Makkai Adam, Melby Alan K. (Eds.). Linguistics and Philosophy: Festschrift for Rulon S. Wells

John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1985. — 491 p. — (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 42).This volume contains papers by a large number of influencial linguists, written as a tribute to the work of Rulon S. Wells. The volume is subdivided into sections on the Philosophy of Language, Phonology, Syntax, Historical and Typological Linguistics, and Diachronic and Synchronic Derivation.I. On the Philosophy of Language and General Theoretical Issues
Innate capacity, know-how and use in language - Robert A. Hall
Language, cognition and linguistics - Raimo Anttila
Kuhnian paradigms as system of markedness conventions - James D. McCawley
Hierarchy in conceptual space - John Robert Ross
Imperfect models and their uses - Fred J. Damerau
Rask’s lecture on the philosophy of language - William M. Christie
Contrast - John G. FoughtII. Phonology
Phonological “neutralization” in classical and stratificational theories - David G. LockwoodIII. Syntax and Beyond
Grammatical phrases and lexical phrases - André Martinet
On grammars of science - Zellig S. Harris
Constituency, dependency and applicative structure - Sebastian Shaumyan
Structure and function in syntactic analysis: Rulon Wells as a paleo-synthesiser of European and American syntax - William J. Sullivan
Come on Up - Eldon G. Lytle
Why “Junction” theory - Jill E. Peterson-Boogaard
Generalization and prediction of syntactic patterns in junction grammar - Alan K. Melby
‘Activity’-‘ Accomplishment’-‘ Achievement’- A language that can’t say ‘I burned it but didn’t brun’ and one that can - Yoshihiko Ikegami
Positional tendencies of engllish ralative clauses as evidence for processing strategies - Gary D. PrideauxIV. Historical and Typological Linguistics
Knowlegde of the past - Charles F. Hockett
Lexical reconstruction and the semantic history hypothesis - Isidore Dyen
Hymonymy, heteroclysis, and history in the Japanese verb - Roy Andrew MillerV. On Diachronic and Synchronic Derivation
Some characteristics of back-formation - Henry M. Hoenigswald
How to become a kwa language - Kay Williamson
Where do exclamations come from? - Adam Makkai