R.M.W. Dixon

List of John Benjamins publications for which R.M.W. Dixon plays a role.

Journal

Asian Languages and Linguistics (ALaL)

Edited by Danqing Liu, Ailan Fu and Gong Cheng

ISSN 2665-9336 | E-ISSN 2665-9344

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Studies in Evidentiality

Edited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and R.M.W. Dixon

[Typological Studies in Language, 54] 2003. xiv, 349 pp.

Subjects Semantics | Typology

Non-canonical Marking of Subjects and Objects

Edited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R.M.W. Dixon and Masayuki Onishi

[Typological Studies in Language, 46] 2001. xii, 364 pp.

Subjects Semantics | Syntax | Typology

Handbook of Australian Languages: Volume 3

Edited by R.M.W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake

[Not in series, HAL 3] 1983. xxiv, 531 pp. + 5 maps

Subjects Australian languages

Handbook of Australian Languages: Volume 2

Edited by R.M.W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake

[Not in series, HAL 2] 1981. xxiv, 427pp. + 6 maps

Subjects Australian languages

Handbook of Australian Languages: 3 Volumes (set)

Edited by R.M.W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake

[Not in series, HAL S] 1979. V.1: 1979, xiv, 392pp. + 4 maps; V.2: 1981, xxiv, 427pp. + 6 maps; V.3: 1983, xxiv, 531 pp. + 5 maps

Subjects Australian languages

Handbook of Australian Languages: Volume 1

Edited by R.M.W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake

[Not in series, HAL 1] 1979. xviii, 390 pp. 4 maps

Subjects Australian languages

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Dixon, R.M.W. 2008 Comparative constructions: A cross-linguistic typology Studies in Language 32:4, pp. 787–817 | Article

A typology of comparative constructions is presented, with major attention to the prototypical scheme in which two participants are compared in terms of the degree of some gradable property associated with them (as in John is more handsome than Felix). In a mono-clausal comparative construction,… read more

Dixon, R.M.W. 2007 Roman Jakobson and the two-dollar bills Historiographia Linguistica 34:2/3, pp. 435–440 | Miscellaneous

Dixon, R.M.W. 2003 7. Evidentiality in Jarawara Studies in Evidentiality, Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. and R.M.W. Dixon (eds.), pp. 165–187 | Chapter

Dixon, R.M.W. 2003 Demonstratives: A cross-linguistic typology Studies in Language 27:1, pp. 61–112 | Article

A typology is presented of parameters of variation associated with three main types of demonstratives: nominal (corresponding to demonstrative pronouns and demonstrative adjectives in traditional terminology), local adverbial and verbal. The paper surveys their basis characteristics; forms… read more

Monserrat, Ruth and R.M.W. Dixon 2003 10. Evidentiality in Mỹky Studies in Evidentiality, Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. and R.M.W. Dixon (eds.), pp. 237–241 | Chapter

Dixon, R.M.W. 2001 Internal reconstruction of tense-modal suffixes in Jarawara Diachronica 18:1, pp. 3–30 | Article

Summary Jarawara (from the small Arawá family in southern Amazonia) has a system of eleven tense-modal suffixes, which show irregular form; each consists of an initial part (of form -hV-) and a final part of one or two syllables; both parts mark gender of the pivot argument in the clause. An… read more

Dixon, R.M.W. 1998 Review of Evans (1995): A grammar of Kayardild, with historical-comparative notes on Tangkic Studies in Language 22:2, pp. 507–515 | Review

Dixon, R.M.W. and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald 1997 A Typology of Argument-Determined Constructions Essays on Language Function and Language Type: Dedicated to T. Givón, Bybee, Joan L., John Haiman and Sandra A. Thompson (eds.), pp. 71 ff. | Article

Dixon, R.M.W. 1992 Review of Derbyshire & Pullum (1991): Handbook of Amazonian Languages Diachronica 9:1, pp. 111–114 | Review

Dixon, R.M.W. 1986 Noun Classes and Noun Classification in Typological Perspective Noun Classes and Categorization: Proceedings of a symposium on categorization and noun classification, Eugene, Oregon, October 1983, Craig, Colette G. (ed.), pp. 105 ff. | Article

Dixon, R.M.W. 1982 Problems in dyirbal dialectology Language Form and Linguistic Variation: Papers dedicated to Angus McIntosh, Anderson, John A.E. (ed.), pp. 43 ff. | Article

Crowley, Terry and R.M.W. Dixon 1981 Tasmanian Handbook of Australian Languages: Volume 2, Dixon, R.M.W. and Barry J. Blake (eds.), pp. 419–445 | Article

Dixon, R.M.W. 1981 Wargamay Handbook of Australian Languages: Volume 2, Dixon, R.M.W. and Barry J. Blake (eds.), pp. 25–170 | Article

Blake, Barry J. and R.M.W. Dixon 1979 Introduction Handbook of Australian Languages: Volume 1, Dixon, R.M.W. and Barry J. Blake (eds.), pp. 19–44 | Article

Dixon, R.M.W. 1977 Where Have all the Adjectives Gone?* Studies in Language 1:1, pp. 19–80 | Article

Dixon, R.M.W. 1977 1. Delocutive verbs in dyirbal Studies in Descriptive and Historical Linguistics: Festschrift for Winfred P. Lehmann, Hopper, Paul J. (ed.), pp. 21 ff. | Chapter