Language, Band 54

Achilles adverbs African alternation alveo-palatals Amharic analysis anaphoric argument aspect asyndeton basic California Chapter Chomsky communication complement consonant constituents constructions context contrast creoles culture dative deletion derived deverbatives dialects diphthongization discussion distinction Dravidian Dravidian languages English epenthesis Ethio-Semitic Ethiopia European examples fact finite forms function gerundive grammar Hanako historical Iliad interesting isoglosses Japanese John Kuvi Level lexical Linguistic Society linguistic theory morphemes morphological Nahuatl nasal node nominal noted nouns NP's occur paper pattern phonetic phonological pidgin Portuguese predicate present problem pronouns question reconnaissance language reconstruction reference relations relative clauses relevant representations seems semantic sentences sequence rules social sociolinguistic speakers speech structure suffix surface syntactic syntax Taro tense there-sentences tion topic transformational transformational grammar underlying usage verb verbal volume vowel words