R.M.W. Dixon
List of John Benjamins publications in which R.M.W. Dixon is involved.
Journal
ISSN 2665-9336 | E‑ISSN 2665‑9344
Studies in Evidentiality
Edited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and R.M.W. Dixon
In a number of languages, the speaker must specify the evidence for every statement whether seen, or heard, or inferred from indirect evidence, or learnt from someone else. This grammatical category, referring to information source, is called ‘evidentiality’. Evidentiality systems differ in how… read more[Typological Studies in Language, 54] 2003. xiv, 349 pp.
Non-canonical Marking of Subjects and Objects
Edited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R.M.W. Dixon and Masayuki Onishi
In some languages every subject is marked in the same way, and also every object. But there are languages in which a small set of verbs mark their subjects or their objects in an unusual way. For example, most verbs may mark their subject with nominative case, but one small set of verbs may have… read more[Typological Studies in Language, 46] 2001. xii, 364 pp.
Handbook of Australian Languages: Volume 3
Edited by R.M.W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake
This handbook makes available short grammatical sketches of Australian languages. Each grammar is written in a standard format, following guidelines provided by the editors, and includes a sample text and vocabulary text. The contributions to this volume are salvage studies, giving all the… read more[Not in series, HAL 3] 1983. xxiv, 531 pp. + 5 maps
Handbook of Australian Languages: Volume 2
Edited by R.M.W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake
This handbook makes available short grammatical sketches of Australian languages. Each grammar is written in a standard format, following guidelines provided by the editors, and includes a sample text and vocabulary text. The contributions to this volume are salvage studies, giving all the… read more[Not in series, HAL 2] 1981. xxiv, 427pp. + 6 maps
Handbook of Australian Languages: 3 Volumes (set)
Edited by R.M.W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake
[Not in series, HAL S] 1979. V.1: 1979, xiv, 392pp. + 4 maps; V.2: 1981, xxiv, 427pp. + 6 maps; V.3: 1983, xxiv, 531 pp. + 5 maps
Handbook of Australian Languages: Volume 1
Edited by R.M.W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake
This handbook makes available short grammatical sketches of Australian languages. Each grammar is written in a standard format, following guidelines provided by the editors, and includes a sample text and vocabulary text. In the introduction the editors discuss some of the recurrent features of… read more[Not in series, HAL 1] 1979. xviii, 390 pp. 4 maps
2008 Comparative constructions: A cross-linguistic typology Studies in Language 32:4, pp. 787–817 | Article
A typology of comparative constructions is presented, with major attention to the prototypical scheme in which two participants are compared in terms of the degree of some gradable property associated with them (as in John is more handsome than Felix). In a mono-clausal comparative construction,… read more
2007 Roman Jakobson and the two-dollar bills Historiographia Linguistica 34:2/3, pp. 435–440 | Miscellaneous
2003 7. Evidentiality in Jarawara Studies in Evidentiality, Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. and R.M.W. Dixon (eds.), pp. 165–187 | Chapter
2003 Demonstratives: A cross-linguistic typology Studies in Language 27:1, pp. 61–112 | Article
A typology is presented of parameters of variation associated with three main types of demonstratives: nominal (corresponding to demonstrative pronouns and demonstrative adjectives in traditional terminology), local adverbial and verbal. The paper surveys their basis characteristics; forms… read more
2003 10. Evidentiality in Mỹky Studies in Evidentiality, Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. and R.M.W. Dixon (eds.), pp. 237–241 | Chapter
2001 Internal reconstruction of tense-modal suffixes in Jarawara Diachronica 18:1, pp. 3–30 | Article
Summary
Jarawara (from the small Arawá family in southern Amazonia) has a system of eleven tense-modal suffixes, which show irregular form; each consists of an initial part (of form -hV-) and a final part of one or two syllables; both parts mark gender of the pivot argument in the clause. An… read more
1997 A Typology of Argument-Determined Constructions Essays on Language Function and Language Type: Dedicated to T. Givón, Bybee, Joan L., John Haiman † and Sandra A. Thompson (eds.), pp. 71–114 | Article
1992 Review of Derbyshire & Pullum (1991): Handbook of Amazonian Languages Diachronica 9:1, pp. 111–114 | Review
1986 Noun Classes and Noun Classification in Typological Perspective Noun Classes and Categorization: Proceedings of a symposium on categorization and noun classification, Eugene, Oregon, October 1983, Craig, Colette G. (ed.), pp. 105–112 | Article
1982 Problems in dyirbal dialectology Language Form and Linguistic Variation: Papers dedicated to Angus McIntosh, Anderson, John A.E. (ed.), pp. 43–74 | Article
1981 Tasmanian Handbook of Australian Languages: Volume 2, Dixon, R.M.W. and Barry J. Blake (eds.), pp. 395–421 | Article
1981 Wargamay Handbook of Australian Languages: Volume 2, Dixon, R.M.W. and Barry J. Blake (eds.), pp. 1–146 | Article
1979 Introduction Handbook of Australian Languages: Volume 1, Dixon, R.M.W. and Barry J. Blake (eds.), pp. 1–26 | Article
1977 Where Have all the Adjectives Gone?* Studies in Language 1:1, pp. 19–80 | Article
1977 1. Delocutive verbs in dyirbal Studies in Descriptive and Historical Linguistics: Festschrift for Winfred P. Lehmann, Hopper, Paul J. (ed.), pp. 21–38 | Chapter