Proceedings of LP 90: Proceedings of the Conference Linguistic and Phonetics: Prospects and Applications, Prague.1990

23x16cm, 578 pp, TWO VOLUMES. Published in an edition of 700 copies. Contains 64 papers concerning Linguistics: Theoretical Considerations; Semiotics; Discourse Analysis; Syntax; Typology; Phonetics: Speech Analysis; Analysis of Suprasegmentals; Special Problems. Includes: "On Some Distinctions Between British & Czech Grammatical Theory"; "Linguistic Aspects of Pedagogic Grammar"; "Phenomenological Inspiration of Prague Structuralism"; "Sign-Oriented Linguistic Theory: The Search for Isomorphic Unity"; "Iconicity in Hungarian Grammar"; "The Autonomy of Syntax: An Argument from Predication & Theta-Assignment"; "Sentences with an Indefinite Agent in Slavonic Languages"; "On the Problem of Verbal Nouns & Verbal Adjectives in Relation to Verbs"; "Prospects of V. Skulicka's Linguistic Typology"; "Confrontational Typology of International Lexical Units"; "Typology & the Development of Indo-European Languages"; "How Slavic Phonological Typology Changes through Contact"; "Investigating the Nature of Compound Words"; "Transitivity & Causativity in Swahili"; " Mongolian Nivh (Ghiliak) Parallels"; "Phonetic Events & Boundaries"; "On the Process of Word Identification"; "Prosodic Effects in Speech Recognition"; "Elements for a Typology of Rhythm"; "Towards a Theory of Tonal Interpretation"; "On the History of Chadic Languages & the Evolution of their Sound Systems"; etc.…