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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 401 706 FL 022 728 AUTHOR Payne, David, Ed. TITLE Notes on Linguistics, 1994. INSTITUTION Summer Inst. of Linguistics, Dallas, Tex. REPORT NO ISSN-0736-0673 PUB DATE 94 NOTE 246p. AVAILABLE FROM Bookstore, ILC, 7500 West Camp Wisdom Rd., Dallas, TX 75236 (subscription: members in U.S., $15.96, foreign $19.16; nonmembers in U.S., $19.95, foreign $23.95; prices include postage and handling). PUB TYPE Collected Works Serials (022) JOURNAL CIT Notes on Linguistics; n64-67 Feb-May 1994 EDRS PRICE MF01/PC10 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS African Languages; Applied Linguistics; Ethnography; Foreign Countries; *Grammar; Jargon; *Language Research; Lexicology; *Linguistic Theory; Morphology (Languages); *Phonology; Sanskrit; *Second Language Learning; Sign LangL4ge; Structural Analysis (Linguistics); Syntax; *Test Reliability; Uncommonly Taught Languages; Verbs IDENTIFIERS Deconstruction; Flemish; Papuan Languages; Structuralism; Zapotec ABSTRACT This document contains the 1994 edition of a publication designed to share information in the field of linguistics that is of practical, theoretical, administrative, or general interest. Articles in these issues include: "Ethnography Vs. Questionnaire" (Thomas E. Murray); "Differences: A Diary Entry"--concerning structuralism and deconstruction (John Verhaar); "Reflections on Isthmus Zapotec Inflection" (David Weber); "The Category 'Irrealis' in Papuan Medial Verbs" (John R. Roberts); "Language Underived: A Diary Entry" (John Verhaar); "Validity and Reliability in Language Survey Testing" (Barbara F. Grimes); "Recent Developments in CECIL"--concerning an accoustic software and hardware package (Geoffrey Hunt); "On the Motivation for Feature Geometry"--on a branch of phonology (Steve Parker); and "Mapping Semantic Relationships in the Lexicon Using Lexical Functions" (Charles E. Grimes). Each issue is prefaced by comments by David Payne, and each contains, in addition to the articles, some or all of the following features: "Remarks and Replies"; "Reports"; "Reviews"; and "Announcements." (LR) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** Notes on Linguistics Number 64 February 1994 Number 65 May 1994 Number 66 August 1994 Number 67 November 1994 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTEDBY CENTER (ERIC) IIThis document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. CI Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this TO THE EDUCATIONALRESOURCES document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." BEST COPY AVAILABLE ft 2 NOTES ON LINGUISTICS NUMBER 64 FEBRUARY 1994 CONTENTS COORDINATOR'S CORNER David Payne 3 ARTICLES ETHNOGRAPHY VS. QUESTIONNAIRE Thomas E. Murray 4 DIFFERENCES: A DIARY ENTRY John Verhaar 16 REFLECTIONS ON ISTHMUS ZAPOTEC INFLECTION David Weber 20 REMARKS AND REPLIES REMARKS ON HEAD SHIFT Charles Peck 28 REPORTS 4TH INTERNATIONAL PRAGMATICS CONF. Regina Blass 29 24TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON AFRICAN LINGUISTICS Mike Cahill 34 3RD INTERNATIONAL COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS ASSOCIATION CONF. Eugene Casad and Rick Floyd 36 REVIEWS A-MORPHOUS MORPHOLOGY by Stephen R. Anderson Joan Baart 39 GRAMMATICAL VOICE by M. H. Klaitnan Jean Baumbach 45 A GRAMMAR OF BOUMAA FIJIAN by R. M. W. Dixon J. Albert Bickford 48 SOCIOLINGUISTIC IMPLICATIONS OF ACADEMIC WRITING by E. A. Nida Patricia M. Davis 52 STELLENBOSCH PAPERS IN LINGUISTICS NOS. 17, 20-24, Rudolf P. Botha, ed. Karl J. Franklin 55 A FIELD GUIDE FOR SIGN LANGUAGE RESEARCH by William Stokoe and Rolf Kuschel Barbara F. Grimes 57 3 (Continued on back cover) SUMMER INSTITUTE OF LINGUISTICS 7500 W. CAMP WISDOM RD. 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