Michael Noonan

List of John Benjamins publications for which Michael Noonan plays a role.

Titles

Case and Grammatical Relations: Studies in honor of Bernard Comrie

Edited by Greville G. Corbett and Michael Noonan

[Typological Studies in Language, 81] 2008. ix, 290 pp.
Subjects Syntax | Theoretical linguistics | Typology

Complex Sentences in Grammar and Discourse: Essays in honor of Sandra A. Thompson

Edited by Joan L. Bybee and Michael Noonan

[Not in series, 110] 2002. viii, 363 pp.
Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Functionalism and Formalism in Linguistics: Volume I: General papers

Edited by Michael Darnell, Edith A. Moravcsik, Michael Noonan, Frederick J. Newmeyer and Kathleen Wheatley

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 41] 1999. vi, 486 pp.
Subjects Functional linguistics | Generative linguistics | Language acquisition | Phonology | Syntax

Functionalism and Formalism in Linguistics: Volume II: Case studies

Edited by Michael Darnell, Edith A. Moravcsik, Michael Noonan, Frederick J. Newmeyer and Kathleen Wheatley

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 42] 1999. vi, 407 pp.
Subjects Functional linguistics | Generative linguistics | Language acquisition | Phonology | Syntax

Functionalism and Formalism in Linguistics: 2 Volumes (set)

Edited by Michael Darnell, Edith A. Moravcsik, Michael Noonan, Frederick J. Newmeyer and Kathleen Wheatley

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 41-42] 1999. vi, 486 pp. & vi, 407 pp.
Subjects Functional linguistics | Generative linguistics | Language acquisition | Phonology | Syntax

Word Order in Discourse

Edited by Pamela A. Downing and Michael Noonan

[Typological Studies in Language, 30] 1995. x, 595 pp.
Subjects Discourse studies | Functional linguistics | Pragmatics | Syntax

The Linguistics of Literacy

Edited by Pamela A. Downing, Susan D. Lima and Michael Noonan

[Typological Studies in Language, 21] 1992. xx, 334 pp.
Subjects Cognitive linguistics | Cognitive psychology | Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Writing and literacy
Subjects Theoretical linguistics

Articles

Noonan, Michael 2017 Relative clauses and noun-modifying clauses in ChantyalNoun-Modifying Clause Constructions in Languages of Eurasia: Rethinking theoretical and geographical boundaries, Matsumoto, Yoshiko, Bernard Comrie and Peter Sells (eds.), pp. 355–369 | Article
The late Michael (Mickey) Noonan participated in the early stages of the NMC project, including presenting an analysis of GNMCCs in the Tibeto-Burman language Chantyal at the workshop meeting held at Stanford University on March 22–24, 2008. His further participation was cut short by his untimely… read more
Noonan, Michael 2011 Aspects of the historical development of nominalizers in the Tamangic languagesNominalization in Asian Languages: Diachronic and typological perspectives, Yap, Foong Ha, Karen Grunow-Hårsta and Janick Wrona (eds.), pp. 195–214 | Article
This paper focuses on the form and function of nominalizations within Tamangic, a sub-group of Bodic (Tibeto-Burman). Nominalizations have played an important role in the grammar of Tamangic languages from the Proto-Tamangic stage until the present. The paper posits historical developments for… read more
In this paper, I present the results of an examination of the relational morphology in 76 Tibeto-Burman languages, primarily from the Bodic section of Tibeto-Burman. I will discuss a set of etymons used to express relational functions and show how the meanings of the reflexes of these etymons have… read more
Noonan, Michael 2008 Case compounding in the Bodic languagesCase and Grammatical Relations: Studies in honor of Bernard Comrie, Corbett, Greville G. and Michael Noonan (eds.), pp. 127–147 | Article
Case compounding, which can be defined as the inclusion of two or more case markers within a phonological word, has received a certain amount of attention in the literature in recent years, in particular the phenomenon known as Suffixaufnahme [e.g., in Plank 1995a] and the various sorts of case… read more
Noonan, Michael 2008 Contact-induced change: The case of the Tamangic languagesLanguage Contact and Contact Languages, Siemund, Peter and Noemi Kintana (eds.), pp. 81–106 | Article
Noonan, Michael 2008 Nominalizations in Bodic languagesRethinking Grammaticalization: New perspectives, López-Couso, María José and Elena Seoane (eds.), pp. 219–237 | Article
Tibeto-Burman languages, and in particular those in the Bodic subgroup, make extensive use of nominalizations, which serve a wide variety of functions (noun and verb complementation, purpose clause, agent and patient nominals, etc.) far beyond their expected use of naming activities and events. My… read more
Noonan, Michael 2007 Grammar writing for a grammar-reading audiencePerspectives on Grammar Writing, Payne, Thomas E. and David J. Weber (eds.), pp. 113–126 | Article
Thousands of languages are currently in danger of extinction without having been adequately documented by linguists. This fact represents a tragedy for communities in which endangered languages are spoken, for linguistics as a discipline and for all of humanity. One major role of the field of… read more
Noonan, Michael 2006 Grammar writing for a grammar-reading audiencePerspectives on Grammar Writing, Payne, Thomas E. and David J. Weber (eds.), pp. 351–365 | Article
Thousands of languages are currently in danger of extinction without having been adequately documented by linguists. This fact represents a tragedy for communities in which endangered languages are spoken, for linguistics as a discipline and for all of humanity. One major role of the field of… read more
Noonan, Michael 2004 3. Subjectless clauses in IrishNon-nominative Subjects: Volume 2, Bhaskararao, Peri and Karumuri V. Subbarao (eds.), pp. 57 ff. | Chapter
Noonan, Michael 2003 Motion events in ChantyalMotion, Direction and Location in Languages: In honor of Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Shay, Erin and Uwe Seibert (eds.), pp. 211–234 | Article
Bybee, Joan L. and Michael Noonan 2002 IntroductionComplex Sentences in Grammar and Discourse: Essays in honor of Sandra A. Thompson, Bybee, Joan L. and Michael Noonan (eds.), pp. vii ff. | Miscellaneous
Noonan, Michael and Karen Grunow-Hårsta 2002 5. Posture verbs in two Tibeto-Burman languages of NepalThe Linguistics of Sitting, Standing and Lying, Newman, John (ed.), pp. 79–101 | Chapter
Noonan, Michael 1999 Non-structuralist Syntax [Functionalist syntax position paper]Functionalism and Formalism in Linguistics: Volume I: General papers, Darnell, Michael, Edith A. Moravcsik, Michael Noonan, Frederick J. Newmeyer and Kathleen Wheatley (eds.), pp. 11 ff. | Article
Noonan, Michael 1997 Versatile NominalizationsEssays on Language Function and Language Type: Dedicated to T. Givón, Bybee, Joan L., John Haiman and Sandra A. Thompson (eds.), pp. 373 ff. | Article
Noonan, Michael 1994 A Tale of Two Passives in IrishVoice: Form and Function, Fox, Barbara A. and Paul J. Hopper (eds.), pp. 279 ff. | Article