Studies in Language

Volume 13, Issue 2 (1989)

1989.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.13.2

Table of Contents

In Memoriam Pieter A. Verburg John W.M. Verhaar, S.J.	253–255
Large Linguistic Areas and Language Sampling Matthew S. Dryer	257–292
Statistical Techniques for Determining Language Sample Size Revere D. Perkins	293–315
A Role for Inference in Meaning Change Leonard M. Faltz	317–331
Syntactic Structures as Pragmatic Options A.P. Hendrikse	333–379
Lexical Semantics in the Commercial Transaction Frame: Value, Worth, Cost, and Price John M. Lawler	381–404
Syntactic Ergativity in Coast Tsimshian (SM'Algyax) Jean Mulder	405–435
Greenberg on the first person inclusive dual: Evidence from some Australian languages William B. McGregor	437–451
On a metalanguage for pronominal systems: A reply to McGregor Joseph H. Greenberg	452–458
Review of Keesing (1988): Melanesian Pidgin and the Oceanic substrate Reviewed by Peter Mühlhäusler	459–475
Review of Anderson & Ewen (1987): Principles of dependency phonology Reviewed by László Kálmán	477–483
Review of Hirst (1987): Semantic interpretation and the resolution of ambiguity Reviewed by Petr Sgall	484–487
Review of Lehmann (1986): Language typology 1985. Papers from the Linguistic Typology Symposium, Moscow, 9-13 December 1985 Reviewed by Martin Haspelmath	488–495
Review of Rauh (1988): Tiefenkasus, thematische Relationen und Thetarollen Reviewed by Kjartan G. Ottósson	495–505
Review of Starosta (1988): The case for lexicase: An outline of lexicase grammatical theory Reviewed by Felix K. Ameka	506–518
Review of (): ‘Tajima and Fisiak: two new bibliographies on English language studies’ & Tajima (1988): Old and Middle English language studies: A classified bibliography 1923-1985 & Fisiak (1987): A bibliography of writings for the history of the English language Reviewed by J.R.J. North	518–521
Jan Chloupek and Jiří Nekvapil. Reader in Czech sociolinguistics Eva Hajičová	523–525
Daniel Donoghue. Style in Old English poetry: The test of the auxiliary A.A. MacDonald	525–527
Bettyruth Walter. The jury summation as speech genre: An ethnographic study of what it means to those who use it Peter Tiersma	527–529
Publications Received	531–540