Paul J. Hopper

Paul J. Hopper

List of John Benjamins publications for which Paul J. Hopper plays a role.

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Frequency and the Emergence of Linguistic Structure

Edited by Joan L. Bybee and Paul J. Hopper

[Typological Studies in Language, 45] 2001. vii, 492 pp.
Subjects Historical linguistics | Psycholinguistics | Typology

The Limits of Grammaticalization

Edited by Anna Giacalone Ramat and Paul J. Hopper

[Typological Studies in Language, 37] 1998. vi, 307 pp.
Subjects Morphology | Pragmatics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics | Typology

Voice: Form and Function

Edited by Barbara A. Fox and Paul J. Hopper

[Typological Studies in Language, 27] 1994. xiii, 377 pp.
Subjects Discourse studies | Functional linguistics | Pragmatics | Theoretical linguistics
Subjects Comparative linguistics | Historical linguistics

Tense-Aspect: Between semantics & pragmatics

Edited by Paul J. Hopper

[Typological Studies in Language, 1] 1982. ix, 350 pp.
Subjects Pragmatics | Semantics | Typology
Subjects Historical linguistics | Theoretical linguistics

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Anacrustic Coordination (AC) is a type of biclausal conjunction such that an initial clause or phrase sets up a state of affairs and is followed by and and a strongly focused second clause, for example three years it’s been sitting here and I haven’t done it. AC figures in a number of kinds of… read more | Article
Hopper, Paul J. 2020. Chapter 12. Afterword. Emergent Syntax for Conversation: Clausal patterns and the organization of action, Maschler, Yael, Simona Pekarek Doehler, Jan Lindström and Leelo Keevallik (eds.), pp. 331–338
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Hopper, Paul J. 2015. Temporality and the Emergence of a Construction: A Discourse Approach to Sluicing. Temporality in Interaction, Deppermann, Arnulf and Susanne Günthner (eds.), pp. 123–146
A sluice (Ross 1969) is a wh-word that, in the standard syntactic view, refers to ellipted material in an antecedent clause. In the present study, based on conversational data, I view sluices from a temporal and interactional perspective in which grammatical constructions are seen as emergent in… read more | Article
We examine a set of supposedly “biclausal” constructions in natural conversations in English and German, and argue that: (1) these constructions are not biclausal, since the second “clause” is typically not a clause but an indeterminate stretch of discourse without a consistent syntactic structure;… read more | Article
Hopper, Paul J. 2002. Hendiadys and auxiliation in English. Complex Sentences in Grammar and Discourse: Essays in honor of Sandra A. Thompson, Bybee, Joan L. and Michael Noonan (eds.), pp. 145–173
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Bybee, Joan L. and Paul J. Hopper. 2001. Introduction to frequency and the emergence of linguistic structure. Frequency and the Emergence of Linguistic Structure, Bybee, Joan L. and Paul J. Hopper (eds.), pp. 1 ff.
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Thompson, Sandra A. and Paul J. Hopper. 2001. Transitivity, clause structure, and argument structure: Evidence from conversation. Frequency and the Emergence of Linguistic Structure, Bybee, Joan L. and Paul J. Hopper (eds.), pp. 27 ff.
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Giacalone Ramat, Anna and Paul J. Hopper. 1998. Introduction. The Limits of Grammaticalization, Giacalone Ramat, Anna and Paul J. Hopper (eds.), pp. 1–11
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Hopper, Paul J. 1998. The Paradigm at the End of the Universe. The Limits of Grammaticalization, Giacalone Ramat, Anna and Paul J. Hopper (eds.), pp. 147–158
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Hopper, Paul J. 1997. When ‘Grammar’ and Discourse Clash: The Problem of Source Conflicts. Essays on Language Function and Language Type: Dedicated to T. Givón, Bybee, Joan L., John Haiman and Sandra A. Thompson (eds.), pp. 231 ff.
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Hopper, Paul J. 1995. The Category ‘Event’ in Natural Discourse and Logic. Discourse, Grammar and Typology: Papers in honor of John W.M. Verhaar, Abraham, Werner, T. Givón and Sandra A. Thompson (eds.), pp. 139 ff.
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Hopper, Paul J. 1994. Phonogenesis. Perspectives on Grammaticalization, Pagliuca, William (ed.), pp. 29–45
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Hopper, Paul J. 1991. On some principles of grammaticization. Approaches to Grammaticalization: Volume I. Theoretical and methodological issues, Traugott, Elizabeth Closs and Bernd Heine (eds.), pp. 17 ff.
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Hopper, Paul J. 1990. Where do words come from?. Studies in Typology and Diachrony: Papers presented to Joseph H. Greenberg on his 75th birthday, Croft, William A., Suzanne Kemmer and Keith Denning (eds.), pp. 151 ff.
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Hopper, Paul J. and Janice Martin. 1987. Structuralism and diachrony: the development of the indefinite article in English. Papers from the 7th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Giacalone Ramat, Anna, Onofrio Carruba and Giuliano Bernini (eds.), pp. 295 ff.
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Hopper, Paul J. 1982. Preface. Tense-Aspect: Between semantics & pragmatics, Hopper, Paul J. (ed.), pp. vii ff.
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