Jason Brown
List of John Benjamins publications in which Jason Brown is involved.
Articles
2017 Imperatives and other directives in the Polynesian languages Imperatives and Directive Strategies, Van Olmen, Daniël and Simone Heinold (eds.), pp. 181–208 | Chapter
The languages of the Polynesian family exhibit considerable homogeneity with respect to various linguistic patterns. This state of affairs is reflected in imperative constructions, in which canonical imperatives form a comparatively tight core. At the same time, and as is typical of other… read more
2006 Embedded structure and the evolution of phonology Interaction Studies 7:1, pp. 17–41 | Article
This paper explores a structure ubiquitous in grammar, the embedded tree, and develops a proposal for how such embedded structures played a fundamental role in the evolution of consonants and vowels. Assuming that linguistic capabilities emerged as a cognitive system from a simply reactive system… read more