Diachronica

Volume 9, Issue 1 (1992)

1992.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.9.1

Table of Contents

Articles / Aufsätze
The Early Modern English Short Vowels Noch Einmal, Again: A Reply to Minkova & Stockwell Roger Lass	1–13
NI and the Copula System in Swahili: A Diachronic Approach John H. McWhorter	15–46
Language Universals: Endowment or Inheritance? Theo Vennemann	47–60
Announcement/Annonce: 8th Convegno Internazionale di Linguisti - Milan, Italy, 10-12 September 1992	86
Syntactic Variability, Borrowing, and Innovation Wim van der Wurff	61–85
Review Article/Rapport Critique/Forschungsbericht
The 'Comparative Method' and Reconstruction in Historical Linguistics Carol F. Justus	87–104
Reviews / Comptes Rendus / Besprechungen
Review of Betten & Riehl (1990): Neuere Forschungen zur historischen Syntax des Deutschen. Referate der Internationalen Fachkonferenz Eichstätt 1989 Reviewed by Winfred P. Lehmann	105–110
Review of Derbyshire & Pullum (1991): Handbook of Amazonian Languages Reviewed by R.M.W. Dixon	111–114
Review of Pokorny & Partridge (1989): Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch Index Reviewed by Winfred P. Lehmann	115–118
Review of Pulleyblank (1991): Lexicon of Reconstructed Pronunciation in Early Middle Chinese, Late Middle Chinese and Early Mandarin Reviewed by Laurent Sagart	119–123
Review of Singler (1990): Pidgin and Creole Tense-Mood-Aspect Systems Reviewed by Patricia C. Nichols	125–130
Review of Wanner & Kibbee (1991): New Analyses in Romance Linguistics Reviewed by Roger Wright	131–133
Miscellanea: Notes/Notizen – Discussions/Diskussionen
On Anecdotal Universals in Historical Linguistics Alexis Manaster-Ramer	135–137
Eine Abweichung Von Den Kartwelischen Sibilantenentsprechungen Heinz Fähnrich	139–144
Response to Mufwene Derek Bickerton	145–148
The Reviewer Responds Salikoko S. Mufwene	149–151
From the Editors' Department	152
Publications Received/Ouvrages Reçus/Eingegangene Schriften E.F.K. Koerner † and Carol F. Justus	153–166