R.M.W. Dixon
List of John Benjamins publications for which R.M.W. Dixon plays a role.
Journal
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
Comparative constructions: A cross-linguistic typology Studies in Language 32:4, pp. 787–817 | Article
2008 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
Roman Jakobson and the two-dollar bills Historiographia Linguistica 34:2/3, pp. 435–440 | Miscellaneous
2007 7. Evidentiality in Jarawara Studies in Evidentiality, Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. and R.M.W. Dixon (eds.), pp. 165–187 | Chapter
2003 Demonstratives: A cross-linguistic typology Studies in Language 27:1, pp. 61–112 | Article
2003 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
10. Evidentiality in Mỹky Studies in Evidentiality, Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. and R.M.W. Dixon (eds.), pp. 237–241 | Chapter
2003 Internal reconstruction of tense-modal suffixes in Jarawara Diachronica 18:1, pp. 3–30 | Article
2001 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
1998
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. 71–114 | Article
1997 Review of Derbyshire & Pullum (1991): Handbook of Amazonian Languages Diachronica 9:1, pp. 111–114 | Review
1992 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. 105–112 | Article
1986 Problems in dyirbal dialectology Language Form and Linguistic Variation: Papers dedicated to Angus McIntosh, Anderson, John A.E. (ed.), pp. 43–74 | Article
1982 Tasmanian Handbook of Australian Languages: Volume 2, Dixon, R.M.W. and Barry J. Blake (eds.), pp. 395–421 | Article
1981 Wargamay Handbook of Australian Languages: Volume 2, Dixon, R.M.W. and Barry J. Blake (eds.), pp. 1–146 | Article
1981 Introduction Handbook of Australian Languages: Volume 1, Dixon, R.M.W. and Barry J. Blake (eds.), pp. 1–26 | Article
1979 Where Have all the Adjectives Gone?* Studies in Language 1:1, pp. 19–80 | Article
1977 1. Delocutive verbs in dyirbal Studies in Descriptive and Historical Linguistics: Festschrift for Winfred P. Lehmann, Hopper, Paul J. (ed.), pp. 21–38 | Chapter
1977