Topics in Theoretical Asian Linguistics

Studies in honor of John B. Whitman

Editors

Kunio Nishiyama | Ibaraki University

Hideki Kishimoto | Kobe University

Edith Aldridge | University of Washington

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Dedicated to John B. Whitman, this collection of seventeen articles provides a forum for cutting-edge theoretical research on a wide range of linguistic phenomena in a wide variety of Asian languages, including Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Austronesian, Indo-Aryan, and Thai. Ranging from syntax and morphology to semantics, acquisition, processing and phonology, from synchronic and/or diachronic perspectives, this collection reflects the breadth of the honoree’s research interests, which span multiple research subfields in numerous Asian languages.

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 250] 2018. xx, 390 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/la.250

Table of Contents

Picture of John B. Whitman

Yuko Yanagida

List of works by John B. Whitman | pp. xiii–xx

Introduction

Kunio Nishiyama, Hideki Kishimoto and Edith Aldridge | pp. ix–xi

Part I. Syntax and morphology

Chapter 1. On complement selection in Spanish and Japanese

Tomoyuki Yoshida | pp. 3–22

Chapter 2. The syntactic status of by-phrases in Korean and Japanese

Sang Doh Park | pp. 23–44

Chapter 3. Displaced modification: Picture-noun constructions in Marathi and Japanese

Hideki Kishimoto, Peter Hook and Prashant Pardeshi | pp. 45–72

Chapter 4. Some asymmetries of long distance scope assignment in Sinhala

Hideki Kishimoto | pp. 73–96

Chapter 5. Autosegmental evaluative morphology in Japanese: Augmentative and diminutive mimetics

Takashi Toyoshima | pp. 97–122

Part II. Interfaces

Chapter 6. On the distribution of the discourse particles -yo in Korean and -ne in Japanese

Changguk Yim and Yoshihito Dobashi | pp. 125–138

Chapter 7. Wh-indefinites in East Asian languages

Jiwon Yun | pp. 139–153

Part III. Diachrony

Chapter 8. Resultative and termination: A unified analysis of Middle Chinese VP-YI

Edith Aldridge and Barbara Meisterernst | pp. 157–180

Chapter 9. Differential argument marking and object movement in Old Japanese: A typological perspective

Yuko Yanagida | pp. 181–205

Chapter 10. Possessive nominal phrases in Lamaholot

Kunio Nishiyama | pp. 207–226

Part IV. Psycholinguistics

Chapter 11. An experimental study of children’s comprehension of lexical and productive causatives in Japanese

Kyoko Yamakoshi, Kaori Miura, Hanako Jorinbo, Kayoko Angata and Kaori Yamasaki | pp. 229–251

Chapter 12. Parsing Chinese relative clauses with structural and non-structural cues

Zhong Chen and John Hale | pp. 253–284

Part V. Phonology

Chapter 13. The inexorable spread of 〈ou〉 in Romanized Japanese

Timothy J. Vance | pp. 287–302

Chapter 14. Loanword accent of Kyungsang Korean: A moraic account

Haruo Kubozono | pp. 303–330

Chapter 15. The role of perceived similarity and contrast: English loanwords into Korean and Japanese

Hyun Kyung Hwang | pp. 331–341

Chapter 16. The status of schwa in Indonesian: Evidence from a naturalistic corpus

Abigail C. Cohn and Ferdinan Okki Kurniawan | pp. 343–370

Chapter 17. Quantitative and qualitative restrictions on the distribution of lexical tones in Thai: A diachronic study

Pittayawat Pittayaporn | pp. 371–386

Index | p. 387

“It has become increasingly clear that to understand a phenomenon in one language often requires a close look at similar phenomena across a variety of languages, and not just across the synchronic space but also the diachronic as well. John Whitman's life work embodies precisely this message. The range of languages he has investigated is immense, and the enormous scholarship that went into this investigation gives his work a quality of unparalleled depth and breadth. The broad range of languages represented in this volume and the variety of fields they represent directly reflect the enthusiasm, dedication, and curiosity that John himself brings to the study of linguistics.”

Shigeru Miyagawa, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

“A fitting testament to John Whitman’s range of interests and influence, this book will be of interest to theoretical linguists as well as scholars of East Asian and South Asian languages.”

Peter Sells, University of York

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