R.M.W. Dixon
List of John Benjamins publications for which R.M.W. Dixon plays a role.
Journal
Titles
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
Articles
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 | Article
2007
Miscellaneous
7. Evidentiality in Jarawara Studies in Evidentiality, Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. and R.M.W. Dixon (eds.), pp. 165–187
2003 Chapter
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 | Article
10. Evidentiality in Mỹky Studies in Evidentiality, Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. and R.M.W. Dixon (eds.), pp. 237–241
2003 Chapter
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 | Article
Review of Evans (1995): A grammar of Kayardild, with historical-comparative notes on Tangkic Studies in Language 22:2, pp. 507–515
1998 Review
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.
1997 Article
1992
Review
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.
1986 Article
Problems in dyirbal dialectology Language Form and Linguistic Variation: Papers dedicated to Angus McIntosh, Anderson, John A.E. (ed.), pp. 43 ff.
1982 Article
Tasmanian Handbook of Australian Languages: Volume 2, Dixon, R.M.W. and Barry J. Blake (eds.), pp. 419–445
1981 Article
Wargamay Handbook of Australian Languages: Volume 2, Dixon, R.M.W. and Barry J. Blake (eds.), pp. 25–170
1981 Article
Introduction Handbook of Australian Languages: Volume 1, Dixon, R.M.W. and Barry J. Blake (eds.), pp. 19–44
1979 Article
1. Delocutive verbs in dyirbal Studies in Descriptive and Historical Linguistics: Festschrift for Winfred P. Lehmann, Hopper, Paul J. (ed.), pp. 21 ff.
1977 Chapter