Lyle Campbell

List of John Benjamins publications for which Lyle Campbell plays a role.

Journal

Title

Grammar from the Human Perspective: Case, space and person in Finnish

Edited by Marja-Liisa Helasvuo and Lyle Campbell

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 277] 2006. x, 280 pp.

Subjects Syntax | Theoretical linguistics | Uralic languages

Articles (24) | Order by:

Campbell, Lyle and Sarah G. Thomason 2023 Obituary: Terry Kaufman Diachronica 40:5, pp. 571–577 | Obituary

Campbell, Lyle 2016 Language documentation and historical linguistics Language Contact and Change in the Americas: Studies in honor of Marianne Mithun, Berez-Kroeker, Andrea L., Diane M. Hintz and Carmen Dagostino (eds.), pp. 249–272 | Article

This paper examines the relationship between language documentation, especially documentation of endangered languages, and historical linguistics. It address the questions, why is language documentation important to historical linguistics? and what can historical linguistics contribute to language… read more

Campbell, Lyle and Verónica Grondona 2007 Internal reconstruction in Chulupí (Nivaclé) Diachronica 24:1, pp. 1–29 | Article

This paper is about internal reconstruction and the history of Chulupí, a Matacoan language of Argentina and Paraguay. We apply internal reconstruction and postulate several sound changes in the history of Chulupí. We bring the results of this internal reconstruction to bear on external comparisons… read more

Helasvuo, Marja-Liisa and Lyle Campbell 2006 Introduction: Grammar from the human perspective Grammar from the Human Perspective: Case, space and person in Finnish, Helasvuo, Marja-Liisa and Lyle Campbell (eds.), pp. 1–10 | Miscellaneous

Campbell, Lyle 2004 Historical linguistics: The state of the art Linguistics Today – Facing a Greater Challenge, Sterkenburg, Piet van (ed.), pp. 109–140 | Article

Campbell, Lyle 2004 Foreword Australian Languages: Classification and the comparative method, Bowern, Claire and Harold Koch (eds.), pp. xi–xii | Foreword

Campbell, Lyle 2003

Beyond the comparative method?

Historical Linguistics 2001: Selected papers from the 15th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Melbourne, 13–17 August 2001, Blake, Barry J. and Kate Burridge (eds.), pp. 33–57 | Article

Sands, Kristina and Lyle Campbell 2001 Non-canonical subjects and objects in Finnish Non-canonical Marking of Subjects and Objects, Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y., R.M.W. Dixon and Masayuki Onishi (eds.), pp. 251–306 | Article

Campbell, Lyle 1998 Nostratic: A personal assessment Nostratic: Sifting the Evidence, Salmons, Joseph C. and Brian D. Joseph (eds.), pp. 107–152 | Article

Campbell, Lyle 1995 The Quechumaran Hypothesis and Lessons for Distant Genetic Comparison Diachronica 12:2, pp. 157–200 | Article

SUMMARY The controversial Quechumaran proposal, of a distant genetic relationship between the Quechuan and Aymaran families, is an excellent case for checking techniques for dealing with hypothesized remote linguistic kinship and for testing the ability of methods to distinguish diffused from… read more

Campbell, Lyle 1993 The explanation of syntactic change: a historical perspective Historical Linguistics 1991: Papers from the 10th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Amsterdam, August 12–16, 1991, Marle, Jaap van (ed.), pp. 49–70 | Article

Campbell, Lyle 1993 On Proposed Universals of Grammatical Borrowing Historical Linguistics 1989: Papers from the 9th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, New Brunswick, 14–18 August 1989, Aertsen, Henk and Robert J. Jeffers (eds.), pp. 91–110 | Article

Campbell, Lyle 1992 Review of Givón (1990): Syntax: a Functional-Typologial Introduction Studies in Language 16:2, pp. 491–497 | Review

Campbell, Lyle 1991 Review of Comrie (): Language Universals and Linguistic Typology Studies in Language 15:1, pp. 248–252 | Review

Campbell, Lyle 1991 Review of Lipski (1990): The Language of the Islenos: Vestigial Spanish in Louisiana Diachronica 8:2, pp. 277–284 | Review

Campbell, Lyle 1991 Some grammaticalization changes in Estonian and their implications Approaches to Grammaticalization: Volume I. Theoretical and methodological issues, Traugott, Elizabeth Closs and Bernd Heine (eds.), pp. 285–300 | Article

Campbell, Lyle 1990 Syntactic reconstruction and Finno-Ugric Historical Linguistics 1987: Papers from the 8th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Lille, August 30-September 4, 1987, Andersen, Henning and E.F.K. Koerner † (eds.), pp. 51–94 | Article

Campbell, Lyle 1990 Indo-European and Uralic Tree Names Diachronica 7:2, pp. 149–180 | Article

SUMMARY In this paper similarities in tree names shared by Indo-European and Finno-Ugric (and Uralic) languages are presented which demonstrate an old historical connection between the two language families. These correspondences are due either to a genetic relationship or to language contact, or… read more