological issues
Underspecification and phonological disorders287 Rule ordering in Child phonology305 Default features in contour tones: Evidence from Krahm/Wobé327 Lexical versus postlexical rule application in Catalan339 Variation in phonological assimilation of Irish Loanwords351 Dialect variation in Sorbian reflexes of the Common Slavic jers367 Subject index377
Language index381
