Sheila Embleton

List of John Benjamins publications for which Sheila Embleton plays a role.

Book series

Amsterdam Classics in Linguistics, 1800–1925 (ACiL)

General Editor: E.F.K. Koerner †

ISSN 0304-0712

Current Issues in Linguistic Theory (CILT)

General Editor: Joseph C. Salmons

ISSN 0304-0763

Journal

Titles

Language and Text: Data, models, information and applications

Edited by Adam Pawłowski, Jan Mačutek, Sheila Embleton and George Mikros

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 356] 2021. vi, 280 pp.

Subjects Computational & corpus linguistics | Theoretical linguistics

The Emergence of the Modern Language Sciences: Studies on the transition from historical-comparative to structural linguistics in honour of E.F.K. Koerner. Volume 1: Historiographical perspectives

Edited by Sheila Embleton, John E. Joseph and Hans-Josef Niederehe

[Not in series, EMLS 1] 1999. lvi, 310 pp.

Subjects Historical linguistics | History of linguistics | Theoretical linguistics

The Emergence of the Modern Language Sciences: Studies on the transition from historical-comparative to structural linguistics in honour of E.F.K. Koerner. Volume 2: Methodological perspectives and applications

Edited by Sheila Embleton, John E. Joseph and Hans-Josef Niederehe

[Not in series, EMLS 2] 1999. lvi, 325 pp.

Subjects Historical linguistics | History of linguistics | Theoretical linguistics

Articles

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Embleton, Sheila, Dorin Uritescu and Eric S. Wheeler 2021 The perils of big data Language and Text: Data, models, information and applications, Pawłowski, Adam, Jan Mačutek, Sheila Embleton and George Mikros (eds.), pp. 137–144 | Chapter

The use of large amounts of data and the technologies to process them are characteristic of modern research. However, such practices come with risks of misleading the researcher. While there is much that could be said on this topic, here briefly is our cautionary tale to others, based on our… read more

Pawłowski, Adam, Sheila Embleton, Jan Mačutek and George Mikros 2021 Introduction Language and Text: Data, models, information and applications, Pawłowski, Adam, Jan Mačutek, Sheila Embleton and George Mikros (eds.), pp. 1–6 | Chapter

Embleton, Sheila 2005 Review of Kessler (2001): The Significance of Word Lists Diachronica 22:2, pp. 373–382 | Review

Embleton, Sheila, John E. Joseph and Hans-Josef Niederehe 1999 Introduction: Problems of structuralist beginnings (and endings) The Emergence of the Modern Language Sciences: Studies on the transition from historical-comparative to structural linguistics in honour of E.F.K. Koerner, Embleton, Sheila, John E. Joseph and Hans-Josef Niederehe (eds.), pp. ix ff. | Miscellaneous

Embleton, Sheila 1997 Review of McMahon (1994): Understanding Language Change Diachronica 14:1, pp. 137–147 | Review

Anttila, Raimo and Sheila Embleton 1995 The Iconic Index: From Sound Change to Rhyming Slang Iconicity in Language, Simone, Raffaele (ed.), pp. 87 ff. | Article

Anttila, Raimo and Sheila Embleton 1995 Review of Bird (1993): The Roots and Non-Roots of Indo-European: A lexicostatistical survey Diachronica 12:2, pp. 251–254 | Review

Embleton, Sheila 1995 Review of Dyen, Kruskal & Black (1992): An Indoeuropean Classification: A lexicostatistical experiment Diachronica 12:2, pp. 263–268 | Review

Embleton, Sheila 1993 Review of Polomé (1990): Research Guide on Language Change Diachronica 10:2, pp. 270–284 | Review

Embleton, Sheila 1993 Review of Hock (1991): Principles of Historical Linguistics Diachronica 10:1, pp. 131–134 | Review

Embleton, Sheila 1991 Review of Ogura (1990): Dynamic Dialectology: A study of language in time and space Diachronica 8:1, pp. 105–118 | Review

Embleton, Sheila 1991 Names and Their Substitutes: Onomastic Observations on Astérix and Its Translations Target 3:2, pp. 175–206 | Article

The Astérix comic-book series, originally in French, is well-known and widely translated. Each book relates an adventurous episode in which the principal character is Astérix, a small, witty warrior from a fictional Gaulish village, the only village to have successfully resisted the Roman… read more

Justus, Carol F., E.F.K. Koerner † and Sheila Embleton 1990 Publications Received/Ouvrages Reçus/Eingegangene Schriften Diachronica 7:2, pp. 305–322 | Miscellaneous

Anttila, Raimo and Sheila Embleton 1989 The Iconic Index: From Sound Change to Rhyming Slang Diachronica 6:2, pp. 155–180 | Article

SUMMARY It is maintained that the basic semiotic concepts of icon and index in the Peircean sense give the best tools for both describing and explaining change. The notion of iconic index is used to explicate assimilation, morphophonemics, sociolectal pronunciation variation, grammatical agreement,… read more