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Number 48 (February 1990)

Coordinator's corner, by Eugene E. Loos
The Indians do say ugh-ugh!, by Howard W. Law
Report: The LSA Annual Meeting: Washington, DC, December 27-30, 1989., by Peter Unseth
Constraints on relevance: A key to particle typology*, by Regina Blass
1. Introduction
2. Constraints on relevance
3. Inferential connections
4. Noninferential constraints on relevance
5. Semantic constraints on relevance and particle typology
6. Conclusion
References
Whatever happened to me? (An objective case study) or The groanings of a grammarian, by Aretta Loving
Stop me and buy one (for $5...), by Tony Naden
Editing the Shipibo dictionary according to Merriam Webster style, by Dwight Day
\w (entry word)
\di (dialect variant)
\p (part of speech)
\pp (principal part)
\ppd, ppv (principal part dialect or standard variant)
\e (etymology)
\d (gloss/definition)
\dq or \q (\q=usage note; \dq=usage note to replace gloss/definition)
\i and \t (illustrative example and translation)
\syn (synonymy, or synonym article)
\s (subentry)
\r, \sr, \ser (reference, synonymy reference, subentry reference)
Summary
The relationships between predicates, by Ursula Wiesemann
Using tables in Microsoft Word, by Bryan L. Harmelink
Making tables in Word
What is the difference between an index and a table?
How to create a table
Examples of tables
Tables of contents
Incomplete sections of large files
Glossary entries
Keeping track of new vocabulary and language examples
Conclusion
An appeal for examples to guide CADA development, by David J. Weber
Report: Contact-induced change in Austronesian languages, by Charles E. Grimes
1. The papers
2. The issues
3. Publication
Review: The Chinese language: Fact and fantasy, by Alan S. Kaye
References
Review: L'Articulation du temps et de l'aspect dans le discours toura, by Christine Miles

Number 49 (May 1990)

Coordinator's corner, by Eugene E. Loos
Idiom discovery procedure, by Darryl Wilson
Readable technical paragraphs, by Charles Peck
Introduction
A. Grammatical cohesion in paragraphs
1. Heads and bodies of sentences
2. Paragraph topic maintenance
3. Other problems with sentences in paragraphs
4. The heads and bodies in existential sentences
5. Long sentence heads
6. Summary
B. Topic-properties of formulaic sentences
1. Existential clauses as topic sentences
2. Pseudocleft sentences as topic sentences
3. Cleft sentences as topic sentences
C. Promises in sentences
D. Questions from sentences
Summary
References
A typology of causatives, pragmatically speaking1, by Nancy Bishop
References
An interesting extraction experiment: Using FIESTA to find the context for words in a list, by Eugene E. Loos and Dan Tutton
Instead of the cult of personality ...*, by Derek Bickerton
Another language learning gauge1, by Harriet Hill
Report: Cushita conference, by George Payton
Review: A dictionary of selected synonyms in the principal Indo-European languages, by Alan S. Kaye
Review: Words in the mind: An introduction to the mental lexicon, by Ken McDaniel and Alan S. Kaye
References

Number 50 (August 1990)

Coorindator's corner, by Eugene E. Loos
Text-based language learning, by Harriet Hill
Text-based language learning: The method
Text-based language learning: The benefits
Conclusion
References
Language learning tips, by Alec Harrison
Lexical phonology and the rebirth of the phoneme1, by Paul Kroeger
1. Overview of lexical phonology
2. Classical phonemics and biuniqueness
3. The demise of the phoneme
4. Lexical representation versus phonemic representation
5. On "grammatical prerequisites"
6. Conclusion
References
Using bookmarks as cross-references in Word, by Bryan L. Harmelink
Introduction
Designating bookmarks
Format bookmark
Jump bookmark
Numbering in series
Cross-referencing
Cross-referencing examples
Cross-referencing pages
Cross-referencing charts and figures
Importing text from another document
Making a handout
Updating a handout
Conclusion
Reference
Computer training at SIL schools, by Geoffrey Hunt
Using Shoebox in a linguistic field methods course, by Ginger Boyd
Review: East meets West, by Alan S. Kaye
Review: Patterns, thinking, and cognition: A theory of judgment, by Charles Peck
References
Review: The body in the mind: The bodily basis of meaning, imagination, and reason, by Thomas E. Payne
Introduction
The myth of objectivity
The centrality of imagination
Image-schematic structures and medial clauses in Panare
Conclusion
References

Number 51 (November 1990)

Coordinator's corner, by Eugene E. Loos
A letter to the editor, by Charles Peck
Primer formatting with Microsoft Word, by Bryan L. Harmelink
Introduction
Format character
Format paragraph
Format division
Formatting your primer
Format Border
Multiple columns using Format Tabs
Side-by-side paragraphs
Lesson 12-Rr
How to compile and edit a bibliography, by Alan C. Wares
1. Introduction
2. Order of items in an entry
3. The author(s)
3.1. The author's name
3.2. Nicknames
3.3. Foreign names
3.4. The order of names
3.5. Putative authors
4. Titles
4.1. The monograph
4.2. The collection of articles
4.3. The series title
4.4. The article
5. The journal name
6. The publisher's location
7. The publisher
8. The date of publication
9. Pagination
9.1. Pagination of a book
9.2. Pagination of articles
10. Format
References
Researching quote styles, by Ursula Wiesemann
1. Types of quotes
2. Quote introducing verbs
3. Quote introducing particles
4. Participant reference
5. Time, location, direction reference
6. Hearsay information
7. Exclamation words and vocatives
8. The function of the different styles
References
Report: 1990 Relational Grammar Bibliography update, by Stephen A. Marlett
Books, dissertations, and theses
Articles
Some presentations from the Grammatical Relations Conference, San Diego 1990 (may appear in a proceedings volume)
Report:VIII LAILA Symposium, by Wesley M. Collins
The VIII LAILA symposium
Report:XII Taller Maya, by Wesley M. Collins
Report: 1990 Georgetown University Roundtable on Languages and Linguistics, by Carol J. Orwig
Opening session : Sir John Lyons
A. The need for a theory of language teaching
1. Discourses of inquiry and conditions of relevance: H.G. Widdowson
2. On the need for a theory of language teaching: Diane Larson-Freeman
B. Bilingualism
1. Cognitive and social correlates and consequences of additive bilingualism: Richard Tucler
C. How we internalize a language
1. Mental representations and language in action: Wilga Rivers
2. Semiotic theory and L2 practice: John Oller
D. Comprehension
1. Knowledge-based inferencing in second-language comprehension: Elizabeth Bernhardt
2. Improving foreign language listening comprehension: Joan Rubin
3. Natural versus classroom input: Advantages and disadvantages for beginning language students: Tracy D. Terrell
E. Learning styles and strategies
1. Owls and doves: Cognition, personality, and learning success: Madeline Ehrman
2. Missing Link: Evidence from research on language learning styles and strategies: Rebecca L. Oxford
3. Cognitive instruction in the second language classroom: Anna Uhl Chamot
F. Miscellaneous
1. M & Ms for language classrooms: Another look at motivation: H. Douglas Brown
2. How reading and writing make you smarter or how smart people read and write: Stephen Krashen
Report: International Pragmatics Conference held in Barcelona, July 9-13, 1990, by Inge Egner
Review: Observing and analysing natural language: A critical account of sociolinguistic method, by John Stephen Quakenbush
1. Introductory
1.1. What the book is about
1.2. How good is it?
2. Summary
2.1. Chapter 1. Field Linguistics: Some models and methods
2.2. Chapter 2. Sampling
2.3. Chapter 3. Speakers: some issues in data collection
2.4. Chapter 4. Methodological principles and fieldwork strategy: Two case studies
2.5. Chapter 5. Analysing variable data: Speaker variables
2.6. Chapter 6. Analysing phonological variation
2.7. Chapter 7. Analysing syntactic variation
2.8. Chapter 8. Style-shifting and code-switching
2.9. Chapter 9. Sociolinguistics: Some practical applications
Conclusion
References
Review: Natural language processing in the 1980s: A bibliography, by Michael Maxwell
Report: Introducing Align, a new program for charting texts, by Ron Moe

Number 52 (February 1991)

Coordinator's corner, by Eugene E. Loos
Linguistics without books: A diary entry, by John W. M. Verhaar
Writing for scholarly publications, by Howard W. Law
Types of writing
Requirements for scholarly writing
Essential elements
Other differences
Writing style differences
"So what"
References
Will Kofi understand the white woman's dictionary?: Some ways to make a bilingual dictionary more usable to a new literate, by Gillian F. Hansford
1. The purpose of a bilingual dictionary
2. The state of literacy in Chumburung
3. Alphabetization
4. Handling prefixes
5. Words excluded
6. Grammatical categories and tone
7. Derivations of Chumburung words
8. Glosses
9. Introduction and appendixes
10. Layout
Conclusion
Appendix: Sample page of Chumburung--English dictionary
References
Tips about Word, by Bryan L. Harmelink
Using Library Number
Searching for hard page breaks
Working with Word's nonprinting symbols
Working with line breaks
Working with tabs
Don't forget about the F4 key
Using macros in Word
A macro to make word lists in Word1
A macro to remove duplicates from a sorted list
Combining these two macros
Report: 29th Conference on American Indian Languages: New Orleans, LA; November-December 1990, by Thomas E. Payne
Checklist for writing book reviews, by Dwight Day
Quantitative aspects of the book
Analysis of qualitative aspects
Review: Language, thought, and reality: Selected writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf, by Alan S. Kaye
Review: Bilinguality and bilingualism, by Peter Unseth
Review: Information-based syntax and semantics, Volume 1: Fundamentals, by Michael Maxwell
1. Introduction
2. Overview of the book
3. Evaluation
3.1. Theoretical adequacy
3.2. Theory-internal questions
3.3. Analysis-specific questions
3.4. So what?
References
Review: Children in the New Testament: A linguistic and historical analysis, by Howard W. Law

Number 53 (May 1991)

Coordinator's corner, by Eugene E. Loos
Introduction to two-level phonology, by Evan L. Antworth
Computational and linguistic roots
Two-level rule application
Two-level rules and declarative representation
How a two-level description works
With zero you can do (almost) anything
Two-level phonology as a linguistic tool
Doing two-level phonology on a computer
References
Computing in linguistics: A two-level processor for morphological analysis, by Gary F. Simons
What is PC-KIMMO and what does it do?
What is the two-level model?
How does PC-KIMMO compare with AMPLE?
References
On ambiguity: A diary entry, by John W. M. Verhaar
Handling language data: Excerpts from a field manual, by Thomas E. Payne
On elicited and text data
Definitions
Properties of text and elicited data
Suggestions for managing texts and elicited data
References
Review: Alternative conceptions of phrase structure, by Michael Maxwell
Mark Baltin "Heads and projections"
Ronald Kaplan and Annie Zaenen "Long-distance dependencies, constituent structure, and functional uncertainty"
Lauri Karttunen "Radical lexicalism"
Anthony S. Kroch "Asymmetries in long-distance extraction in a tree-adjoining grammar"
Alac Marantz "Clitics and phrase structure"
James D. McCawley "Individuation in and of syntactic structures"
Ivan A. Sag and Carl Pollard "Subcategorization and head-driven phrase structure"
Mamoru Saito "Scrambling as semantically vacuous A'-movement"
Mark Steedman "Constituency and coordination in a combinatory grammar"
Tim Stowell "Subjects, specifiers, and X-bar theory"
Lisa Travis "Parameters of phrase structure"
Edwin S. Williams "Maximal projections in words and phrases"
References
Review: Toward an understanding of language: Charles Carpenter Fries in perspective, by Charles Peck
Review: Sentence initial devices, by Barbara E. Hollenbach
Review: Dictionaries: Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America, by Dwight Day

Number 55 (November 1991)

Coordinator's corner, by Eugene E. Loos
How pragmatic is pragmatics?, by J. Douglas Wingate
What is pragmatics?
How pragmatic is pragmatics?
Deixis
Conversational implicature
Presupposition
Speech act theory
Methods in pragmatics
References
Reanalytics: A diary entry, by John W. M. Verhaar
Readability revisited, by Charles Peck
1. Writing effective paragraphs
1.1. Keeping the paragraph topic in view
1.2. Fulfilling your promises
1.3. Answering any questions raised
1.4. Conclusions
2. An example of paragraph revision
2.1. The original paragraphs
2.2. The revised paragraphs
2.3. The results of the revision
3. Conclusion
References
Report: 1991 Georgetown University Roundtable on Languages and Linguistics, by Carol J. Orwig
I. What disciplines should determine our overall approach to language teaching?
A. Paper summaries
B. Comments and questions
II. What approaches and methods are we currently using to teach various aspects of language?
A. Paper summaries
B. Comments and questions
III. How can we train/educate language teachers most effectively?
A. Paper summaries
B. Musings
Report: Second International Cognitive Linguistics Association (ICLA) conference: July 29-August 2, 1991, University of California at Santa Cruz, by Leslie P. Bruce
I. Introduction
II. Topics
III. Plenary speakers
IV. Theory and politics
V. Practical applications
References
Review: You just don't understand: Women and men in conversation, by Charles Peck
Reflections
Review: The native speaker is dead!, by Peter Unseth
Review: Principles of grammar and learning, by Karl J. Franklin
Review: Proceedings of the Seventh West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, by Michael Maxwell
Young-mee Yu Cho "Korean assimilation"
Megan Crowhurst "Empty consonants and direct prosody"
José Ignacio Hualde "Affricates are not contour segments"
Kelly Sloan "Bare-consonant reduplication: Implications for a prosodic theory of reduplication"
Jack Martin "Subtractive morphology as dissociation"
Sharon Inkelas "Prosodic constraints on syntax: Hausa fa"
Peggy Hashemipour "Finite control in modern Persian"
Nobuko Hasegawa "Passives, verb raising, and the affectedness condition"
Peter Sells "Thematic and grammatical hierarchies: Albanian reflexivization"
References

Number 56 (February 1992)

Coordinator's corner, by Eugene E. Loos
A letter to the editor, by Katy Barnwell
The indispensable tape recorder, by Geoffrey Hunt
Introduction
The frequency response of a tape recorder
The method of controlling the recording
Noise
Some suggestions
Conclusions
Analysis of tone systems, by Eunice V. Pike
1. Line up a hundred or more two-syllable nouns
2. Listen to the different groups of nouns with a frame
3. Check to see if the tones are being conditioned by certain consonants
4. Check to see if the vowels are conditioning the pitch
5. Check the words with a final glottal stop
6. Compare the verbs with the nouns
7. Check to see how stress is indicated
8. Word-level tone
9. Contour tone on the word level
10. One falling tone per word
11. One fall or one rise per word
12. Level versus moving contours
13. Syllable weight
14. Downstepping terrace tone
15. Tone sandhi
References
Sentence repetition testing for studies of community bilingualism: An introduction, by Carla F. Radloff
Proficiency testing in a bilingualism survey
Selection of the test instrument
Sentence repetition test for community-wide testing
Calibration of an SRT
Manual for developing and using SRTs
References
Report: 47th International Congress of Americanists, by David Captain
Report: The 24th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics, by Lon Diehl
Review: The life of Shong Lue Tang and Mother of writing, by Frank Blair
References
Review: Style: Toward clarity and grace, by Charles Peck
Review: Proceedings of the Eighth West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, by Michael Maxwell
Eithne Guilfoyle, Henrietta Hung, and Lisa Travis "Spec of IP, spec of VP, and the notion of 'Subject'"
Aaron Halpern "Silent lexical items in the Hausa continuous aspect"
Kathryn Henniss "'Covert' subjects and determinate case: Evidence from Malayalam"
Mark Hewitt and Alan Prince "OCP, locality and linking: The N. Karanga verb"
Diane Massam "Part/whole constructions in English"
Joyce M. McDonough "Argument structure and the Athabaskan 'Classifier' prefix"
Soo Won Kim "The QP status of Wh-phrases in Korean and Japanese"
Leslie Saxon "Control and control verbs: Two sources of 'control effects'"
Reference
Review: Markedness theory: The union of assymetry and semiosis in language, by Karl J. Franklin

Number 57 (May 1992)

Coordinator's corner, by Eugene E. Loos
A good phonology program, by Geoffrey Hunt
Introduction
What makes a program friendly
The history of FindPhone
FindPhone Version 5
Conclusions
Formal linguistics and field work, by Daniel L. Everett
1. Introduction
1.1. Purpose and organization of paper1
1.2. Division in the field
1.3. Definitions
1.4. Time and resources
2. On form and function
2.1. Notions of function
2.2. E-language versus I-language
2.3. Form is prior to function
3. Exclusively form-oriented problems
4. Form versus function as investment "returns"
References
Language and communication: A diary entry, by John W. M. Verhaar
References
Focus shift problem, by Howard W. Law
References
Report: The 24th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics: Mon-Khmer Section: Ramkhamhaeng University and Chiangmai University, Thailand, October 7-11, 1991, by Brian Migliazza
Report: Third International Symposium on Language and Linguistics: Pan-Asiatic Linguistics: Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, January 8-10, 1992, by Thomas M. Tehan and Brian Migliazza
Reference
Review: A natural history of negation, by James K. Watters
References
Review: Talking power: The politics of language in our lives, by Charles Peck
Review: Autolexical syntax: A theory of parallel grammatical representations, by Karl J. Franklin
References

Number 58 (August 1992)

Coordinator's corner, by Eugene E. Loos
Syllable-based hyphenation, by David J. Weber
Quechua
Spanish
Conclusion
References
Project '95 NOW?: A Vision, by Arnd Strube
Scenario 1
Scenario 2
Some guidelines for writing linguistic survey papers, by Thomas M. Tehan
Part I: How to get started
1. Introduction1
2. Parts of a technical report
3. Some problems of writing
4. Some methods of writing
Part II: Questions to use in writing up survey/feasibility studies
1. Introduction*
2. Beginning
3. Middle
4. End
References
Report on tape recorder quality, by Ernie Zellmer
Introduction
Frequency response
Manual Level Recording versus Automatic Level Recording (ALC)
Conclusion
Report: The 22nd Annual Conference on African Linguistics: Nairobi, Kenya, July 15-19, 1991, by Roderic F. Casali
Report: Linguistic Association of Great Britain Spring Meeting, by Ronnie Sim
Teach-in on HPSG
Sessions of conference papers
Linguistics in education
Review: Comparative Kadai: Linguistic studies beyond Tai, by Thomas M. Tehan
Introduction
Some general aspects of the book
Parts of the book
Summary
Review: Lunatic lovers of language: Imaginary languages and their inventors, by Alan C. Wares
Review: Language in Australia, by Bruce A. Hooley
Aboriginal and Islander languages
Pidgins and Creoles
Transplanted languages other than English
Varieties of Australian English
Public policy and social issues
Final note
Review: When verbs collide: Papers from the 1990 Ohio State Mini-Conference on Serial Verbs, by Mike Cahill
1. Introduction
2. The issues
3. The articles
4. The value of the book
References
Review: Syntax: A functional-typological introduction, by Charles Peck
References

Number 59 (November 1992)

Coordinator's corner, by Eugene E. Loos
Some guidelines for writing linguistic survey papers, by Thomas M. Tehan
A few practical tips for using CECIL, by Mike Cahill
I. Introduction
II. The input
III. The transcription
IV. Interpreting tone
V. Other applications
Terminal 2/2+ in language learning, by Sue Wright
References
Linguistics: An in-house thing?: A diary entry, by John W. M. Verhaar
I
II
III
IV
Report: Symposium on mood and modality: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, May 8-10, 1992, by John R. Roberts
1. Introduction
2. Participants
3. Papers presented
"The aspectual basis of the deontic--epistemic distinction in modal verbs," by Werner Abraham, Rijksuniversiteit Gronigen
"Agent-oriented versus epistemic modality: Some observations on German modals," by Bernd Heine, University of Cologne
"Mood and modality in Acholi and related Nilotic languages," by Edith Bavin, La Trobe University
"Contextual conditions for the interpretation of poder and deber," by Carmen Silva-Corvalán, University of Southern California
"The interactional structuring of meaning: Children's use and development of the Mandarin modal néng," by Jiansheng Guo, University of California, Berkeley
"The development of sentence-ending modal forms and functions in Korean children," by Soonja Choi, San Diego State University
"The gestural expression of modality in ASL," by Phyllis Wilcox and Sherman Wilcox, University of New Mexico
"Grammaticalization routes and the root/epistemic relationship," by Eve Sweetser, University of California, Berkeley
"The discourse functions of obligation expressions," by John Myhill and Laura A. Smith, University of Michigan
"The modal functions of bai in Tok Pisin," by Suzanne Romaine, Oxford University
"The negation of possibility and necessity modals," by Frank Palmer, Professor Emeritus, University of Reading
"Choosing the best description of the Spanish subjunctive," by Patricia Lunn, Michigan State University
"The semantic development of past tense modals in English," by Joan Bybee, University of New Mexico
"The syntax and semantics of Tok Pisin modals," by Gillian Sankoff, University of Pennsylvania
"The category 'irrealis' in Papuan medial verbs," by John Roberts, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Papua New Guinea
"On the relativity of irreality," by Marianne Mithun, University of California, Santa Barbara
"Realis and irrealis in Caddo," by Wallace Chafe, University of California, Santa Barbara
"A functional theory of complementizers," by Zygmunt Frajzyngier, University of Colorado
"Mood and modality across languages," by Evelyn Ransom
"Apprehensional epistemics," by Frantisek Lichtenberk, University of Auckland
"Moods and MetaMessages: Alienation as mood," by John Haiman, Macalester College
References
Report: First Asia International Lexicography Conference: Manila, Philippines, October 5-9, 1992, by Leslie P. Bruce
Review: Songs of Nepal: An anthology of Nevar folksongs and hymns, by Margaret H. Daly
Review: Talking voices: Repetition, dialogue, and imagery in conversational discourse, by Karl J. Franklin
References
Review: The Cambridge encyclopedia of language, by Genevieve M. Hibbs
Review: Language and the politics of emotion, by Jim Lander
Chapter 1. "Introduction: Emotion, discourse, and the politics of everyday life," by Lila Abu-Lughod and Catherine A. Lutz
Chapter 2. "Shifting politics in Bedouin love poetry," by Lila Abu-Lughod
Chapter 3. "Moral discourse and the rhetoric of emotions," by Geoffrey M. White
Chapter 4. "Engendered emotion: Gender, power, and the rhetoric of emotional control in American discourse," by Catherine Lutz
Chapter 5. "Topographies of the self: Praise and emotion in Hindu India," by Arjun Appadurai
Chapter 6. "Shared and solitary sentiments: The discourse of friendship, play, and anger in Bhatgaon," by Donald Brenneis
Chapter 7. "Registering affect: Heteroglossia in the linguistic expression of emotion," by Judith T. Irvine
Chapter 8. "Language in the discourse of the emotions," by Daniel V. Rosenberg
Chapter 9. "Untouchability and the fear of death in a Tamil song," by Margaret Trawick
Review: Propositional attitudes: The role of content in logic, language, and mind, by Ronald J. Sim

Number 60 (February 1993)

Coordinator's corner, by Eugene E. Loos
And where now, CECIL?, by Geoffrey Hunt
The way ahead
The dream
Final comments
The role of contextual assumptions in WH-questions containing the particle m&u0254; in WEE(Kru), by Inge Egner
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
References
Speech-led versus comprehension-led language learning, by Eddie Arthur
Speech-led
Comprehension driven
Theoretical basis
Practical applications
Socioaffective factors
Optimizing input
Drilling
Evaluation
Appendix: Self-rating checklist for comprehension
Level 1 questions
Level 2 questions
Level 3 questions
Level 4 questions
Level 5 questions
References
Report: Australian Linguistic Institute, by Robert Early
Report: The Second International Conference on Maintenance and Loss of Minority Languages, by Ken Decker
Report: Second Encounter for Linguistics in Northwestern Mexico, by Thomas Willett
Report: Conference on The Relationship Between Linguistic and Conceptual Representation, by David Tuggy
Review: Studies in the Linguistic Sciences, by John M. Clifton
References
Review: Universal grammar and language learnability, by David Holbrook
Review: Language change: Progress or decay?, by Michelle Olson
References
Review: Infinitival complement clauses in English: A study of syntax in discourse, by Richard L. Watson
References

Number 61 (May 1993)

Coordinator's corner, by Eugene E. Loos
New light
Data sifting
Transition
The role of tone sandhi in tone analysis, by John Daly
1. Analysis of PM tone via contrastive sets
1.1. Basic tone patterns
1.2. Derived tone patterns
1.3. Tone patterns in sandhi
2. Analysis of PM tone drawing on insights from tone sandhi
2.1. Basic and derived tone patterns
2.2. Phonetic value of tone
3. Summary
References
Linguistics as a stepchild: A diary entry, by John W. M. Verhaar
I
II
III
What can you do with FindPhone?, by David Bevan
Introduction
Contrast and variation
Interpretation
Vowel harmony
Phonemicizing your data
Is it friendly?
Availability
References
Report: 22nd Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics: University of Leiden, August 30-September 2, 1992, by Robert Carlson
Review: Landscapes of emotion: Mapping three cultures of emotion in Indonesia, by Genevieve M. Hibbs
Review: The language of first-order logic, by Thomas M. Tehan
Notes on Translation
Review: The acquisition of two languages from birth: A case study, by Jim Lander
Review: Referential practice: Language and lived space among the Maya, by James K. Watters
Part I
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
References
Review: Conditions on phonological government, by Mike Maxwell
The theory of phonological government
Other remarks
Implications
References

Number 62 (August 1993)

Coordinator's corner, by Eugene E. Loos
Letters to the Editor
Who is talking to whom?
Head shift: A diary entry, by John W. M. Verhaar
Reference
Intra-clausal movement as a response to case summon, by Ozo-mekuri Ndimele
1. Theoretical background
2. Intraclausal versus interclausal movement
2.1.NP movement in a passive construction (PC)
2.2.NP movement in an ergative construction (ERC)
2.3.NP movement in a middle sentence (MS)
2.4.NP raising into [SPEC, AGRs"]
3. Conclusion
References
Adverbial clauses and topicalization in Me'en1, by Hans-Georg Will
1. Introduction
2. Adverbial clauses
2.1. Clues for decoding implied relationships
2.2. Explicit subordinating conjunctions
3. Topicalization and subordination
4. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Some reflections on formal syntax1, by David J. Weber
Encouraging developments
Structure and inaudibilia
Sensory verb complements
Condition B of the binding theory
Conclusion
References
Report: Fifth Biennial Symposium of the Department of Linguistics and Semiotics: Rice University, March 31--April 3, 1993, by Leslie P. Bruce
Report: Fifth Biennial Symposium of the Department of Linguistics and Semiotics: Rice University, March 31--April 3, 1993, by Charlie Law
Review: Conversational competence and social development, by Martha Harris
Review: Relevance relations in discourse, by Lou Hohulin
"Hearsay" particles and the Sissala interpretive-use marker
Particles, contextual effects and typology
Particles and truth conditions
Referential marking
Universal quantification
Coordination and stylistic effects
Research methodology
Argumentation
Conclusions
References
Review: Color and color perception: A study in anthropocentric realism, by John M. Clifton
References

Number 63 (November 1993)

Coordinator's corner, by Eugene E. Loos
Progress in Tools for semantic classification
Implicatures, by Ernest W. Lee
Conversational implicatures
Maxim of quantity
Scalar quantity implicatures
Clausal quantity implicatures
Other quantity implicatures
Maxim of quality
Maxim of relevance
Maxim of manner
Conventional implicatures
References
Mirror-image reduplication in Amele, by John R. Roberts
1. Introduction
2. Data review
3. Clear mirror-image form
4. Conclusion
References
Response to E. Lou Hohulin's review of my Relevance relations in discourse, by Regina Blass
"Hearsay" particles and interpretive use
Research methodology
Argumentation
Conclusion
Review: Theoretical issues in sign language research, by Andy Eatough
References
Review: Language repertoires and state construction in Africa, by Genevieve M. Hibbs
References
Review: Prolog and natural-language analysis, by Thomas M. Tehan
The content and ideas of the book
Organization of the book
Evaluation of the book
References

Number 64 (February 1994)

Coordinator's corner, by David L. Payne
Ethnography vs. questionnaire: Investigating lexical choice in the language of St. Louis, Missouri1, by Thomas E. Murray
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References
Appendix 1: Synopsis of methods used in Murray (1986)
Method 1 (questionnaire), used for morphological/syntactic and lexical data
Method 2 (ethnography), used for phonological data
Appendix 2: 110 morphological/syntactic forms queried in Murray (1986)
Appendix 3: 96 lexical forms queried in Murray (1986)
Appendix 4: Demographic cells used in both Murray (1986) and the present study
Appendix 5: Statistical correlations between ethnographic and questionnaire data
Differences: A diary entry, by John W. M. Verhaar
Reflections on Isthmus Zapotec inflection, by David J. Weber
1. Introduction
2. An alternative approach: EWP
2.1. How nodes get features
2.2. Realizing inflectional features
2.3. How the rules apply
2.4. An improvement
3. A concluding comparison
References
Remarks on Head shift: A diary entry by John Verhaar (NL 62), by Charles Peck
Report: 4th International Pragmatics Conference: Kobe, Japan-July 25-30, 1993, by Regina Blass
Report: 24th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, by Mike Cahill
Report: 3rd International Cognitive Linguistics Association Conference, by Eugene H. Casad and Rick Floyd
Review: A-Morphous morphology, by Joan Baart
Review: Grammatical voice, by Jean Baumbach
Review: A grammar of Boumaa Fijian, by J. Albert Bickford
Review: Sociolinguistic implications of academic writing, by Patricia M. Davis
Summary
1. Vocabulary
2. Complexity of syntax
3. Organization of content
Usefulness
Critique
Review: Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics 17, 20-24 (SPIL), by Karl J. Franklin
A face for the future, SPIL 17 (1988) 121 pages
The metaphysics market, SPIL 20-24 (1989-1991), by Rudolf P. Botha
Review: A field guide for sign language research, by Barbara F. Grimes
References

Number 65 (May 1994)

From the Linguistics Coordinator, by David L. Payne
Validity and reliability in language survey testing, by Barbara F. Grimes
1. Validity and reliability
1.1. Reliability
1.2. Validity
2. Directness and objectivity of measures4
3. Evaluating closeness of genetic relationship
4. Inherent intelligibility among related varieties
5. Testing bilingual proficiency
References
Recent developments in CECIL, by Geoffrey Hunt
On the motivation for feature geometry1, by Steve Parker
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Reflections
References
Review: The cognitive paradigm: An integrated understanding of scientific development, by Graeme Costin
Review: Copy-editing: The Cambridge handbook for editors, authors, and indexers, by Genevieve M. Hibbs
1. Introduction
2. Comments on specific topics
2.1. Bibliographic entries
2.2. Contents list
2.3. Alphabetization order
2.4. Index
Review: The legacy of language: A tribute to Charlton Laird, by James A. Lander
Review: Phonologica 1988, by Mike Maxwell
Geert Booij, "Lexical phonology and prosodic phonology"
George N. Clements, "The sonority cycle and syllable organization"
Jonathan Kaye, "On the interaction of theories of lexical phonology and theories of phonological phenomena"
Björn Lindblom, "Phonetic content in phonology"
Marek Piotrowski, "Polish yers in nonlinear phonology"
Daniel Recasens, "Phonology, and speech production and perception: The case of nasal stops"
Iggy Roca, "Constraining extrametricality"
Sam Rosenthall, "Prenasalized stops and feature geometry"
Harry van der Hulst, "The phonetic and phonological basis of the Simplex Feature hypothesis"
Overall comments
References
Review: "The philosophy of grammar" and "The syntactic phenomenon of English", by Ronald J. Sim
Review: Universals: Studies in Indian logic and linguistics, by Thomas M. Tehan
Parts of the book
Part I. Indian logic
Part II. Indian linguistics
Part III. Presents seven book reviews authored by Staal

Number 66 (August 1994)

From the Linguistics Coordinator, by David L. Payne
Call for papers: Field reports/endangered languages
Mapping semantic relationships in the lexicon using lexical functions, by Charles E. Grimes
1. Lexical functions
2. Suggested field markers and format for lexical functions
3. A description of selected lexical functions with examples
4. Gaining proficiency with lexical functions
5. Alphabetized starter list of lexical functions
References
Remarks on Isthmus Zapotec by David Weber, by David Thomas
Report: 25th Annual Conference on African Linguistics at Rutgers University, by Peter Unseth
Review: Analyse conversationnelle de l'échange réparateur en Wobé, by Eddie Arthur
References
Review: The phonology of tone: The representation of tonal register, by Mike Cahill
1. Introduction
2. Keith Snider--"A register tier model"
3. Mary Clark--"Representation of downstep in Dschang Bamileke"
4. Larry Hyman--"Register tones and tonal geometry"
5. Robert D. Ladd--"In defense of a metrical theory of intonational downstep"
6. Victor Manfredi--"Spreading and downstep: Prosodic government in tone languages"
7. John M. Stewart--"Dschang and Ebrié as Akan-type total downstep languages"
8. Moira Yip--"Tonal register in East Asian languages"
9. Concluding remarks
References
Review: A method of language sampling, by Irvine Davis
Review: Lexical matters, by Karl J. Franklin
Review: English grammar: An outline, by Ronald D. Olson and Michelle Olson
Review: English verb classes and alternations: A preliminary investigation, by Charles Peck

Number 67 (November 1994)

From the Linguistics Coordinator, by David L. Payne
The category "Irrealis" in Papuan medial verbs, by John R. Roberts
1. Introduction
2. A recapitulation of Irrealis in Papuan medial verbs
3. The future tense connection
4. The origins of irrealis in Papuan medial verbs
5. Conclusion
Appendix. Alphabetical list of languages cited*
References
Language underived: A diary entry, by John W. M. Verhaar
Report: The 19th International LAUD Symposium: Language and space, by Eugene H. Casad
Review: Theory and description in generative syntax, by Gert de Wit
1. The doubling of subject pronouns
2. The order of verb phrase constituents
3. Final remarks and recommendation
References
Review: Seeing voices: A journey into the world of the deaf, by Barbara F. Grimes
Review: English phonetics and phonology: A practical course, by Genevieve M. Hibbs
Review: Five minute activities: A resource book of short activities, by Genevieve M. Hibbs
Review: Tasks for language teachers: A resource book for training and development, by Genevieve M. Hibbs

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