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1. Papers from the Linguistics Laboratory. Working Papers in Linguistics, No. 50.

Author

Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics., Ainsworth-Darnell, Kim, D'Imperio, Mariapaola, Ainsworth-Darnell, Kim, D'Imperio, Mariapaola, and Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics.

Abstract

Research reports included in this volume of working papers in linguistics are: "Perception of Consonant Clusters and Variable Gap Time" (Mike Cahill); "Near-Merger in Russian Palatalization" (Erin Diehm, Keith Johnson); "Breadth of Focus, Modality, and Prominence Perception in Neapolitan Italian" (Mariapaola D'Imperio); "The Northern Cities Shift in the Heartland? A Study of Radio Speech in Columbus, Ohio" (Steve Hartman Keiser, Frans Hinskens, Bettina Migge, Elizabeth A. Strand); "Syntactically-Governed Accentuation in Balinese" (Rebecca Herman); "The Auditory-Perceptual Basis for Speech Segmentation" (Keith Johnson); Production and Perception of Individual Speaking Styles" (Keith Johnson, Mary E. Beckman); "Japanese ToBI Labelling Guidelines" (Jennifer J. Venditti); and "A Cross-Linguistic Study of Diphthongs in Spoken Word Processing in Japanese and English" (Kiyoko Yoneyama). Individual papers contain references. (MSE)

Published
1997

2. SALT II: Proceedings from the Conference on Semantics and Linguistic Theory (2nd, Columbus, Ohio, May 1-3, 1992). Working Papers in Linguistics No. 40.

Author

Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics., Barker, Chris, and Dowty, David

Abstract

Papers from the conference on semantics and linguistic theory include the following: "Definiteness, Existentials, and the 'List' Interpretation" (Barbara Abbott); "Strong and Weak Novelty and Familiarity" (Cleo Condoravdi); "The Singular-Plural Distinction in Hindi Generics" (Veneeta Srivastav Dayal);" Adverbial Quantification, Complex Conditionals, and Focus" (Kai von Fintel); "Focus and Ellipsis in Comparatives and Superlatives: A Case Study" (Jean Mark Gawron); "A Note on Interrogatives and Adverbs of Quantification" (Jeroen Groenendijk, Martin Stokhof); "On the Semantics and Pragmatics of 'dake' ('And Only')" (Yasunari Harada, Naohiko Noguchi); "VP (Verb Phrase) Ellipsis and Semantic Identity" (Daniel Hardt); "The Said and the Unsaid" (Laurence R. Horn); "Antecedent Contained Deletion in a Variable-Free Semantics" (Pauline Jacobson); "A Framework for Focus-Sensitive Quantification" (Manfred Krifka); "Expressing Negation" (William A. Ladusaw); "On the Interpretation of Three-Dimensional Syntactic Trees" (Friederike Moltmann); "Two Kinds of Indexicality" (Geoffrey Nunberg); "The Semantics of Number in Arabic" (Almerindo E. Ojeda); "Distributivity and Logical Form in the Emergence of Universal Quantification" (William Philip); "On Telescoping" (Massimo Poesio, Alessandro Zucchi); "'Or' and Anaphora" (Matthew D. Stone); "Intervention Effects, Monotonicity and Scope" (Henriette de Swart); and "Weak Islands, Individuals, and Scope" (Anna Szabolcsi). (MSE)

Published
1992

3. When Verbs Collide: Papers from the Ohio State Mini-Conference on Serial Verbs (Columbus, Ohio, May 26-27, 1990). Working Papers in Linguistics No. 39.

Author

Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics., Joseph, Brian D., and Zwicky, Arnold M.

Abstract

Papers from the conference on the occurrence of verbal constituents in series in certain languages, particularly pidgins and creoles, include the following: "What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Serial Verbs?" (Arnold M. Zwicky); "Serial Verb Constructions" (Pieter Seuren); "On the Definition and Distribution of Serial Verb Constructions" (Eric Schiller); "Parataxis in White Hmong" (Elizabeth Riddle); "On Arguing for Serial Verbs (with Special Reference to Modern Greek)" (Brian D. Joseph); "Serialization and Subordination in Gullah: Toward a Definition of Serialization" (Salikoko Mufwene); "Serial Verb Constructions and Motion Events in Caribbean English Creoles" (Don Winford); "Tense Marking in Serial Structures" (Francis Byrne); "Serial Verb Construction in Marathi" (Rajeshwari Pandharipande); "Tamil Serial Verbs" (Sabita Nagarajan); "Constraints on Intransitive Quasi-Serial Verb Constructions in Modern Colloquial English" (Geoffrey K. Pullum); "Serial vs. Consecutive Verbs in Walapai" (James E. Redden); "Suffixal Concatenation in the Classical Japanese Predicate: Erstwhile Serial Verbs?" (Charles Quinn); "Multi-Verb Constructions in Korean" (In-Hee Jo); "On Serial Verbs in Mandarin Chinese: VV Compounds and Co-Verbial Phrases" (Claire Hsun-huei Chang); "Syntactic Constructions in Serial Verb Expressions in Chinese" (John Xiang-ling Dai); "Serial Verbs in Colloquial Arabic" (Lutfi Hussein); and "Serial Verb Constructions in Categorial Grammar" (Katherine Welker). (MSE)

Published
1990

4. Some Effects of Bilingualism on Perception. Ohio State University Working Papers on Linguistics, No. 22.

Author

Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics. and Garnes, Sara

Abstract

This paper presents the results of an experiment designed to investigate some of the effects of bilingualism on perception. The subjects were Icelandic monolinguals and Icelandic-English bilinguals. The phonetic parameter under investigation was duration. The experiment was designed to test which of the following three hypotheses accurately predict the perceptual responses of bilinguals: (1) the null hypothesis (predicting no interference between the two languages); (2) the awareness hypothesis (predicting more accurate perception in bilinguals); and (3) the confusion hypothesis (predicting less accurate perception in bilinguals). A listening test was administered which consisted of stimuli based on the minimal pair "is" [i:s] and "iss" [is:]. Findings include the following: (1) vowel length is a more salient clue than consonant length in the perception of the quantity opposition; (2) significant support is found for the third hypothesis which predicts confusion in the perception of the bilinguals; and (3) there is a significant difference in the perception of the quantity system of Icelandic between monolingual and bilingual native speakers of the language. (AM)

Published
1977

5. Papers in Nonphonology. Working Papers in Linguistics, No. 21.

Author

Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics. and Zwicky, Arnold M.

Abstract

The eight papers in this issue are addressed to issues in pragmatics, semantics, syntax, discourse analysis, morphology, and particularly to issues touching on two or more of these areas at once. The final paper touches on phonology as well. The papers are: "The Myth of Semantic Presupposition," by Steven Boer and William Lycan; "A Reconsideration of Conditional Perfection," by Marion R. Johnson; "Impositive Speech Acts," by Patricia A. Lee; "Questions and Requests," and "Canadian 'Eh'," by Marion R. Johnson; "Discourse Phenomena and Linguistic Theory," by Robert Kantor; "A Re-Analysis of NEG-Raising in English," by Jay Pollack, and "Toward a Definition of the Ideophone in Bantu," by Marion R. Johnson. (CLK)

Published
1976

6. A Sociolinguistic Glance at the Great Vowel Shift of English. Papers in Psycholinguistics and Sociolinguistics. Working Papers in Linguistics, No. 22.

Author

Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics. and Perkins, John

Abstract

Evidence exists that, in the past, phonetic variants functioned as sociolinguistic variables, just as they do today, at least in societies with comparable stratificational patterns. This paper presents the significant details of the sociolinguistic environment within which the beginnings of the Great English Vowel Shift were embedded. An attempt is made to demonstrate how an understanding of the sociolinguistic situation surrounding historic changes leads to an understanding of the transition from earlier to later pronunciations. It is demonstrated that: (1) contemporaneous changes in the social and linguistic profiles of England during the 14th century led to a situation in which two regional dialects were juxtaposed and realigned as social dialects; and (2) the different phonological histories of the convergent dialects provided the raw material for sociolinguistic variation at that particular time, when older sociolinguistic barriers were disintegrating in England. It is hypothesized that the type of cross-dialectal phonological restructuring that has been observed in contemporary settings would have led to the initial phase of the Great Vowel Shift as a matter of course, given the phonetic variation and socio-dialectal alignment pattern that have been reconstructed for Early Fifteenth Century London English. (CLK)

Published
1977

7. Phonological Variation in Children's Speech: The Trade-Off Phenomenon. Papers in Psycholinguistics and Sociolinguistics. Working Papers in Linguistics, No. 22.

Author

Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics., Garnica, Olga Kaunoff, and Edwards, Mary Louise

Abstract

A question of both theoretical and practical importance for the study of phonological development is whether there is a difference in the status of productions rendered spontaneously by the child and those repeated by the child after either an adult model or his own production. The relevant theoretical questions are: (1) Are all the child's productions mediated by his current phonological system? (2) What is the role of the adult model in phonological acquisition? The spontaneous and repeated utterances of four children were examined, and it was found that there were differences between the spontaneous and echoic forms produced. The child's productions immediately following those of the adult did not necessarily approach the model more closely than did spontaneous productions. In certain cases a "trade-off" occurred, i.e., a sound segment in an echoic form more closely approached the model while another sound segment fell short of the target. This suggests that echoic and other repeated forms are not "phonologically progressive," as had been proposed. (Author/CFM)

Published
1977

8. Some Prosodic Characteristics of Speech to Young Children. Papers in Psycholinguistics and Sociolinguistics. Working Papers in Linguistics, No. 22.

Author

Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics. and Garnica, Olga Kaunoff

Abstract

This study investigated the linguistic characteristics of speech addressed to the child and the features of the verbal environment critical for learning language. The study focused on the prosodic and paralinguistic features of adult speech to the young child. Adult speech directed to children was compared to other kinds of systematic speech adjustments adults make in response to differing social situations. Speech samples of 24 mothers addressing their children were analyzed. The mean age of one half of the group of 24 children was two years, three months; the mean age of the other half was five years, four months. The adult speaker made a systematic adjustment in the prosodic and paralinguistic aspects of speech addressed to the young child, and these adjustments varied in relation to the age of the child listener. It is suggested that various features of the baby talk register can serve at least two functions, analytic and social. (Author/SW)

Published
1977

9. Phonological Differentiation of a Bilingual Child. Papers in Psycholinguistics and Sociolinguistics. Working Papers in Linguistics, No. 22.

Author

Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics. and Major, Roy C.

Abstract

This study is a detailed analysis of the phonological development of Sylvia, a bilingual child, in her acquisition of American English and Brazilian Portuguese from the age of 1 year, 7 months to 3 years, 8 months. The study is divided into four stages: ages 1.7 - 1.9; 1.9 - 2.1; 2.1 - 2.3; and 2.3 - 2.8. Up to the age of 1.9, the same phonological substitutions applied to Sylvia's production of phonetically identical segments in both English and Portuguese. After the age of 1.9, phonological differentiation developed, and with it a distinct set of substitutions became associated with each language. Although this study involves only one child, it does suggest that child phonology can reveal significant things about the adult system. It also suggests that the two languages have quite different trends for future change. Evidence for this can be found from dialect comparisons as well as from Sylvia's different treatment of the two languages. Perhaps a language's tendency toward a specific type of change is governed by a language specific speech posture and a specific set of phonological processes which is a natural consequence of such a posture. (Author/CFM)

Published
1977

10. Studies in Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar. Working Papers in Linguistics #31.

Author

Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics., Geis, Michael L., Geis, Michael L., and Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics.

Abstract

A group of syntactic studies, primarily concerning English and German, within the framework of generalized phrase structure grammar include: "English Adverb Placement in Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar" (Belinda L. Brodie), concerning the placement of modal, evaluative, temporal, and verb phrase adverbs; "Syntactic Conditions on Two Types of English Cliticization in Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar" (Annette S. Bissantz), on auxiliary reduction and complementizer contraction; "A New Approach to Feature Instantiation in Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar" (Erhard W. Hinrichs), concerning the interaction of feature instantiation principles and linear precedence statements in several European languages; "The Syntax of Conditional Sentences" (Michael L. Geis), presenting the syntactic side of general theory of syntax of English conditionals; and "German Adjective Agreement in Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar" (Arnold M. Zwicky), arguing that such agreement should be treated as a government phenomenon. (MSE)

Published
1985

11. Working Papers in Linguistics No. 11.

Author

Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics. and Heringer, James T.

Abstract

This collection of working papers contains four papers on varied topics in lintuistic theory. The first paper, "Some Grammatical Correlates of Felicity Conditions and Presuppositions," attempts to show that there is a systematic relationship between what a speaker of a language does in uttering sentences of that language and the syntactic form of those utterances. The second paper is the translation of a Russian article on the typology of causative construction. The article presents the study of a universal classificatory schema which would be appropriate in different languages. The third paper considers why sound change is gradual and discusses the factors and processes involved. The final paper explores the feasibility of the basic idea of natural phonology and considers whether the restrictions on inventories of underlying phonological segments are due to processes rather than abstract hierarchies or morpheme structure constraints. Vowel systems are considered here. (VM)

Published
1972

12. The Strategic Content of Island Constraints. Working Papers in Linguistics No. 13.

Author

Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics. and Grosu, Alexander

Abstract

This dissertation seeks to provide an improved syntactic analysis of the phenomena known as "island constraints" and to offer a natural explanation for these and other phenomena in behavioral terms. The author approaches the problem using the notions of "nucleus" and "satellite," and shows that these concepts are a necessary part of a descriptively adequate grammatical theory. The behavioral principles seen to be at work are erroneous closure, interrupted behavior, and perceptual conflict. The author presents a reanalysis of three constraints (the complex noun-phrase constraint, the coordinate structure constraint, and a third constraint involving adverbials) and uses the behavioral principles listed above to propose explanations for the main island constraints under consideration. (Author/VM)

Published
1972

13. Papers in Phonology. Working Papers in Linguistics No. 48.

Author

Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics. and Dowty, David

Abstract

Papers in various aspects of phonological research and theory include: "One-Step Raising in Gbanu" (Mary Bradshaw); "ATR Harmony in Konni" (Mike Cahill); "Prosodic Structure in SiSwati" (Rebecca Herman); "The Deletion of /w/ in Seoul Korean and Its Implications" (Hyeon-Seok Kang); "Tense, Aspect, and Bukusu Verb Tones" (Nasiombe Mutonyi); "Patterns of Reduplication in Kikerewe" (David Odden); The Incremental Constriction Model for the Description of Vowel Height" (Frederick Parkinson); "Base-Identity Effects in Runyankore Reduplication" (Robert Poletto); and "Kikamba Verb Stem Tonology" (R. Ruth Roberts-Kohno). Articles contain references. (MSE)

Published
1996

14. Papers in Semantics. Working Papers in Linguistics No. 49.

Author

Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics., Yoon, Jae-Hak, and Kathol, Andreas

Abstract

Papers on semantic theory and research include: "Presupposition, Congruence, and Adverbs of Quantification" (Mike Calcagno); "A Unified Account of '(Ta)myen'-Conditionals in Korean" (Chan Chung); "Spanish 'imperfecto' and 'preterito': Truth Conditions and Aktionsart Effects in a Situation Semantics" (Alicia Cipria, Craige Roberts); "Remarks on Simple Subjunctives" (Andreas Kathol); "Information Structure in Discourse: Towards an Integrated Formal Theory of Pragmatics" (Roberts); "Interpretation of Korean Temporal Markers -ESS and -NUN" (Eun Jung Yoo); and "Interpretation of Relative Tenses in Korean Time Adverbials" (Jae-Hak Yoon). Articles contain references. (MSE)

Published
1996

15. Papers from the Linguistics Laboratory. Working Papers in Linguistics No. 45.

Author

Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics. and Jannedy, Stefanie

Abstract

Reports of research in phonetics and psycholinguistics include: "Interaction with Autonomy: Defining Multiple Output Models in Psycholinguistic Theories" (Julie E. Boland, Anne Cutler); "Vocal Tract Evolution and Vowel Production" (K. Bretonnel Cohen); "Final Lowering in Kipare" (Rebecca Herman); "Gestural Phasing as an Explanation for Vowel Devoicing in Turkish" (Stefanie Jannedy); "Intervocalic Consonant Sequences in Korean" (Keith Johnson, Mira Oh); "Acoustic and Intonational Correlates of Information Status of Referring Expressions in Standard Korean" (Hyeon-Seok Kang); "Longitudinal Study of the Acquisition of Taiwanese Initial Stops" (Ho-Hsien Pan); "Perceptual Evidence of Tonal Coarticulation" (Shu-hui Peng); and "Temporal Structure of an Estonian Lament: A Case Study" (Jaan Ross, Ilse Lehiste). Articles contain references. (MSE)

Published
1995

16. Varia. Working Papers in Linguistics No. 47.

Author

Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics. and Dowty, David

Abstract

Papers in phonology, psycholinguistics, and syntax include: "Discriminating between Syntactic and Semantic Processing: Evidence from Event-Related Potentials" (Kim Ainsworth-Darnell); "The Syntactic Structure of Chinese Formal Focus" (Qian Gao); "Employing a Multimodal Logic in an Approach to German Pronoun Fronting" (Karin Golde); "The Interaction of Segmental-Prosodic Rules with Tonal Rules: A Case Study of North Kyungsang Korean" (No-Ju Kim); The Status of Onsetless Syllables in Kikerewe" (David Odden); and "Exceptional Degree Markers: A Puzzle in Internal and External Syntax" (Arnold Zwicky). Articles contain references. (MSE)

Published
1995

17. Studies in Synchronic and Diachronic Variation. Working Papers in Linguistics No. 46.

Author

Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics. and Hume, Elizabeth

Abstract

Papers in comparative and historical linguistics are presented. "The Independent Development of Mid Tone in Suma" (Mary Bradshaw) extends earlier research on tone change in Gbaya languages to Suma, a Gbaya language previously not included. "Diachronic Morphology: An Overview" (Brian Joseph) reviews diachronic morphological theory, focusing on what is mutable and what is stable in morphology, where morphology comes from, what triggers morphological change, and whether or not a general theory of morphological change is possible. "Divergence of Syntactic Frames and Diachronic Change" (Hyeree Kim) examines syntactic frames governed by the so-called impersonal verb in Old English and Middle English. "The Emergence of Creole Copulas: Evidence from Belize Creole" (Bettina Migge) offers evidence in support of a theory of the emergence and development of two Caribbean English Creole copulas using natural synchronic data from Belize Creole. "The Diachronic Fragmentation of Modal 'by' in Ukrainian" (Halyna Sydorenko) identifies five distinct manifestations of the modal in modern Ukranian, and also points to overlap in form and function, suggesting that the manifestations represent a morphological constellation. Articles contain references. (MSE)

Published
1995

18. Papers from the Linguistics Laboratory. Working Papers in Linguistics No. 44.

Author

Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics. and Venditti, Jennifer J.

Abstract

The collection of papers on linguistic experiments includes: "Discourse Functions of Pitch Range in Spontaneous and Read Speech" (Gayle M. Ayers); "When Is a Syllable Not a Syllable?" (Mary E. Beckman); "The Relationship between Syntactic and Semantic Processes in Sentence Comprehension" (Julie E. Boland); "The Influence of Orthography and Sentence Constraint on the Processing of Nouns in Japanese" (Kim Darnell, Boland, Mineharu Nakayama); "Rate Effects on German Unstressed Syllables" (Stefanie Jannedy); "Asymmetry of Prosodic Effects on the Glottal Gesture in Korean" (Sun-Ah Jun); "Is There 'Dephrasing' of the Accentual Phrase in Japanese?" (Kikuo Maekawa); "Effects of Prosodic Position and Tonal Context on Taiwanese Tones" (Shu-hui Peng); and "The Influence of Syntax on Prosodic Structure in Japanese" (Jennifer J. Venditti). Articles contain references. (MSE)

Published
1994

19. Papers from the Linguistics Laboratory. Working Papers in Linguistics No. 43.

Author

Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics., Lee, Sook-Hyang, and Jun, Sun-Ah

Abstract

This collection of papers on linguistic experiments includes: "Initial Tones and Prominence in Seoul Korean" (Ken de Jong); "The Domains of Laryngeal Feature Lenition Effects in Chonnam Korean" (Sun-Ah Jun); "The Timing of Lip Rounding and Tongue Backing for /u/" Gina M. Lee); "Prosody and Intrasyllabic Timing in French" (Janet Fletcher, Eric Vatikiotis-Bateson); "Lip Rounding and Vowel Formant Frequencies in Nantong Chinese" (Benjamin Ao); "Comparison of Lip Rounding in German and English Vowels" (Monica Crabtree, Claudia Kurz); "Labial Position and Acoustics of Korean and English High Vowels" (Sun-Ah Jun); "An Articulatory Study of the Features ATR in Akan and Emphasis in Arabic" (Sook-Hyang Lee); "Lip Rounding in Amoy and Mandarin High Vowels: Maximum Dispersion, or Adequate Separation" (Ho-hsien Pan); "The Duration and Perception of English Epenthetic and Underlying Stops" (Sook-Hyang Lee); and Interference for 'New' versus 'Similar' Vowels in Korean Speakers of English" (Sun-Ah Jun, Islay Cowie). Articles contain references. (MSE)

Published
1994

20. Papers in Syntax. Working Papers in Linguistics No. 42.

Author

Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics., Kathol, Andreas, and Pollard, Carl

Abstract

This collection of working papers in syntax includes: "Null Objects in Mandarin Chinese" (Christie Block); "Toward a Linearization-Based Approach to Word Order Variation in Japanese" (Mike Calcagno); "A Lexical Approach to Inalienable Possession Constructions in Korean" (Chung, Chan); "Chinese NP Structure" (Gao, Qian); "Linearization and Coordination in German" (Andreas Kathol); "Revisiting the Genitive Relative Construction in Korean: Real GRC?" (Lee, Ki-Suk); "Subcategorization and Case Marking in Korean" (Yoo, Eun Jung); and "Different Semantics for Different Syntax: Relative Clauses in Korean" (Yoon, Jea-Hak). Contains a 205-item bibliography on head-driven phrase structure grammar compiled by Mike Calcagno, Andeas Kathol, and Carl Pollard. (MSE)

Published
1993

21. Papers in Phonology. Working Papers in Linguistics No. 41.

Author

Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics., Hume, Elizabeth, Hume, Elizabeth, and Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics.

Abstract

Six working papers on phonology, primarily concerning less commonly taught languages, are presented are in this volume. Titles include: "Non-Uniqueness Condition and the Segmentation of the Chinese Syllable" (Benjamin Ao); "Theoretical Consequences of Metathesis in Maltese" (Elizabeth Hume); "Cs and Vs or Moras: The Case of Bukusu Prosodic Structure" (Nasiombe Mutonyi); "Simplicity of Underlying Representation as Motivation for Underspecification" (David Odden) (refers to multiple languages); "The Feature Pharyngeal in Rwaili Arabic: A Case for Long Distance Multiple Linking" (Frederick Parkinson); and "A Non-Metrical Theory of Sukuma Tone" (R. Ruth Roberts). Chapters contain references. (MSE)

Published
1992

22. Patterns in Language, Culture, and Society: Sub-Saharan Africa. Working Papers in Linguistics, No. 19.

Author

Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics. and Herbert, Robert K.

Abstract

This volume contains the proceedings of the symposium on African language, culture and society held at Ohio State University. Six of the papers deal with the related issues of language reform and language planning, including such aspects as the choice of national and official languages. They include both general proposals for theoretical models as well as specific proposals for particular linguistic situations. Topics covered in the 12 papers in the second part of the volume include co-variation in social and linguistic patterns, an overview of creole speech communities and the typologies proposed for their description, the encoding of cultural perspectives in linguistic patterns and the importance of understanding these patterns for education, and the role of language in literature, with particular attention to the writings of African authors writing in European languages. The conference program and addresses of contributors are appended. (Author/CLK)

Published
1975

23. Proceedings of the Sixth Conference on African Linguistics. Working Papers in Linguistics, No. 20.

Author

Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Dept. of Linguistics. and Herbert, Robert K.

Abstract

This volume contains a selection of 27 papers presented at the Sixth Conference on African Linguistics. The papers cover a very wide range of topics, and are organized into three sections: (1) Historical and Comparative Studies; (2) Phonology; and (3) Syntax. The conference program, the program of the symposium on African language, culture and society, and a list of the addresses of the contributors conclude the volume. (CLK)

Published
1975

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