Topics in Theoretical Asian Linguistics

Studies in honor of John B. Whitman

Editors

Kunio Nishiyama

| Ibaraki University

Hideki Kishimoto

| Kobe University

Edith Aldridge

| University of Washington

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Dedicated to John B. Whitman, this collection of seventeen articles provides a forum for cutting-edge theoretical research on a wide range of linguistic phenomena in a wide variety of Asian languages, including Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Austronesian, Indo-Aryan, and Thai. Ranging from syntax and morphology to semantics, acquisition, processing and phonology, from synchronic and/or diachronic perspectives, this collection reflects the breadth of the honoree’s research interests, which span multiple research subfields in numerous Asian languages.

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 250] 2018. xx, 390 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/la.250

Table of Contents

Introduction Kunio Nishiyama, Hideki Kishimoto and Edith Aldridge	ix–xi
List of works by John B. Whitman
Part I. Syntax and morphology
Chapter 1. On complement selection in Spanish and Japanese Tomoyuki Yoshida	3–22
Chapter 2. The syntactic status of by-phrases in Korean and Japanese Sang Doh Park	23–44
Chapter 3. Displaced modification: Picture-noun constructions in Marathi and Japanese Hideki Kishimoto, Peter Edwin Hook and Prashant Pardeshi	45–71
Chapter 4. Some asymmetries of long distance scope assignment in Sinhala Hideki Kishimoto	73–96
Chapter 5. Autosegmental evaluative morphology in Japanese: Augmentative and diminutive mimetics Takashi Toyoshima	97–121
Part II. Interfaces
Chapter 6. On the distribution of the discourse particles -yo in Korean and -ne in Japanese Changguk Yim and Yoshihito Dobashi	125–138
Chapter 7. Wh-indefinites in East Asian languages Jiwon Yun	139–153
Part III. Diachrony
Chapter 8. Resultative and termination: A unified analysis of Middle Chinese VP-YI Edith Aldridge and Barbara Meisterernst	157–179
Chapter 9. Differential argument marking and object movement in Old Japanese: A typological perspective Yuko Yanagida	181–205
Chapter 10. Possessive nominal phrases in Lamaholot Kunio Nishiyama	207–226
Part IV. Psycholinguistics
Chapter 11. An experimental study of children’s comprehension of lexical and productive causatives in Japanese Kyoko Yamakoshi, Kaori Miura, Hanako Jorinbo, Kayoko Angata and Kaori Yamasaki	229–251
Chapter 12. Parsing Chinese relative clauses with structural and non-structural cues Zhong Chen and John Hale	253–283
Part V. Phonology
Chapter 13. The inexorable spread of 〈ou〉 in Romanized Japanese Timothy J. Vance	287–301
Chapter 14. Loanword accent of Kyungsang Korean: A moraic account Haruo Kubozono	303–329
Chapter 15. The role of perceived similarity and contrast: English loanwords into Korean and Japanese Hyun Kyung Hwang	331–341
Chapter 16. The status of schwa in Indonesian: Evidence from a naturalistic corpus Abigail C. Cohn and Ferdinan Okki Kurniawan	343–369
Chapter 17. Quantitative and qualitative restrictions on the distribution of lexical tones in Thai: A diachronic study Pittayawat Pittayaporn	371–386
Subject index	387

“It has become increasingly clear that to understand a phenomenon in one language often requires a close look at similar phenomena across a variety of languages, and not just across the synchronic space but also the diachronic as well. John Whitman's life work embodies precisely this message. The range of languages he has investigated is immense, and the enormous scholarship that went into this investigation gives his work a quality of unparalleled depth and breadth. The broad range of languages represented in this volume and the variety of fields they represent directly reflect the enthusiasm, dedication, and curiosity that John himself brings to the study of linguistics.”

Shigeru Miyagawa, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

“A fitting testament to John Whitman’s range of interests and influence, this book will be of interest to theoretical linguists as well as scholars of East Asian and South Asian languages.”

Peter Sells, University of York

Subjects

Linguistics

Syntax

Phonetics

Morphology

Theoretical linguistics

BIC Subject: CFK – Grammar, syntax

BISAC Subject: LAN009060 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax

U.S. Library of Congress Control Number: 2018034773 | Marc record