On grammars of science

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Prelim pages p-i
2. Table of contents i
3. Preface iii
4. Works of Rulon S. Wells vii
5. I. On the philosophy of language and general theoretical issues
6. Innate capacity, know-how and use in language 3
7. Language, cognition and linguistics 11
8. Kuhnian paradigms as system of markedness conventions 23
9. Hierarchy in conceptual space 45
10. Imperfect models and their uses 55
11. Rask’s lecture on the philosophy of language 77
12. Contrast 85
13. II. Phonology
14. Phonological “neutralization” in classical and stratificational theories 99
15. III. Syntax and beyond
16. Grammatical phrases and lexical phrases 127
17. On grammars of science 139
18. Constituency, dependency and applicative structure 149
19. Structure and function in syntactic analysis 205
20. Come on Up 223
21. Why “Junction” theory 241
22. Generalization and prediction of syntactic patterns in junction grammar 253
23. ‘Activity’-‘ Accomplishment’-‘ Achievement’- A language that can’t say ‘I burned it but didn’t brun’ and one that can 265
24. Positional tendencies of engllish ralative clauses as evidence for processing strategies 305
25. IV. Historical and typological linguistics
26. Knowlegde of the past 317
27. Lexical reconstruction and the semantic history hypothesis 343
28. Hymonymy, heteroclysis, and history in the Japanese verb 393
29. V. On diachronic and synchronic derivation
30. Some characteristics of back-formation 421
31. How to become a kwa language 427
32. Where do exclamations come from? 445