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Principles and Prediction: The analysis of natural language
Edited by Mushira Eid and Gregory Iverson
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 98] 1993
► pp. v–vii

Table of contents

Acknowledgementviii
Introductionix
A tribute to Gerald Sanders1
I. Typological issues
The second persons is rightly so called9
The structure of category systems25
On the natural domain of linguistic universals45
II. Syntactic issues
Why is syntax complicated?73
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What is categorical grammar really good for?93
The logic of relative adjectives105
On the subject-predicate structure of pseudoclefts119
Neagtion and predicate heads135
Iconicity: motivations in Chinese grammar153
Hypothesizing case frame information for new verbs175
Local ambiguity and natural language processing187
III. Discourse issues
Constructing a courtroom narrative203
Saying it with a smile215
Vera Hayden’s Dilemma, or the Indirection in direct speech233
Anaphora in GErman discourse243
Gender assignment in Oromo269
IV. Phonological issues
Underspecification and phonological disorders287
Rule ordering in Child phonology305
Default features in contour tones: Evidence from Krahm/Wobé327
Lexical versus postlexical rule application in Catalan339
Variation in phonological assimilation of Irish Loanwords351
Dialect variation in Sorbian reflexes of the Common Slavic jers367
Subject index377
Language index381


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