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Language Volume 73 Issue 4

Subject Areas: Linguistics and Language
Publisher: Linguistic Society of America - Linguistic Society of America
ISSN: 1535-0665
SJR: 82

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On the syntax of obviation

Aissen, Judith, --

2015 Language

This article explores the idea that obviation systems like those found in the Algonquian languages are a less parochial solution to syntactic organization than is generally thought. Some simple constraints on obviation provide interesting analyses of key facts in Algonquian. Once certain...
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Artificial punning in the Egyptian Arabic ballad: A reinterpretation of structuralist poetics

Eisele, John C., --

2015 Language

This article presents a linguistic analysis of a specific feature of a literary genre: the artificial punning found in the Egyptian Arabic narrative ballad (as described in Cachia 1989). A comparison of how these puns differ from regular processes in the phonology and morphology of the language...
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Two types of pronouns and variable binding

Noguchi, Tohru

2015 Language

It is well known that personal pronouns in Japanese such as kare 'he' and kanozyo 'she', unlike their English counterparts, cannot be construed as bound variables in logical form. The purpose of this article is to argue that this cross-linguistic difference is...
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Don't touch my projectile: Gender bias and stereotyping in syntactic examples

Macaulay, Monica Ann.; Brice, Colleen.

2015 Language

This article presents the results of two studies which show that gender bias and stereotyping are widespread in the example sentences of syntax textbooks. Results from both studies indicate that little has changed over the past twenty-five years: virtually all of the authors favor male-gendered...
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Mary R. Haas

Golla, Victor; Matisoff, James A.; Munro, Pamela

2015 Language
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Phonological acquisition and phonological theory Ed. by John Archibald (review)

Reiss, Charles.

2015 Language
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Social motivations for codeswitching: Evidence from Africa By Carol Myers- Scotton (review)

Walker, James A. -- (James Anthony)

2015 Language
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Language in society: An introduction to sociolinguistics By Suzanne Romaine (review)

Winford, Donald.

2015 Language
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Autolexical syntax: A theory of parallel grammatical representations By Jerrold M. Sadock (review)

Baker, Mark C.

2015 Language
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The mind of a savant: Language learning and modularity By Neil Smith and Ianthi- Maria Tsimpli (review)

Garlock, Victoria M.; Frieda, Elaina M.

2015 Language

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