Language - Journal of the LSA


Volume75,
Number 4
December 1999

 
 
Articles:
Structure, aspect, and the predicate  T. R. Rapoport   653
Open syllable lengthening in West Germanic Aditi Lahiri & B. Elan Dresher 678
How children constrain their argument structure constructions Patricia J. Brooks & Michael Tomasello 720
Neurolinguistic evidence for rule-based nominal suffixation Hiroko Hagiwara, Yoko Sugioka, Takane Ito, Mitsuru Kawamura, & Jun-ichi Shiota 739
Short Report:
Possible and impossible segments Rachel Walker & Geoffrey K. Pullum 764
Obituary:
Charles A. Ferguson Lise Menn, William Bright, & Khalil Barhoum 781
Review Article:
Learning morphology: What makes a good textbook? Joel A. Nevis & John T. Stonham 801
Reviews:     
Hawkins: A performance theory of order and constituency  M. A. Covington  810 
Schieffelin et al. (eds.): Language ideologies: Practice and theory  N. C. Dorian  811 
Seuren: Western linguistics: An historical introduction  J. S. Falk  813 
Akatsuka et al. (eds.): Japanese/Korean linguistics, vol. 5  K. Kim  816 
Erteschik-Shir: The dynamics of focus structure  K. É. Kiss  818 
Rissanen et al. (eds.): English in transition: Corpus-based studies in linguistics variation and genre styles; Grammaticalization at work: Studies of long-term developments in English  R. Macaulay  821 
Philips: Ideology in the language of judges: How judges practice law, politics, and courtroom control   G. Matoesian  823 
Valdman (ed.): French and creole in Louisiana  T. Nadasdi  825 
Bertinetti: Il dominio tempo-aspettuale: Demarcazioni, intersezioni, contrasti  E. Pulgram  829 
Conley & O’ Barr: Just words: Law, language and power  R. W. Shuy  832 
Heim & Kratzer: Semantics in generative grammar; De Swart: Introduction to natural language semantics  B. Geurts 835 
Fee & McAlpine: Oxford guide to Canadian English usage  D. L. Lillian  837 
Trudgill & Cheshire (eds.): The sociolinguistics reader, vol. 1: Multilingualism and variation; Cheshire & Trudgill (eds.): The sociolinguistics reader, vol. 2: Gender and discourse  N. Schilling-Estes  839 
Book Notices    842
Publications Received    874
Index to Volume 75    878



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