Linguistics
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- SILEBR 2008-003
- Real Conditionals, by William G. Lycan (2001).
- Mental spaces in grammar: Conditional constructions, by Barbara Dancygier and Eve Sweetser (2005).
- Reviewed by Steve Nicolle
- SILEBR 2008-002
- Optimality theory: Phonology, syntax, and acquisition, by Joost Dekkers, Frank van der Leeuw, and Jeroen van de Weijer (eds.) (2000).
- Reviewed by Heather Beal
- SILEBR 2007-006
- Constructions of Intersubjectivity: Discourse, Syntax, and Cognition, by Arie Verhagen (2005).
- Reviewed by Steve Nicolle
- SILEBR 2007-004
- Theories of case, by Miriam Butt (2005).
- Reviewed by Lou Hohulin
- SILEBR 2006-006
- Contact Linguistics: Bilingual encounters and grammatical outcomes, by Carol Myers-Scotton (2002).
- Reviewed by Alison Nicolle
- SILEBR 2006-004
- Defining Creole, by John H. McWhorter (2005).
- Reviewed by Gerry Beimers
- SILEBR 2006-003
- A Grammar of Tariana, from Northwest Amazonia, by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (2003).
- Reviewed by Terry Malone
- SILEBR 2006-001
- Subordination, by Sonia Cristofaro (2003).
- Reviewed by Paul Kroeger
- SILEBR 2005-014
- Ethnosyntax: Explorations in Grammar and Culture, by N. J. Enfield (ed.) (2002).
- Reviewed by Jamin R. Pelkey
- SILEBR 2005-013
- The Noun Phrase, by J. Rijkhoff (2002).
- Reviewed by Robert Bugenhagen
- SILEBR 2005-009
- Grammatical relations: A functionalist perspective, by T. Givón (ed.) (2001).
- Reviewed by Anne Garber Kompaoré
- SILEBR 2005-006
- Radical Construction Grammar: Syntactic Theory in Typological Perspective, by William Croft (2001).
- Reviewed by E. Lou Hohulin
- SILEBR 2005-005
- Prepositions and particles in English: A discourse-functional account, by Elizabeth M. O’Dowd (1998).
- Reviewed by E. Lou Hohulin
- SILEBR 2005-003
- Language Contact in Amazonia, by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (2002).
- Reviewed by Mary Ruth Wise
- SILEBR 2004-010
- Mood and modality (2nd edition), by F. R. Palmer (2001).
- Reviewed by E. Lou Hohulin
- SILEBR 2004-008
- Function, selection, and innateness: The emergence of language universals, by Simon Kirby (1999).
- Reviewed by Oliver Stegen
- SILEBR 2004-006
- The syntax of adjuncts, by Thomas Ernst (2002).
- Reviewed by Alan Vogel
- SILEBR 2004-005
- Classifiers: A typology of noun classification devices, by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (2000).
- Reviewed by Terry Malone
- SILEBR 2004-003
- Comparative Dravidian linguistics: Current perspectives, by Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2001).
- Reviewed by Xie Chaoqun
- SILEBR 2004-002
- African languages: An introduction, by Bernd Heine and Derek Nurse (2000).
- Reviewed by John E. Stark
- SILEBR 2003-022
- The syntax of verb initial languages, by Andrew Carnie and Eithne Guilfoyle (eds.) (2000).
- Reviewed by Helga Schroeder
- SILEBR 2003-021
- Negation and polarity: Syntactic and semantic perspectives, by Laurence R. Horn and Yasuhiko Kato (eds.) (2000).
- Reviewed by Steve Nicolle
- SILEBR 2003-016
- Auxiliation: An enquiry into the nature of grammaticalization, by Tania Kuteva (2001).
- Reviewed by Steve Nicolle
- SILEBR 2003-014
- A grammar of Sisaala-Pasaale, by Stuart McGill, Samuel Fembeti, and Mike Toupin (1999).
- Reviewed by Uwe Seibert
- SILEBR 2003-013
- Syntactic change in Akkadian: The evolution of sentential complementation, by Guy Deutscher (2000).
- Reviewed by Uwe Seibert
- SILEBR 2003-012
- African voices: An introduction to the languages and linguistics of Africa, by Vic Webb and Kembo-Sure (eds.) (2000).
- Reviewed by Karen Van Otterloo
- SILEBR 2003-010
- Anaphora: A cross-linguistic study, by Yan Huang (2000).
- Reviewed by Steve Nicolle
- SILEBR 2003-009
- A reference grammar of Spoken Tamil, by Harold F. Schiffman (1999).
- Reviewed by Mary Ruth Wise
- SILEBR 2003-008
- The design of agreement: Evidence from Chamorro, by Sandra Chung (1998).
- Reviewed by Alan Vogel
- SILEBR 2003-006
- Practical guide to syntactic analysis (2nd edition), by Georgia M. Green and Jerry L. Morgan (2001).
- Reviewed by Dirk Kievit
- SILEBR 2003-005
- Number, by Greville G. Corbett (2000).
- Reviewed by Joost Zwarts
- SILEBR 2003-002
- Semantics, tense, and time: An essay in the metaphysics of natural language, by Peter Ludlow (1999).
- Predicates and temporal arguments, by Theodore B. Fernald (2000).
- Reviewed by Thomas Willett
- SILEBR 2003-001
- An introduction to pidgins and creoles, by John Holm (2000).
- Reviewed by David J. Holbrook