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The first volume of the Rice Working Papers in Linguistics was published in Spring 2009.

Editorial Board

  • Linda A. Lanz, editor-in-chief
  • Amy Franklin, faculty advisor
  • Elizabeth Gentry Brunner
  • Jennifer Hoecker
  • Michelle Morrison
  • Cassandra Pace

Contents

Front matter for this volume is available at the Rice University digital scholarship archive.

The ‘Full Text’ links below lead to PDF versions of the papers. The entire volume can also be downloaded as a single PDF.

Complexity

The following six papers were presented as either symposia or posters at the 11th and 12th Rice Biennial Symposia on Language.

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Bowern, Claire Defining complexity: Historical reconstruction and Nyulnyulan subordination Abstract Full Text
Duffield, Cecily Jill Here’s a structure that’s not so simple: Revisiting the acquisition of relative clauses Abstract Full Text
Harley, Heidi, Mercedes Tubino-Blanco, and Jason Haugen Applicative constructions and suppletive verbs in Hiaki (Yaqui) Abstract Full Text
Pace, Cassandra The typology of motion verbs in Northern Vietnamese Abstract Full Text
Sedighi, Anousha Do psychological constructions in Persian involve complex predicates? Abstract Full Text
Tubino-Blanco, Mercedes, Heidi Harley, and Jason Haugen The syntax of hybrid verb/affix lexemes and clause fusion in Hiaki (Yaqui) Abstract Full Text

Discourse

Faghih, Esmail and Sepideh Rahimpour Contrastive rhetoric of English and Persian written texts: Metadiscourse in applied linguistics research articles Abstract Full Text
Georgalou, Mariza Scoring a hat trick: Nation, football, and critical discourse analysis Abstract Full Text
Jiang, Haowen Reported speech and thought in Kavalan Abstract Full Text

Morphosyntax

Abdoulaye, Mahamane L. Narrative and past habitual sequences in Hausa Abstract Full Text
Lanz, Linda Diachrony of complex predicates in Japanese Abstract Full Text
Mihas, Elena Negation in Metta Abstract Full Text

Phonology

Morrison, Michelle Homorganic NC sequences in Kibena: Pre-nasalized consonants, consonant clusters, or something else? Abstract Full Text

Linguistic theory

Głaz, Adam Cognition, categorization and language: Cognitive Grammar meets Vantage Theory Abstract Full Text
Välimaa-Blum, Riitta Prototypes and hyperspeech: Where are they in the grammar? Abstract Full Text