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Derbyshire, Desmond C., Ed. – 1986
Working papers resulting from the 1986 University of North Dakota Summer Institute of Linguistics include: "Orthographic Reform in Kope" (John M. Clifton); "Ternarity and Obligatory Branching in Piraha" (Daniel Everett); "Reduplication in Majang" (Pete Unseth); "Indirect Objects and Incorporation in Mazatec"…
Descriptors: Eskimo Aleut Languages, Foreign Countries, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar
Derbyshire, Desmond C., Ed. – 1987
Four working papers in linguistics are presented. "Basic Configurations of Pragmatic Structuring" (Robert A. Dooley) presents evidence for basic or unmarked pragmatic configurations in three Brazilian languages: Topic-Comment in Mbya Guarani, Comment-Topic in Hixkaryana, and Focus-Presupposition in Xavante. "The Syllable Structure…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Greek
Derbyshire, Desmond C., Ed. – 1984
Six papers resulting from the fieldwork projects of members of the Summer Institute of Linguistics program at the University of North Dakota include: "A Relational Grammar Approach to Kera Syntax" (Janet K. Camburn), a syntactic study of an Afroasiatic language; "Clitic Doubling and M-Chains in Piraha" (Dan Everett), examining…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Grammar
