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Linguistics and Philosophy

Festschrift for Rulon S. Wells
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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 1985

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This volume contains papers by a large number of influencial linguists, written as a tribute to the work of Rulon S. Wells. The volume is subdivided into sections on the Philosophy of Language, Phonology, Syntax, Historical and Typological Linguistics, and Diachronic and Synchronic Derivation.

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    Prelim pages

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    Table of contents

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    Preface

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    Works of Rulon S. Wells

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  • I. On the philosophy of language and general theoretical issues
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    Innate capacity, know-how and use in language

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    Robert A. Hall
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    Language, cognition and linguistics

    11
    Raimo Anttila
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    Kuhnian paradigms as system of markedness conventions

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    James D. McCawley
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    Hierarchy in conceptual space

    45
    John Robert Ross
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    Imperfect models and their uses

    55
    Fred J. Damerau
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    Rask’s lecture on the philosophy of language

    77
    William M. Christie
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    Contrast

    85
    John G. Fought
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  • II. Phonology
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    Phonological “neutralization” in classical and stratificational theories

    99
    David G. Lockwood
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  • III. Syntax and beyond
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    Grammatical phrases and lexical phrases

    127
    André Martinet
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    On grammars of science

    139
    Zellig S. Harris
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    Constituency, dependency and applicative structure

    149
    Sebastian Shaumyan
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    Structure and function in syntactic analysis

    205
    William J. Sullivan
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    Come on Up

    223
    Eldon G. Lytle
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    Why “Junction” theory

    241
    Jill E. Peterson-Boogaard
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    Generalization and prediction of syntactic patterns in junction grammar

    253
    Alan K. Melby
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    ‘Activity’-‘ Accomplishment’-‘ Achievement’- A language that can’t say ‘I burned it but didn’t brun’ and one that can

    265
    Yoshihiko Ikegami
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    Positional tendencies of engllish ralative clauses as evidence for processing strategies

    305
    Gary D. Prideaux
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  • IV. Historical and typological linguistics
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    Knowlegde of the past

    317
    Charles F. Hockett
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    Lexical reconstruction and the semantic history hypothesis

    343
    Isidore Dyen
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    Hymonymy, heteroclysis, and history in the Japanese verb

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    Roy Andrew Miller
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  • V. On diachronic and synchronic derivation
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    Some characteristics of back-formation

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    Henry M. Hoenigswald
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    How to become a kwa language

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    Kay Williamson
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    Where do exclamations come from?

    445
    Adam Makkai
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Current Issues in Linguistic Theory
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