Advances in Functional Linguistics
Columbia School beyond its origins
Editors
This collection carries the functionalist Columbia School of linguistics forward with contributions on linguistic theory, semiotics, phonology, grammar, lexicon, and anthropology. Columbia School linguistics views language as a symbolic tool whose structure is shaped both by its communicative function and by the characteristics of its users, and considers contextual, pragmatic, physical, and psychological factors in its analyses. This volume builds upon three previous Columbia School anthologies and further explores issues raised in them, including fundamental theoretical and analytical questions. And it raises new issues that take Columbia School “beyond its origins.” The contributions illustrate both consistency since the school’s inception over thirty years ago and innovation spurred by groundbreaking analysis. The volume will be of interest to all functional linguists and historians of linguistics. Languages analyzed include Byelorussian, English, Japanese, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, and Swahili.
[Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics, 57] 2006. x, 344 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 1 July 2008
Published online on 1 July 2008
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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List of Contributors | pp. ix–x
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Introduction: Consistency and Change in Columbia School LinguisticsJoseph Davis | pp. 1–15
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Linguistic Theory
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Columbia School and Saussure’s langueWallis Reid | pp. 17–39
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Diver’s TheoryAlan Huffman | pp. 41–62
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Phonology
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Phonology as human behavior: Inflectional systems in EnglishYishai Tobin | pp. 63–86
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Phonological processes of Japanese based on the theory of phonology as human behaviorYishai Tobin and Haruko Miyakoda | pp. 87–105
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Phonology as human behavior: A combinatory phonology of ByelorussianIgor Dreer | pp. 107–130
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Phonology as human behavior: The case of Peninsular SpanishAdriaan Dekker and Bob de Jonge | pp. 131–141
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Functional motivations for the sound patterns of English non-lexical InterjectionsGina Joue and Nikolinka Collier | pp. 143–161
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Phonology without the phonemeJoseph Davis | pp. 163–175
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Grammar and lexicon
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Tell me about yourself: A unified account of English-self pronounsNancy Stern | pp. 177–194
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Se without deixisRadmila J. Gorup | pp. 195–209
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The difference between zero and nothing: Swahili noun class prefixes 5 and 9/10Ellen Contini-Morava | pp. 211–222
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A semantic analysis of Swahili suffix liRobert A. Leonard and Wendy Saliba Leonard | pp. 223–237
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The structure of the Japanese inferential system: A functional analysis of daroo, rashii, soo-da, and yoodaHidemi Sugi Riggs | pp. 239–262
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Structuring cues of conjunctive yet, but, and still: A monosemic approachCharlene Crupi | pp. 263–281
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Beyond Language
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The case for articulatory gestures – not sounds – as the physical embodiment of speech signsThomas Eccardt | pp. 283–308
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Meaning in nonlinguistic systems: Observations, remarks, and hypotheses on food, architecture, and honor in KenyaRobert A. Leonard | pp. 309–334
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Index of names | pp. 335–337
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Subject index | pp. 339–344
“This volume represents a welcome addition to the literature on functional linguistics from the perspective of one of the most radically ambitious and creative groups of linguists in the field. The papers analyzing the group’s origins in the thinking of Saussure and Diver provide a valuable historical foundation. The inclusion of papers on both grammar and phonology testifies to the maturity and wide theoretical relevance of the approach, and the excursus into areas beyond language testifies to the breadth of its applicability for anthropological thinking.”
Ricardo Otheguy, Program in Linguistics, Graduate Center, City University of New York
“All linguists — of whatever theoretical persuasion or language area — need to read this rich and valuable book. Whatever you believe as a linguist, you will learn things here that you will not learn elsewhere, including both linguistic data and explanations of the sort simply not offered in other approaches, formal or functional. Optimality theorists, take note! Generative, Cognitive, and Grammaticalization theorists, take note!”
Robert S. Kirsner, Professor of Dutch and Afrikaans, University of California, Los Angeles
“For all linguists, familiar or not with the Columbia School approach to linguistic analysis, this volume is an invitation to revisit and reconsider many, perhaps most, fundamental goals and concepts in linguistics which are taken for granted and/or often ignored by most other approaches. For the first time an entire volume is devoted exclusively to an inside conversation among practitioners of the Columbia School. Eavesdroppers from other theoretical practices will find much of value in the issues raised, for the insights offered by both the general theoretical discussions and internal debates within this school, on one hand, and the particular analyses proposed for a variety of languages.”
Benji Wald, Research Scientist, formerly Professor of Linguistics at UCLA, National Center for Bilingual Research, Speech Systems Inc.
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VAN SOEREN, D.P.
2023. The role of word recognition factors and lexical stress in the distribution of consonants in Spanish, English and Dutch. Journal of Linguistics 59:1 ► pp. 149 ff. 
Newmeyer, Frederick J.
2019. The Sign Theory of Language and the form-meaning interface / La Théorie du langage basée sur le signe et l’interface forme-sens. Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique 64:02 ► pp. 171 ff.
Newmeyer, Frederick J.
2021. Chomsky and Usage‐Based Linguistics. In A Companion to Chomsky, ► pp. 287 ff.
Stern, Nancy
2019. Introduction. In Columbia School Linguistics in the 21st Century [Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics, 77], ► pp. 1 ff.
Lemus Sarmiento, Aura
Tobin, Yishai
2009. Phonology as Human Behavior: Applying Theory to the Clinic. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing 12:2 ► pp. 81 ff.
Tobin, Yishai
2009. Comparing and Contrasting Natural Phonology, Optimality Theory and the Theory of Phonology as Human Behavior. Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics 45:1
Bottineau, Didier
2008. The submorphemic conjecture in English: towards a distributed model of the cognitive dynamics of submorphemes. Lexis :2
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General