Linguistics and Philosophy: Festschrift for Rulon S. Wells

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Linguistics and Philosophy

Festschrift for Rulon S. Wells

Edited by: Adam Makkai and Alan K. Melby

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1985

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Volume 42 | Current Issues in Linguistic Theory

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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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Linguistics and Semiotics Applied Linguistics Forensic Linguistics

Prelim pages Publicly Available Download PDF	p-i
Table of contents Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	iii
Works of Rulon S. Wells Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
I. On the philosophy of language and general theoretical issues
Innate capacity, know-how and use in language Robert A. Hall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	3
Language, cognition and linguistics Raimo Anttila Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	11
Kuhnian paradigms as system of markedness conventions James D. McCawley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	23
Hierarchy in conceptual space John Robert Ross Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	45
Imperfect models and their uses Fred J. Damerau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	55
Rask’s lecture on the philosophy of language William M. Christie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	77
Contrast John G. Fought Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	85
II. Phonology
Phonological “neutralization” in classical and stratificational theories David G. Lockwood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	99
III. Syntax and beyond
Grammatical phrases and lexical phrases André Martinet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	127
On grammars of science Zellig S. Harris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	139
Constituency, dependency and applicative structure Sebastian Shaumyan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	149
Structure and function in syntactic analysis Rulon Wells as a paleo-synthesiser of European and American syntax William J. Sullivan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	205
Come on Up Eldon G. Lytle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	223
Why “Junction” theory Jill E. Peterson-Boogaard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	241
Generalization and prediction of syntactic patterns in junction grammar Alan K. Melby Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	253
‘Activity’-‘ Accomplishment’-‘ Achievement’- A language that can’t say ‘I burned it but didn’t brun’ and one that can Yoshihiko Ikegami Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	265
Positional tendencies of engllish ralative clauses as evidence for processing strategies Gary D. Prideaux Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	305
IV. Historical and typological linguistics
Knowlegde of the past Charles F. Hockett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	317
Lexical reconstruction and the semantic history hypothesis Isidore Dyen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	343
Hymonymy, heteroclysis, and history in the Japanese verb Roy Andrew Miller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	393
V. On diachronic and synchronic derivation
Some characteristics of back-formation Henry M. Hoenigswald Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	421
How to become a kwa language Kay Williamson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	427
Where do exclamations come from? Adam Makkai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	445

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Theoretical linguistics

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