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The papers in this work were presented at the 23rd UWM Linguistics Symposium, held at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1996. The goal of the conference was to bring together linguists of opposing approaches to linguistic inquiry - formalists and functionalists - and determine to what extent these approaches differ and how they might complement each other. The programme consisted of 87 papers: some were invited and others were selected from abstracts. Part of a two-volume set, this volume elaborates the relationship between functionalism and formalism in syntax, morphology, phonology and first language acquisition. The majority of the papers are in syntax, morphology and morphological alternation.

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Author:   Michael Darnell (University of Wisconsin) ,  Edith A. Moravcsik (University of Wisconsin) ,  Michael Noonan (University of Wisconsin) ,  Frederick J. Newmeyer (University of Wisconsin)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   42
Weight:   0.885kg
ISBN:  

9789027230454

ISBN 10:   9027230455
Pages:   407
Publication Date:   15 March 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Syntax, Morphology, and Morphological Alternation (by Moravcsik, Edith A.); 2. Part I: Syntax, Morphology, and Morphological Alternation; 3. Mapping So-called Pragmatic Phenomena According to a Linguistic-Extralinguistic Distinction: The case of propositions marked accessible (by Ariel, Mira); 4. Lexis, Grammar, and Grammatical Change: The Koyukon classifier prefixes (by Axelrod, Melissa); 5. The Limits of Formal Analysis: Pragmatic motivation in Oromo grammar (by Clamons, Robbin); 6. Form and Function in Syntax: Relative clauses in Tsez (by Comrie, Bernard); 7. Formalizing Functionally (by Hengeveld, Kees); 8. Representing the Structure-Discourse Iconicity of the Japanese Post-Verbal Construction (by Kaiser, Lizanne); 9. Between Irregular and Regular: Imperfect generalizations in Istanbul Turkish and the status of phonological rules (by Kibre, Nicholas); 10. Constraints on Constraints, or the Limits of Functional Adaptation (by Kirby, Simon); 11. Structure-preservation and Transitivity: The case of Chinese ba sentences (by Liu, Feng-hsi); 12. Topicality and Agreement (by Meinunger, Andre); 13. Explanatory Power of Functional and Formal Approaches to Language Change: The evolution of the passive structure ser + past participle in colonial Spanish (by Miglio, Viola G.); 14. Functional Optimality Theory: Evidence from split Case systems (by Nakamura, Wataru); 15. Welsh Soft Mutation and Marked Word Order (by Tallerman, Maggie); 16. A Functional Journey with a Formal Ending: What do brow raises do in American Sign Language? (by Wilbur, Ronnie B.); 17. Part II: First Language Acquisition; 18. Formalism or Functionalism?: Evidence from the study of language development (by Hoff, Erika); 19. Functional Innateness: Explaining the critical period for language acquisition (by Hurford, James); 20. The Holophrastic Hypothesis Revisited: Structural and functional approaches (by Purnell, Elizabeth); 21. Index of Authors; 22. Index of Languages; 23. Index of Subject

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