24. A note on Hippocrates’ γραµµατική

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. List of publications of Winfred P. Lehmann 1
5. Part I: Studies in descriptive linguistics
6. 1. Delocutive verbs in dyirbal 21
7. 2. Multiple SD’s for unambiguous sentences: continuums 39
8. 3. Remarks on the separation between syntax and semantics 71
9. 4. ‘Sexism’ and the Norwegian language 83
10. 5. Machine translation and abstract terminology 95
11. 6. Literary meanings — complex or simple? 109
12. 7. Some aspects of lexical synonymy in contemporary persian 125
13. 8. The humboldtian trend in linguistics 145
14. 9. On the inadequacy of type-3 and type-2 grammars for human languages 159
15. 10. False cognates in english and spanish 173
16. 11. Specificness in generative grammar 188
17. 12. Language in a sexist society 209
18. 13. Rule breaking in english spelling: A study of final E 217
19. 14. Linguistics as a practical science 235
20. Part II: Studies in historical linguistics
21. 15. Typological notes on irish word-order 267
22. 16. Inductive generalizations in semantic change 283
23. 17. The uralo-yukaghir focus system: a problem in remote genetic relationship 301
24. 18. ‘Something stolen’: a semitic participle and an indo-european neuter substantive 317
25. 19. Why AP- ISH but worm- Y ? 341
26. 20. Bartholomae’s law and an ie root structure constraint 365
27. 21. Secondary stress in germanic alliterative verse 393
28. 22. Approaches to the study ofvedic religion 405
29. 23. Lexical restructuring versus rule addition: a case study in dialect differentiation 417
30. 24. A note on Hippocrates’ γραµµατική 429
31. 25. historical considerations for lexical variation in cypriotic and standard greek 437
32. 26. The synchronic description and historical change 445
33. 27. An identification of a language — a methodology 457
34. 28. Hildebrandslied 35b: Dat ih dir it nu bi huldi gibu 481
35. 29. On the nativization of modern hebrew and the role of children in this process 487
36. Index of names 499