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Date: 16-Jan-2007
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: Advances in Functional Linguistics: Davis, Gorup, Stern (Eds) 

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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:18:31
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: Advances in Functional Linguistics: Davis, Gorup, Stern (Eds) 

Title: Advances in Functional Linguistics 
Subtitle: Columbia School beyond its origins 
Series Title: Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics 57  

Publication Year: 2006 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=SFSL%2057 

Editor: Joseph Davis
Editor: Radmila J. Gorup
Editor: Nancy Stern

Hardback: ISBN: 9789027215666 Pages: 344 Price: U.S. $ 150.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027215666 Pages: 344 Price: Europe EURO 125.00

Abstract:

This collection carries the functionalist Columbia School of linguistics
forward with contributions on linguistic theory, semiotics, phonology,
grammar, lexicon, and anthropology. Columbia School linguistics views
language as a symbolic tool whose structure is shaped both by its
communicative function and by the characteristics of its users, and
considers contextual, pragmatic, physical, and psychological factors in its
analyses. This volume builds upon three previous Columbia School
anthologies and further explores issues raised in them, including
fundamental theoretical and analytical questions. And it raises new issues
that take Columbia School "beyond its origins." The contributions
illustrate both consistency since the school's inception over thirty years
ago and innovation spurred by groundbreaking analysis. The volume will be
of interest to all functional linguists and historians of linguistics.
Languages analyzed include Byelorussian, English, Japanese, 
Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, and Swahili. 

Table of contents
List of Contributors, ix-x  
Introduction: Consistency and Change in Columbia School Linguistics 
Joseph Davis, 1-15  
Linguistic Theory   
Columbia School and Saussure's langue 
Wallis Reid, 17-39  
Diver's Theory 
Alan Huffman, 41-62  
Phonology  
Phonology as human behavior: Inflectional systems in English 
Yishai Tobin, 63-86  
Phonological processes of Japanese based on the theory of phonology as
human behavior 
Yishai Tobin and Haruko Miyakoda, 87-105  
Phonology as human behavior: A combinatory phonology of Byelorussian 
Igor Dreer, 107-130  
Phonology as human behavior: The case of Peninsular Spanish 
Adriaan Dekker and Bob de Jonge, 131-141  
Functional motivations for the sound patterns of English non-lexical
Interjections 
Gina Joue and Nikolinka Collier, 143-161  
Phonology without the phoneme 
Joseph Davis, 163-175  
Grammar and lexicon   
Tell me about yourself: A unified account of English-self pronouns 
Nancy Stern, 177-194  
Se without deixis 
Radmila J. Gorup, 195-209  
The difference between zero and nothing: Swahili noun class prefixes 5 and
9/10 
Ellen Contini-Morava, 211-222  
A semantic analysis of Swahili suffix li 
Robert A. Leonard and Wendy Saliba, 223-237  
The structure of the Japanese inferential system: A functional analysis of
daroo, rashii, soo-da, and yooda 
Hidemi Sugi Riggs, 239-262  
Structuring cues of conjunctive yet, but, and still: A monosemic approach 
Charlene Crupi, 263-281  
Beyond Language   
The case for articulatory gestures - not sounds - as the physical
embodiment of speech signs 
Thomas Eccardt, 283-308  
Meaning in nonlinguistic systems: Observations, remarks, and hypotheses on
food, architecture, and honor in Kenya 
Robert A. Leonard, 309-334  
Index of names, 335-337  
Subject index, 339-344 

"For all linguists, familiar or not with the Columbia School approach to
linguistic analysis, this volume is an invitation to revisit and reconsider
many, perhaps most, fundamental goals and concepts in linguistics which are
taken for granted and/or often ignored by most other approaches. For the
first time an entire volume is devoted exclusively to an inside
conversation among practitioners of the Columbia School. Eavesdroppers from
other theoretical practices will find much of value in the issues raised,
for the insights offered by both the general theoretical discussions and
internal debates within this school, on one hand, and the particular
analyses proposed for a variety of languages." Benji Wald, Research
Scientist, formerly Professor of Linguistics at UCLA, National Center for
Bilingual Research, Speech Systems Inc. 

Linguistic Field(s): Discipline of Linguistics
                     Linguistic Theories

Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     Japanese (jpn)
                     Belarusan (bel)
                     Spanish (spa)
                     Swahili (swh)
                     Croatian (hrv)
                     Serbian (srp)

Written In: English  (eng)

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