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Peer reviewedMichaelis, Laura A.; Lambrecht, Knud – Language, 1996
Using a particular sentence type--an exclamative construction referred to as "Nominal Extraposition" (NE)--this article outlines a formal model in which grammatical description includes the description of use conditions on form-meaning pairs. The article suggests that the relationship between NE and like exclamatives can be represented in an…
Descriptors: English, Grammar, Language Patterns, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedCarstairs-McCarthy, Andrew – Language, 1994
Clark's 1987 Principle of Contrast seems inconsistent with the synonymy exhibited by inflectional affixes in languages with inflection classes. But if inflection class membership identifies the inflection class of the lexemes to which it attaches, then inflection affixation complies with this principle. Grammatical implications are suggested. (76…
Descriptors: Afrikaans, Caucasian Languages, Contrastive Linguistics, Data Analysis
