Swarthmore College

List of John Benjamins publications that have an author or editor affiliated with Swarthmore College*

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Lessons from Documented Endangered Languages

Edited by K. David Harrison, David S. Rood & Arienne Dwyer

Subjects Theoretical linguistics | Typology

[Typological Studies in Language, 78] 2008. vi, 375 pp. | edited volume

The Grammar of Repetition: Nupe grammar at the syntax–phonology interface

Jason Kandybowicz

Subjects Generative linguistics | Other African languages | Phonology | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 136] 2008. xiii, 168 pp. | monograph

Beyond Coherence: The syntax of opacity in German

AuthorVera Lee-Schoenfeld

Subjects Generative linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 114] 2007. viii, 206 pp. | monograph

Napoli, Donna Jo & Rachel Sutton-Spence 2024 Torso articulation in sign languages

Keywords: sign languages | torso articulation | nonmanual articulation | annotation systems | data collection

Sign Language & Linguistics 27:1 pp. 1–34 | article

Napoli, Donna Jo & Nathan Sanders 2024 An approach to path movement in the diachronic study of sign languages: Biomechanics and nonarbitrariness

Keywords: sign languages | historical change | articulatory effort | nonarbitrariness

Diachronica 41:2 pp. 203–250 | article

Conrod, Kirby 2022 Variation in English gendered pronouns: Analysis and recommendations for ethics in linguistics

Keywords: gender | pronouns | transgender | non-binary

Journal of Language and Sexuality 11:2 pp. 141–164 | article

Irwin, Patricia 2020 Unaccusativity and theticity

Keywords: thetic sentences | intransitive predicates | argument structure | unaccusative | unergative | presentational sentences

In: Thetics and Categoricals, Abraham, Werner, Elisabeth Leiss & Yasuhiro Fujinawa (eds.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 262] pp. 199–222

Sanders, Nathan & Donna Jo Napoli 2017 A cross-linguistic preference for torso stability in the lexicon: Evidence from 24 sign languages

Keywords: sign languages | phonetics | ease of articulation | lexical frequency | linguistic universals

Sign Language & Linguistics 19:2 pp. 197–231 | article

Napoli, Donna Jo 2015 Review of Current Directions in Turkish Sign Language Research edited by Engin Arık (2013)

Sign Language & Linguistics 18:1 pp. 135–141 | book review

Sutton-Spence, Rachel & Donna Jo Napoli 2013 How much can classifiers be analogous to their referents?

Keywords: sign languages | metaphor | poetry | classifiers | gesture | analogy

Gesture 13:1 pp. 1–27 | article

Roeper, Thomas & Timothy Roeper 2010 Game Theory and the control of empty categories in grammar

In: Structure Preserved: Studies in syntax for Jan Koster, Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter & Mark de Vries (eds.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 164] pp. 299–312

Napoli, Donna Jo & Jack Hoeksema 2009 The grammatical versatility of taboo terms

Studies in Language 33:3 pp. 612–643 | article

Lee-Schoenfeld, Vera 2008 Review of Datives and Other Cases: Between Argument Structure and Event Structure edited by Daniel Hole, André Meinunger & Werner Abraham (2006)

Studies in Language 32:1 pp. 237–244 | book review

Harrison, K. David & Gregory D.S. Anderson 2008 Tofa language change and terminal generation speakers

In: Lessons from Documented Endangered Languages, Harrison, K. David, David S. Rood & Arienne Dwyer (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 78] pp. 243–270

Gergen, Mary M. & Kenneth J. Gergen 2008 Narratives in action

Keywords: Conflict Reduction | Mediation | Narrative | Organizational Change | Social Construction | Therapy

In: Narrative – State of the Art, Bamberg, Michael (ed.) [Benjamins Current Topics, 6] pp. 133–143

Kandybowicz, Jason 2008 On fusion and multiple copy spell-out: The case of verbal repetition

In: The Copy Theory of Movement, Corver, Norbert & Jairo Nunes (eds.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 107] pp. 119–150

Wichmann, Søren & Arpiar Saunders 2007 How to use typological databases in historical linguistic research

Keywords: Diachronic typology | stability of linguistic features | Native American languages | phylogenetic algorithms | Neighbor Net | Neighbor-joining | Maximum parsimony | Bayesian analysis

Diachronica 24:2 pp. 373–404 | article

Gergen, Mary M. & Kenneth J. Gergen 2006 Narratives in action

Keywords: Therapy | Organizational Change | Mediation | Conflict Reduction | Narrative | Social Construction

Narrative Inquiry 16:1 pp. 112–121 | article

Napoli, Donna Jo & Jeff Wu 2004 Morpheme structure constraints on two-handed signs in American Sign Language: Notions of symmetry

Keywords: American Sign Language | lexical database | handshapes | symmetry | handshape changes | movement | morphology | physiological constraints

Sign Language & Linguistics 6:2 pp. 123–205 | article

Fernald, Theodore B. & Donna Jo Napoli 2002 Exploitation of morphological possibilities in signed languages: Comparison of American Sign Language with English

Keywords: phonology-semantics interface | word formation | signed vs. spoken language | American Sign Language | morphology | lexicon

Sign Language & Linguistics 3:1 pp. 3–58 | article

Napoli, Donna Jo 1992 Review of The Syntax of Noun Phrases: Configuration, parameters and empty categories by Alessandra Giorgi & Giuseppe Longobardi (1991)

Studies in Language 16:1 pp. 201–205 | book review

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