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Peer reviewedNichols, Johanna; Peterson, David A. – Language, 1998
Responds to a commentary on a 1996 paper that surveyed pronominal systems with first person n and second person m and showed that the n:m system is insufficient to prove genetic relatedness among languages exhibiting it, suggesting that the commentary was based on misunderstandings. The response addresses the commentary's discussion of study…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Genetics, Language Patterns, Language Research
Peer reviewedJoos, Martin – Language, 1972
Descriptors: Context Clues, Environmental Influences, Language Research, Lexicology
Peer reviewedHalle, Morris – Language, 1975
The article represents the Presidential Address delivered at the Golden Anniversary meeting of the Linguistic Society of America in New York, 29 December 1974. The question of how to do linguistics is raised. Specific tactics are recommended, but it is stated that a procedure for discovering solutions to linguistic problems is lacking. (CLK)
Descriptors: Generative Grammar, Generative Phonology, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedLabov, William – Language, 1972
Preliminary version of this paper was given at the 1968 winter meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, New York City, based upon work supported by the Office of Education as a Cooperative Research Project. (VM)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Comparative Analysis, Descriptive Linguistics, English
