Lynn Nichols
List of John Benjamins publications in which Lynn Nichols is involved.
Articles
2010 Lexical semantic constraints on noun roots and noun borrowability Parts of Speech: Empirical and theoretical advances, Ansaldo, Umberto, Jan Don and Roland Pfau (eds.), pp. 183–200 | Article
2008 Lexical semantic constraints on noun roots and noun borrowability Parts of Speech: Descriptive tools, theoretical constructs, Ansaldo, Umberto, Jan Don and Roland Pfau (eds.), pp. 683–700 | Article
While nouns are thought to be more easily borrowed than verbs, this investigation demonstrates that there may be limitations on noun borrowing into certain languages. The case of Zuni is examined, in which conditions of contact similar to that of neighboring languages nevertheless result in a… read more
2003 Attitude evaluation in complex NPs Formal Approaches to Function in Grammar: In honor of Eloise Jelinek, Carnie, Andrew, Heidi Harley and MaryAnn Willie (eds.), pp. 155–164 | Article