Center for the Study of Language and Information
Diversity in Language
Perspectives and Implications
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Diversity in Language
Perspectives and Implications
What does linguistic diversity tell us about the human mind? In the comprehensive volume Diversity in Language, a renowned team of contributorsassess the intricacies of linguistic variation. From historical perspectives on Indonesian to apparent time change in Smith Island verbs, from unplanned spoken Russian to argument structure in the Pacific Northwest, these essays render the full spectrum of linguistic possibility.
Table of Contents
Contributors
Preface
1. Introduction
Yoshiko Matsumoto, Orrin W. Robinson, and Peter Sells
2. Integrating Approaches to Diversity: Argument Structure on the NW Coast
Marianne Mithun
Preface
1. Introduction
Yoshiko Matsumoto, Orrin W. Robinson, and Peter Sells
2. Integrating Approaches to Diversity: Argument Structure on the NW Coast
Marianne Mithun
3. What Linguistic Diversity Tells about the Human Mind: Universal Semantics from the Bottom up
Toshio Ohori
4. Variation in Voice in Indonesian/Malay: Historical and Synchronic Perspectives
Mark Donohue
5. Being on the Receiving End: A Tour into Linguistic Variation
Prashant Pardeshi, Kaoru Horie, and Qing-Mei Li
6. Discursive Sources of Linguistic Diversity: Stancetaking and Vernacular Norm-formation
Barbara Johnstone
6. Discursive Sources of Linguistic Diversity: Stancetaking and Vernacular Norm-formation
Barbara Johnstone
7. Apparent-Time Change in the Smith Island Auxiliary Verb System
Jennifer Mittelstaedt
8. Where L1 Semantic Transfer Occurs: The Significance of Cross-linguistic Variation in Lexical Aspect in the L2 Acquisition of Aspect
Yumiko Nishi and Yashuhiro Shirai
9. The Consequences of Variation in the Acquisition of Relative Clauses: An Analysis of Longitudinal Production Data from Five Japanese Children
Hiromi Ozeki and Yasuhiro Shirai
10. Workable Models of Standard Performance in English and Spanish
8. Where L1 Semantic Transfer Occurs: The Significance of Cross-linguistic Variation in Lexical Aspect in the L2 Acquisition of Aspect
Yumiko Nishi and Yashuhiro Shirai
9. The Consequences of Variation in the Acquisition of Relative Clauses: An Analysis of Longitudinal Production Data from Five Japanese Children
Hiromi Ozeki and Yasuhiro Shirai
10. Workable Models of Standard Performance in English and Spanish
Jennifer Balogh and Jared Bernstein
Language Index
General Index
Language Index
General Index