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List of John Benjamins publications for which someone affiliated with Swarthmore College plays a role.

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Lessons from Documented Endangered Languages

Edited by K. David Harrison, David S. Rood & Arienne Dwyer

[Typological Studies in Language, 78] 2008. vi, 375 pp. | edited volume
Subjects Theoretical linguistics | Typology
Subjects Generative linguistics | Other African languages | Phonology | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Beyond Coherence: The syntax of opacity in German

Vera Lee-Schoenfeld

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 114] 2007. viii, 206 pp. | monograph
Subjects Generative linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Napoli, Donna Jo & Rachel Sutton-Spence 2024 Torso articulation in sign languages
Sign Language & Linguistics 27:1pp. 1–34 | article
Keywords sign languages | torso articulation | nonmanual articulation | annotation systems | data collection
Napoli, Donna Jo & Nathan Sanders 2024 An approach to path movement in the diachronic study of sign languages: Biomechanics and nonarbitrariness
Diachronica | Online First Publication, 48 pp. | article
Conrod, Kirby 2022 Variation in English gendered pronouns: Analysis and recommendations for ethics in linguistics
Journal of Language and Sexuality 11:2pp. 141–164 | article
Keywords gender | pronouns | transgender | non-binary
Irwin, Patricia 2020 Unaccusativity and theticity
In: Thetics and Categoricals, Abraham, Werner, Elisabeth Leiss & Yasuhiro Fujinawa (eds.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 262] pp. 199–222
Keywords thetic sentences | intransitive predicates | argument structure | unaccusative | unergative | presentational sentences
Sanders, Nathan & Donna Jo Napoli 2017 A cross-linguistic preference for torso stability in the lexicon: Evidence from 24 sign languages
Sign Language & Linguistics 19:2pp. 197–231 | article
Keywords sign languages | phonetics | ease of articulation | lexical frequency | linguistic universals
Sutton-Spence, Rachel & Donna Jo Napoli 2013 How much can classifiers be analogous to their referents?
Gesture 13:1pp. 1–27 | article
Keywords sign languages | metaphor | poetry | classifiers | gesture | analogy
Roeper, Thomas & Timothy Roeper 2010 Game Theory and the control of empty categories in grammar
In: Structure Preserved: Studies in syntax for Jan Koster, Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter & Mark de Vries (eds.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 164] pp. 299–312
Napoli, Donna Jo & Jack Hoeksema 2009 The grammatical versatility of taboo terms
Studies in Language 33:3pp. 612–643 | article
Harrison, K. David & Gregory D.S. Anderson 2008 Tofa language change and terminal generation speakers
In: Lessons from Documented Endangered Languages, Harrison, K. David, David S. Rood & Arienne Dwyer (eds.) [Typological Studies in Language, 78] pp. 243–270
Gergen, Mary M. & Kenneth J. Gergen 2008 Narratives in action
In: Narrative – State of the Art, Bamberg, Michael (ed.) [Benjamins Current Topics, 6] pp. 133–143
Keywords Conflict Reduction | Mediation | Narrative | Organizational Change | Social Construction | Therapy
Kandybowicz, Jason 2008 On fusion and multiple copy spell-out: The case of verbal repetition
In: The Copy Theory of Movement, Corver, Norbert & Jairo Nunes (eds.) [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 107] pp. 119–150
Wichmann, Søren & Arpiar Saunders 2007 How to use typological databases in historical linguistic research
Diachronica 24:2pp. 373–404 | article
Keywords Diachronic typology | stability of linguistic features | Native American languages | phylogenetic algorithms | Neighbor Net | Neighbor-joining | Maximum parsimony | Bayesian analysis
Gergen, Mary M. & Kenneth J. Gergen 2006 Narratives in action
Narrative Inquiry 16:1pp. 112–121 | article
Keywords Therapy | Organizational Change | Mediation | Conflict Reduction | Narrative | Social Construction
Napoli, Donna Jo & Jeff Wu 2004 Morpheme structure constraints on two-handed signs in American Sign Language: Notions of symmetry
Sign Language & Linguistics 6:2pp. 123–205 | article
Keywords American Sign Language | lexical database | handshapes | symmetry | handshape changes | movement | morphology | physiological constraints
Fernald, Theodore B. & Donna Jo Napoli 2002 Exploitation of morphological possibilities in signed languages: Comparison of American Sign Language with English
Sign Language & Linguistics 3:1pp. 3–58 | article
Keywords phonology-semantics interface | word formation | signed vs. spoken language | American Sign Language | morphology | lexicon