Linguistics Volumes
This selection from my favorite, sometimes less known linguistics volumes is available for purchase through Amazon.com. |
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Language Acquisition
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The Lexicon in Acquisition
by Eve V. Clark |
The lexicon is central in language, and in language acquisition. Eve Clark argues for this centrality and for the general principles of conventionality and contrast at the core of language acquisition. |
Morphology
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Morphology and Its Relation to Phonology and Syntax
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This volume follows the same model as Trubetzkoy's Orphan (see below) and includes replies to papers and transcripts from discussions that followed the presentations. Includes papers from Mark Baker, Mark Aronoff, Andrew Castairs-McCarthy, Richard Janda, Rochelle Lieber, Jerrold M. Sadock, David Perlmutter, Andrew Spencer and Gregory Stump, among others. |
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Pace Panini :
Towards a Word-Based Theory of Morphology
by Alan Ford, Rajendra Singh, Gita Martohardjono |
A concise introduction to Alan Ford and Rajendra Singh's theory of Whole Word Morphology, this book takes the notion of 'word-based morphology' seriously and presents a radically a-morphous morphology in which all morphological relationships are captured in a uniform manner, and without the benefit of Paninian constructs such as 'root', 'stem', and 'morpheme', or devices such as 'levels' and 'strata'. |
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Trubetzkoy's Orphan : Proceedings of the Montreal Roundtable 'Morphonology: Contemporary Responses', Montreal, October 1994 |
Easily one of the best books ever published on morpho-phonology. Each paper if followed by two reply articles, a reply to these comments by the author and a live discussion. Participants include Paul Kiparsky, Alan Ford and Rajendra Singh, Richard Janda, Igor Mel'cuk, Wolfgang Dressler, etc. |
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A-Morphous Morphology
by Stephen R. Anderson |
By far the most well known morphemeless approach to morphology. The first chapters are great and provide good arguments against componential morphology. The rest is a bit disapointing as it rapidly turns into a more traditional IP treatment, despite the word-based inclinations expressed in early chapters. |
Syntax
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Dependency Syntax : Theory and Practice
by Igor' A. Melchuk |
This work presents the first sustained examination of Dependency Syntax. Mel'cuk promotes syntactic description in terms of dependency rather than in terms of more familiar phrase-structure. The advantages of dependency representation are demonstrated by applying it to a number of popular linguistic problems. Look for Mel'cuk's alternative to Dixon's treatment of egrativity in Dyirbal. |
Semantics/Pragmatics
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General Linguistics 