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Language accepts letters from readers that briefly and succinctly respond to or comment upon either material published previously in the journal or issues deemed of importance to the field. The Editor reserves the right to edit letters as needed. Brief replies from relevant parties are included as warranted.
  1. Letters to Language
  2. David Crystal, Wesley M. Collins
  3. pp. 215-217
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0023
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  1. Grammaticality and Ungrammaticality in Phonology
  2. Andries W. Coetzee
  3. pp. 218-257
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0000
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  1. Differential Function Marking, Case, and Information Structure: Evidence from Korean
  2. Song-Nim Kwon, Anne Zribi-Hertz
  3. pp. 258-299
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0005
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Discussion Notes:

  1. From linguistic elicitation to eliciting the linguist: Lessons in community empowerment from Melanesia
  2. Lise M. Dobrin
  3. pp. 300-324
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0009
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  1. When is a temporal marker not a tense?: Reply to Tonhauser 2007
  2. Rachel Nordlinger, Louisa Sadler
  3. pp. 325-331
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0013
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  1. Defining crosslinguistic categories: The case of nominal tense (Reply to Nordlinger and Sadler)*
  2. Judith Tonhauser
  3. pp. 332-342
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0017
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Review Articles:

  1. Structuring sense, vol. 1: In name only, and: Structuring sense, vol 2: The normal course of events (review)
  2. Christopher Potts
  3. pp. 343-369
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0021
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  1. Language and literary structure: The linguistic analysis of form in verse and narrative (review)
  2. Kristin Hanson
  3. pp. 370-386
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0026
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Alternate (Re)views:

  1. Linguistic minimalism: Origins, concepts, methods, and aims (review)
  2. Frederick J. Newmeyer
  3. pp. 387-395
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0003
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  1. Linguistic minimalism: Origins, concepts, methods, and aims (review)
  2. Naoki Fukui
  3. pp. 395-400
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0007
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Book Reviews

  1. Introducing phonetic science (review)
  2. John H. Esling
  3. pp. 401-403
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0011
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  1. The talking ape: How language evolved (review)
  2. Derek Bickerton
  3. pp. 404-406
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0015
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  1. Purépecha de Jarácuaro, Michoacán (review)
  2. William Bright
  3. pp. 406-407
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0019
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  1. Adjective classes: A cross-linguistic typology (review)
  2. Andrew Spencer
  3. pp. 407-409
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0024
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  1. Efficiency and complexity in grammars (review)
  2. Jean Aitchison
  3. pp. 410-411
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0001
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  1. Movement and silence (review)
  2. Andrew Carnie
  3. pp. 411-415
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0006
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  1. A grammar of Semelai (review)
  2. Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
  3. pp. 415-416
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0010
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  1. A history of Afro-Hispanic language: Five centuries, five continents (review)
  2. Ricardo Otheguy
  3. pp. 416-418
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0014
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  1. A sociolinguistic history of Parisian French (review)
  2. James Milroy
  3. pp. 419-422
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0018
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  1. Construction grammars: Cognitive grounding and theoretical extensions (review)
  2. Jóhanna Barddal
  3. pp. 422-425
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0022
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  1. A grammar of Jingulu: An Aboriginal language of the Northern Territory (review)
  2. Jane Simpson
  3. pp. 425-427
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0027
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  1. Syntactic change: A minimalist approach to grammaticalization (review)
  2. Giuseppe Longobardi, Gabriele Rigon
  3. pp. 428-434
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0004
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  1. The ‘language instinct’ debate (review)
  2. John H. McWhorter
  3. pp. 434-437
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0008
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  1. Edgerton’s Law: The phantom evidence (review)
  2. Jared S Klein
  3. pp. 438-439
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0012
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  1. You’re wearing that? Understanding mothers and daughters in conversation (review)
  2. Susan Gass
  3. pp. 439-442
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0016
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  1. The Cambridge encyclopedia of the world’s ancient languages (review)
  2. Benjamin W. Fortson IV
  3. pp. 442-448
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0020
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The Editor's Department: Annual Report

  1. The Editor’s Department: Annual Report
  2. Brian D. Joseph
  3. pp. 449-462
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0025
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Recent Publications

  1. Recent Publications
  3. pp. 463-467
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0002
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