Paul J. Hopper
List of John Benjamins publications for which Paul J. Hopper plays a role.
Journal
ISSN 2210-2116 | E-ISSN 2210-2124
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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
Toward Proto-Nostratic: A New Approach to the Comparison of Proto-Indo-European and Proto-Afroasiatic
Allan R. Bomhard
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 27] 1984. xi, 356 pp.
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
Studies in Descriptive and Historical Linguistics: Festschrift for Winfred P. Lehmann
Edited by Paul J. Hopper
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 4] 1977. x, 502 pp.
Subjects Historical linguistics | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2021. “You turn your back and there’s somebody moving in”: Syntactic anacrusis in spoken English. Interactional Linguistics 1:1, pp. 64–89
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
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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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
2008. Projectability and clause combining in interaction. Crosslinguistic Studies of Clause Combining: The multifunctionality of conjunctions, Laury, Ritva (ed.), pp. 99–123
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
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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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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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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1998. Introduction. The Limits of Grammaticalization, Giacalone Ramat, Anna and Paul J. Hopper (eds.), pp. 1–11
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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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1997. Dualisms in the Study of Narrative: A Note on Labov and Waletzky. Oral Versions of Personal Experience: Three decades of narrative analysis, pp. 74–82
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1997. Dispersed Verbal Predicates in Vernacular Written Narrative. Directions in Functional Linguistics, Kamio, Akio (ed.), pp. 1 ff.
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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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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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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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1990. Principles of grammaticization: towards a diachronic typology. Language Typology 1987: Systematic Balance in Language, Lehmann, Winfred P. (ed.), pp. 157 ff.
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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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1987. 24. Stability and change in VN/NV alternating languages: A study in pragmatics and linguistic typology. The Pragmatic Perspective: Selected papers from the 1985 International Pragmatics Conference, Verschueren, Jef and Marcella Bertuccelli Papi (eds.), pp. 455 ff.
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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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1986. Some Discourse Functions of Classifiers in Malay. Noun Classes and Categorization: Proceedings of a symposium on categorization and noun classification, Eugene, Oregon, October 1983, Craig, Colette G. (ed.), pp. 309 ff.
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1986. Discourse function and word order shift: A typological study of the VS/SV alternation. Language Typology 1985: Papers from the Linguistic Typology Symposium, Moscow, 9–13 Dec. 1985, Lehmann, Winfred P. (ed.), pp. 123 ff.
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1985. The iconicity of the universal categories “noun” and “verb”. Iconicity in Syntax: Proceedings of a symposium on iconicity in syntax, Stanford, June 24–26, 1983, Haiman, John (ed.), pp. 151 ff.
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1982. Preface. Tense-Aspect: Between semantics & pragmatics, Hopper, Paul J. (ed.), pp. vii ff.
Miscellaneous
1982. Aspect between Discourse and Grammar: An Introductory Essay for the Volume. Tense-Aspect: Between semantics & pragmatics, Hopper, Paul J. (ed.), pp. 3 ff.
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1981. “Decem” and “Taihyn” languages: An Indo-European isogloss. Bono Homini Donum: Essays in Historical Linguistics, in Memory of J. Alexander Kerns. (2 volumes), Arbeitman, Yoël L. and Allan R. Bomhard (eds.), pp. 133–142
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1979. Some Observations on the Typology of Focus and Aspect in Narrative Language. Studies in Language 3:1, pp. 37–64
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1977. 28. Hildebrandslied 35b: Dat ih dir it nu bi huldi gibu. Studies in Descriptive and Historical Linguistics: Festschrift for Winfred P. Lehmann, Hopper, Paul J. (ed.), pp. 481 ff.
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