Wayne State University

List of John Benjamins publications that have an author or editor affiliated with Wayne State University*

Historical Linguistics: A cognitive grammar introduction

Margaret E. Winters

Subjects Cognition and language | Cognitive linguistics | Historical linguistics

2020. | text book

Phonology: A cognitive grammar introduction

Geoffrey S. Nathan

Subjects Cognitive linguistics | Phonology | Theoretical linguistics

[Cognitive Linguistics in Practice, 3] 2008. x, 171 pp. | text book

The Syntax of Nonsententials: Multidisciplinary perspectives

Edited by Ljiljana Progovac, Kate Paesani, Eugenia Casielles-Suárez & Ellen Barton

Subjects Generative linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 93] 2006. x, 372 pp | edited volume

Nonsentential Constituents: A theory of grammatical structure and pragmatic interpretation

Ellen Barton

Subjects Pragmatics | Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 2] 1990. xviii, 247 pp. | monograph

Winters, Margaret E. 2026 At the intersection: Historical and cognitive linguistics

Keywords: synchrony | diachrony | prototype | semantic/radial set | grammaticalization | iconicity | analogical change | metaphor | frequency | exemplar theory

In: At the Crossroads of Historical and Cognitive Linguistics, Rogos-Hebda, Anna & Heli Tissari (eds.) [Figurative Thought and Language, 21] pp. 12–31

Liu, Haiyong 2022 What is the opposite of Henduo ‘many’ in Mandarin?

Keywords: Q-adjectives | Mandarin Chinese | quantification | determiner | indefinite specific | indefinite non-specific

Asian Languages and Linguistics 3:1 pp. 36–59 | article

Regalski, Adam J. & Lee H. Wurm 2021 3017: Six years in the life of an ill-fated neologism

Keywords: neologisms | internet forum | number words

The Mental Lexicon 15:3 pp. 508–531 | article

Liu, Haiyong 2019 Encoding counterfactuality in Chinese, syntactically

Keywords: counterfactuality | modality | negation | conditional | complementizer

International Journal of Chinese Linguistics 6:1 pp. 27–45 | article

Casielles-Suárez, Eugenia 2018 Gender assignment to Spanish-English mixed DPs: Singleton vs. multiword switches

Keywords: code-mixed DPs | gender assignment | analogical criterion | loanwords

Spanish in Context 15:3 pp. 392–416 | article

Van Havermaet, Lisa R. & Lee H. Wurm 2017 Effects of Danger, Usefulness, and Body-Object Interaction in picture naming

Keywords: lexical access | picture naming | danger | usefulness | embodiment | body-object interaction | survival processing

The Mental Lexicon 12:1 pp. 51–70 | article

Margrett, Jennifer A., Peter Martin, John L. Woodard & Leonard W. Poon 2016 Cognitive and linguistic processes among oldest old persons: Heterogeneity, methodological challenges, and relevance of psychosocial resources

In: Cognition, Language and Aging, Wright, Heather Harris (ed.)  pp. 193–220 | open access

Havermaet, Lisa R. Van & Lee H. Wurm 2014 Semantic effects in word recognition are moderated by body-object interaction

Keywords: body-object interaction | auditory lexical decision | embodiment | usefulness | survival processing | visual lexical decision | lexical access | danger

The Mental Lexicon 9:1 pp. 1–22 | article

Chrisomalis, Stephen 2015 Constraint, cognition, and written numeration

Keywords: cognitive anthropology | numerals | constraints | writing | number systems

Pragmatics & Cognition 21:3 pp. 552–572 | article

Winters, Margaret E. & Geoffrey S. Nathan 2012 How different is prototype change?

In: Historical Linguistics 2009: Selected papers from the 19th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Nijmegen, 10-14 August 2009, van Kemenade, Ans M.C. & Nynke de Haas (eds.) [Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 320] p. 89

Wurm, Lee H. & Annmarie Cano 2012 Stimulus norming: It is too soon to close down brick-and-mortar labs

In: Methodological and Analytic Frontiers in Lexical Research, Libben, Gary, Gonia Jarema & Chris Westbury (eds.) [Benjamins Current Topics, 47] p. 93

Witherell, Devon, Lee H. Wurm, Sean R. Seaman, Nikki A. Brugnone & Evan T. Fulford 2012 Danger and usefulness effects as a function of concept ancientness

Keywords: survival | perception | fitness relevance | word recognition

The Mental Lexicon 7:2 pp. 183–209 | article

Wurm, Lee H., Annmarie Cano & Diana A. Barenboym 2011 Ratings gathered online vs. in person: Different stimulus sets and different statistical conclusions

Keywords: stimulus ratings | online studies | familiarity | word recognition | word norms

The Mental Lexicon 6:2 pp. 325–350 | article

Kennette, Lynne N., Lee H. Wurm & Lisa R. Van Havermaet 2010 Change detection: The effects of linguistic focus, hierarchical word level and proficiency

Keywords: bilingual | change detection | linguistic focus | monolingual | superordinate | subordinate | language proficiency

The Mental Lexicon 5:1 pp. 47–86 | article

Wurm, Lee H. & Annmarie Cano 2011 Stimulus norming: It is too soon to close down brick-and-mortar labs

Keywords: data collection by internet | online ratings | stimulus ratings

The Mental Lexicon 5:3 pp. 358–370 | article

Winters, Margaret E. 2008 Review of The Power of Analogy. An Essay on Historical Linguistics by Dieter Wanner (2006)

Studies in Language 32:4 pp. 989–996 | book review

Baayen, R. H., Lee H. Wurm & Joanna Aycock 2007 Lexical dynamics for low-frequency complex words: A regression study across tasks and modalities

The Mental Lexicon 2:3 pp. 419–463 | article

Edwards, Walter F. 2004 Review of Due respect: Papers on English and English-related creoles in the Caribbean in honour of Professor Robert Le Page edited by Pauline Christie (2001)

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 19:1 pp. 192–198 | book review

Edwards, Walter F. 2003 Review of Study of African-American Vernacular English in America’s “Middletown”: Evidence of linguistic convergence by Xiaozhao Huang (2000)

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 18:2 pp. 326–330 | book review

Edwards, Walter F. 2003 Review of Sociocultural and Historical Contexts of African American English edited by Sonja L. Lanehart (2001)

English World-Wide 24:2 pp. 289–295 | book review

Ratliff, Martha 2003 Review of Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance: Problems in comparative linguistics edited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald & R. M. W. Dixon (2001)

Diachronica 20:1 pp. 185–193 | book review

Winters, Margaret E. 2004 Review of Analogy, Levelling, Markedness edited by Aditi Lahiri (2000)

Diachronica 20:2 pp. 369–372 | book review

Siple, Patricia 2004 Review article: Introduction

Sign Language & Linguistics 6:2 p. 207 | review article

Edwards, Walter F. 2002 Review of Out of the mouths of slaves: African American language and educational malpractice by John Baugh (1999)

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 16:2 pp. 402–407 | book review

Barton, Ellen 2001 Sanctioned and Non-Sanctioned Narratives in Institutional Discourse

Narrative Inquiry 10:2 pp. 341–375 | article

Casielles Suárez, Eugenia 2002 El tratamiento del orden de palabras en algunas gramáticas Españoles de los siglos XIX y XX

Historiographia Linguistica 27:2/3 pp. 415–436 | article

Baxter, William H. & Alexis Manaster-Ramer 1996 Review of On Calculating the Factor of Chance in Language Comparison by Donald A. Ringe (1992)

Diachronica 13:2 pp. 371–384 | book review

Couture, Barbara 1995 Review of Learning to Write by Gunther Kress (1994)

Functions of Language 2:1 pp. 107–111 | book review

Manaster-Ramer, Alexis 1994 From Pitta-Pitta to Proto-Indo-European

Diachronica 11:1 pp. 141–146 | other

Manaster-Ramer, Alexis 1993 On Illič-Svityč's Nostratic Theory

Studies in Language 17:1 pp. 205–250 | book review

Ratliff, Martha 1993 Report on the Workshop on "Methods of Language Classification and Reconstruction": Ann Arbor, Mich., 6-7 November 1992

Diachronica 10:2 pp. 307–316 | other

Ratliff, Martha 1992 Tone Language Type Change in Africa and Asia: !XŨ, Gokana, and MPI*

Diachronica 9:2 pp. 239–257 | article

Perlman, Alan M. 1976 Samuel Greene: The First Transformationalist?

Historiographia Linguistica 3:3 pp. 293–314 | article

*Please note that this list may be inaccurate for older publications.