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benjamins.com>Studies in Language 24:2 (2000) � John Benjamins Publishing Company Articles Mahamane L. Abdoulaye (pp. 235-275) Passive and grammaticalization in Hausa David Beck (pp. 277-317) Semantic agents, syntactic subjects, and discourse topics: How to locate Lushootseed sentences in space and time Robert Botne and Stuart Davis (pp. 319-344) Language games, segment imposition, and the syllable Ulrich Detges (pp. 345-377) Time and truth: The grammaticalization of resultatives and perfects within a theory of subjectification Connie Dickinson (pp. 379-422) Mirativity in Tsafiki Review Article Maggie Tallerman (pp. 423-439) Book Reviews Johan van der Auwera: Adverbial constructions in the languages of Europe (M� Jes�s P�rez Quintero) Leon Stassen: Intransitive predication (Barry J. Blake) Leonid Kulikov and Heinz Vater (eds.): Typology of verbal categories: Papers presented to Vladimir Nedjalkov on the occasion of his 70th birthday (Nina Sumbatova) Hella Olbertz: Verbal periphrases in a functional grammar of Spanish (Rena Torres Cacoullos) Betty J. Birner and Gregory Ward: Information status and noncanonical word order in English (Kleanthes K. Grohmann) Book Notices Kathryn Anne Davis: Language planning in multilingual contexts (Julie Whitlow) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABSTRACTS: Passive and grammaticalization in Hausa Mahamane L. Abdoulaye Hausa uses a (...)LH -u verbal morphology to derive (i) typical passive forms with an optional intensive/completive meaning, and (ii) some non-passive verbs with an obligatory intensive meaning and which are based on intransitive verbs. After a detailed description of the two forms, I propose that originally, the (...)LH -u morphology was only applied to intransitive middle verbs to derive intensive forms. Later however, the (...)LH -u morphology was grammaticalized and applied to transitive verbs to derive passive forms. I will show that the Hausa passive has continued its grammaticalization process, weakening its intensive and stative semantics, and allowing non-patient nominals to be passive subjects. This analysis implies that previously, Hausa had no passive, and this fits with the general situation in Chadic languages where indeed passive is a rare construction. Semantic agents, syntactic subjects, and discourse topics: How to locate Lushootseed sentences in space and time David Beck The Salishan language Lushootseed has been claimed to lack both syntactic subjects and morphosyntactically transitive clauses, a problematic stance from a universalist/typological point of view. This paper offers evidence both for the syntactic role of subject in Lushootseed and the existence of transitive clauses, and examines the sentence- and discourse-level properties of Lushootseed subjects that make them essential for the grounding of events and discourse in both space and time. Their centrality to the discourse-organization of the language, and hence their recoverability, allows their frequent -- and, in transitive clauses, obligatory -- elision from the surface form of sentences. Language games, segment imposition, and the syllable Robert Botne and Stuart Davis Language games in which the phonological forms of words are systematically altered have been well-studied from a typological perspective. The two most common types of language games entail the transposition of phonological constituents (usually syllables) and the addition of phonemes at one or more locations within the word. Here we examine the latter type, proposing a novel distinction between insertion-type games and imposition-type games (exemplified, for example, by Spanish grande, which has the language game form grafandefe). In previous studies, imposition-type games have been analyzed formally as inserting a CV-template after each vowel of the word. We propose instead that such games involve the imposition of a consonant articulation upon the vowel. Not only is this approach conceptually simpler than the templatic approach, but it also provides an unproblematic account of diphthongal behavior, a natural explanation for the high frequency of inserted labial consonants, and independent support for the concept of the demisyllable. Time and truth: The grammaticalization of resultatives and perfects within a theory of subjectification Ulrich Detges This paper is concerned with the "invisible hand" behind the polygenetic pathways of semantic change in grammaticalization. A comparison between Old English habban + Past Participle and Spanish tener + Past Participle brings to light specific discourse strategies which speakers use resultatives for. On the basis of this analysis, the paper re-examines the problem of explaining the shift from non- temporal to temporal meaning. It is argued that this shift is brought about by some very basic discourse strategies which are strong motives for repeated meaning change in the same direction. More information on Benjamins Website John Benjamins Publishing Co. Offices: Philadelphia Amsterdam: Websites: http://www.benjamins.com http://www.benjamins.nl E-mail: serviceMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue