Studies in Language 33:3
2009. 288 pp.

Table of contents

Articles
Beyond preferred argument structure: The discourse pragmatics of noun phrases in
Tsou
Huei-ju Huang and Shuanfan Huang 499–527
Hiberno-English medial-object perfects reconsidered: A case of contact-induced
grammaticalisation
Lukas Pietsch 528–568
Aspects of definiteness in Greek
Maria Napoli 569–611
The grammatical versatility of taboo terms
Donna Jo Napoli and Jack Hoeksema 612–643
The origin of serialization: The case of Emerillon
Françoise Rose 644–684
From topic to subject: Grammatical change in the Amharic possessive construction
Michael Ahland 685–717
Reviews
Hickmann, Maya and Stéphane Robert (eds.) 2006. Space in Languages. Linguistic
Systems and Cognitive Categories
Reviewed by Annalisa Baicchi 719–726
Vogeleer, Svetlana and Liliane Tasmowski (eds.) 2006. Non-definiteness and
Plurality
Reviewed by Roberta Pires De Oliveira 727–737
Kulikov, Leonid, Andrej Malchukov and Peter de Swart (eds.) 2006. Case, Valency
and Transitivity
Reviewed by Peter M. Arkadiev 738–748
Payne, Thomas E. and David J. Weber (eds.) 2007. Perspectives on Grammar Writing
Reviewed by Timothy J. Thornes 749–757
Stolz, Thomas (ed.) 2008. Hansjakob Seiler. Universality in language beyond
grammar: Selected writings 1990–2007
Reviewed by Fernando Zúñiga 758–765
Romeo, Nicoletta. 2008. Aspect in Burmese. Meaning and function
Reviewed by Alice Vittrant 766–775
Simpson, Andrew (ed.). 2008. Language and national identity in Africa
Reviewed by E. Kwekuk Osam 776–780