Reality Exploration and Discovery

by Uyechi, Linda

• ISBN13: 9781575865881
• ISBN10: 1575865882
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-01
• Publisher: Stanford Univ Center for the Study

Summary

The twenty-five papers presented here examine the interactions between linguistic structure and sound patterns across a diverse set of languages. The integrating theme of this volume is the influence of K. P. Mohanan's philosophy of inquiry, derived not only from his rich body of work but also from the fresh perspectives and intellectual vitality that he has shared with colleagues and students in a career spanning over three decades.

Author Biography

Linda Ann Uyechi is a lecturer in the Department of Music at Stanford University. Lian-Hee Wee is an associate professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the Hong Kong Baptist University.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. ix
Intellectual Restlessness: Inquiry and Analysis	p. xiii
Realities and Life
"He Who Can, Does" - and Teaches, and Teaches Teachers	p. 3
Educating a Linguist	p. 9
A Prolegomenon to Linguistology	p. 19
Exploration of Interaction in Sound Patterns
Persistent Substratum Contrasts	p. 25
Repetition in Linguistic Change: Tone in Kwa Languages of Côte d'Ivoire	p. 35
Syllables, Vowel Length and the Spread of Suprasegmentals	p. 47
Kikuyu Consonant Mutation	p. 59
Vowel Harmony in Kimaragang as a Lexical Rule	p. 75
Exploring the Dilemma of the Split-L Geminate Pattern in Hong Kong English	p. 89
Optimality Theory as a Probabilistic Model	p. 105
Reduplication in Stratal OT	p. 125
The Emergence of Optimality Theory	p. 143
Exploration of Interaction in Structural Patterns
The Gradience of the Dative Alternation	p. 161
A Comparison of the English and Korean Double Object	p. 185
Headless Relative Clauses and WH-Questions in Singapore Malay	p. 201
Raising in a Unified Theory of Structure-Sharing in LFG	p. 213
Complex Predication: How Did the Child Pinch the Elephant?	p. 231
Constraints on Operator Binding in Malayalam	p. 257
Evidence for the Linearization-Based Theory of Long-Distance Scrambling in Japanese	p. 271
Aspects of the Semantics of Logophoricity: Comparison of Malayalam with Yoruba and Japanese	p. 287
Unpredicated Particles	p. 303
The Discourse Mode of Mandarin Verbal -le Sentences	p. 325
Variation and Ambiguity	p. 345
Now We See It, Now We Don't: Agreement Puzzles in ASL	p. 359
Prioritizing Constraint Sets in the Grammar of Carnatic Music	p. 375
Bibliography of K.P. Mohanan's Work (1981-2009)
Works	p. 395
Co-Authored Works	p. 401
Index	p. 405
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