Sheila Embleton
List of John Benjamins publications for which Sheila Embleton plays a role.
Book series
ISSN 0304-0712
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
2021. Introduction. Language and Text: Data, models, information and applications, Pawłowski, Adam, Jan Mačutek, Sheila Embleton and George Mikros (eds.), pp. 1–6
Chapter
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
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 direct… read more | Chapter
2005. Review of Kessler (2001): The Significance of Word Lists. Diachronica 22:2, pp. 373–382
Review
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
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
1995. The Iconic Index: From Sound Change to Rhyming Slang. Iconicity in Language, Simone, Raffaele (ed.), pp. 87 ff.
Article
1995. Review of Bird (1993): The Roots and Non-Roots of Indo-European: A lexicostatistical survey. Diachronica 12:2, pp. 251–254
Review
1995. Review of Dyen, Kruskal & Black (1992): An Indoeuropean Classification: A lexicostatistical experiment. Diachronica 12:2, pp. 263–268
Review
1993. Review of Polomé (1990): Research Guide on Language Change. Diachronica 10:2, pp. 270–284
Review
1993. Review of Hock (1991): Principles of Historical Linguistics. Diachronica 10:1, pp. 131–134
Review
1991. Review of Ogura (1990): Dynamic Dialectology: A study of language in time and space. Diachronica 8:1, pp. 105–118
Review
1991. Names and Their Substitutes: Onomastic Observations on Astérix and Its Translations. Target 3:2, pp. 175–206
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 | Article
1990. Publications Received/Ouvrages Reçus/Eingegangene Schriften. Diachronica 7:2, pp. 305–322
Miscellaneous
1989. The Iconic Index: From Sound Change to Rhyming Slang. Diachronica 6:2, pp. 155–180
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 | Article
