This book presents a guide to syntax in the Hungarian language. It is intended for students and researchers working on syntax and those interested in Finno-Ugric languages. It describes the key grammatical features of the language, focusing on the phenomena that have proven to be theoretically the most relevant and that have attracted the most…

The seven working papers on linguistic theory contained in this volume include: "Two Properties of the Intransitive Resultative Construction" (Yoichi Miyamoto); "Multiple Subject Construction in Korean: A Functional Explanation" (Youngjun Jang); "Constraints on Noun Incorporation in Korean" (Hangyoo Khym);…

McCarthy and Prince (1986, 1990) have put forward the prosodic Morphology Hypothesis to account for morphological processes, such as reduplication and truncation, that typically require that their output conform to a particular shape of template. This hypothesis claims that morphological templates are analyzable in terms of prosodic units. This…

Research supported by grants from the National Institute of Health and the National Institute of Mental Health. (DD)

Study supported by a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. (RS)

Results indicated that variations in deep structure grammatical relations but not surface structure complexity influenced noun pair retrieval. (Author)

Discusses word familiarity, an attempt to measure the degree of importance people attribute to words, and its role in preparing a basic word-list for the teaching of English as a second or foreign language. Word familiarity ratings for 192 nouns are presented. (FB)

Examines the occurrence of filled pauses (FP) in the spontaneous speech of 11 speakers, finding that FP's occur (1) less often than expected before nouns, verbs, and adverbs, (2) more often than expected before pronouns, and (3) about as often as expected before adjectives. Tables and references. (VJ)