Jason Brown
List of John Benjamins publications for which Jason Brown plays a role.
Articles
2017 Imperatives and other directives in the Polynesian languages Imperatives and Directive Strategies, Van Olmen, Daniël and Simone Heinold (eds.), pp. 181–208 | Chapter
The languages of the Polynesian family exhibit considerable homogeneity with respect to various linguistic patterns. This state of affairs is reflected in imperative constructions, in which canonical imperatives form a comparatively tight core. At the same time, and as is typical of other… read more
2006 Embedded structure and the evolution of phonology Interaction Studies 7:1, pp. 17–41 | Article
This paper explores a structure ubiquitous in grammar, the embedded tree, and develops a proposal for how such embedded structures played a fundamental role in the evolution of consonants and vowels. Assuming that linguistic capabilities emerged as a cognitive system from a simply reactive system… read more