Time and Again

Theoretical perspectives on formal linguistics

In honor of D. Terence Langendoen

Editors

William D. Lewis | Microsoft Research

Simin Karimi | University of Arizona

Heidi Harley | University of Arizona

Scott O. Farrar | University of Washington

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ISBN 9789027255181 | EUR 105.00 | USD 158.00

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This volume is a collection of papers that highlights some recurring themes that have surfaced in the generative tradition in linguistics over the past 40 years. The volume is more than a historical take on a theoretical tradition; rather, it is also a "compass" pointing to exciting new empirical directions inspired by generative theory. In fact, the papers show a progression from core theoretical concerns to data-driven experimental investigation and can be divided roughly into two categories: those that follow a syntactic and theoretical course, and those that follow an experimental or applied path. Many of the papers revisit long-standing or recurring themes in the generative tradition, some of which seek experimental validation or refutation. The merger of theoretical and experimental concerns makes this volume stand out, but it is also forward looking in that it addresses the recent concerns of the creation and consumption of data across the discipline.

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 135] 2009. xiv, 265 pp.

Publishing status: Available
Published online on 19 December 2008

https://doi.org/10.1075/la.135

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements | p. vii

Introduction

William D. Lewis, Simin Karimi, Scott O. Farrar and Heidi Harley | pp. ix–xiv

Part I. Syntax and semantics

1. Inverse reflexives

Paul M. Postal and John Robert Ross | pp. 3–36

2. On the nature of the approximative expression NUM-odd

Sheila Ann Dooley and Ferdinand de Haan | pp. 37–53

3. Skating along the syntactic verge: Experimental pragmatics and understood elements of content

Merrill Garrett and Robert M. Harnish | pp. 55–89

4. Current challenges to the Lexicalist Hypothesis: An overview and a critique

Frederick J. Newmeyer | pp. 91–117

Part II. Psycholinguistics

5. On the homogeneity of syntax: How similar do coordinates and subordinates look to the comprehension system?

Wayne Cowart and Tatiana Agupova | pp. 121–134

6. The effect of case marking on subject-verb agreement errors in English

Janet L. Nicol and Ines Antón-Méndez | pp. 135–150

7. First language acquisition of coordination: The mud-puddle study and beyond

Barbara Lust, Suzanne Flynn, Yuchin Chien and Barbara Krawiec | pp. 151–175

8. Frequency effects in children's syntactic and morphological development

Cecile McKee and Dana McDaniel | pp. 177–187

9. Abstract linguistic representations and innateness: The development of determiners

Virginia Valian | pp. 189–206

Part III. Language as a Formal System

10. One-level finite-state phonology

Michael Hammond | pp. 209–225

11. Biolinguistics today and Platonism yesterday

Thomas G. Bever | pp. 227–232

Part IV. Standards

12. Linguistics as a community activity: The paradox of freedom through standards

Gary F. Simons | pp. 235–250

13. Sherwin Cody's school of English

Edwin Battistella | pp. 251–261

Index | pp. 263–265

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