Linguistic and Literary Studies, Vol 4, Linguistics and Literature / Sociolinguistics and Applied Linguistics () ||

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert. LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE 9 An attempt at structural criticism: Rigveda 10.129 11 Musicolinguistics in literary esthetics 21 Aucassin and the Pilgrim of Limosin 27 A Shona love poem 45 Primicias estilisticas de P. G. Wodehouse 55 The goals of literary analysis and a new definition of literature 63 The structure of Navajo poetry 75 Notes on the makeup of a proverb 83 Linguistic and metrical constraints in verse – iambic and trochaic tetrameters of Pushkin 87 Piers Plowman B. IX.: Further refinements of Inwitte 103 Linguistic fundamentals of the meter of Beowulf 111 Contrasting rhythms of old English and new English 121 The position and function of linguistics in a theory of poetry 127 Morgenstern’s linguistic fantasies 137 Typography, poems, and the poetic line 153 Observations on Jakob Schaffner’s literary language 161 ‘Style’ as Chameleon: Remarks on the implications of transformational grammar and generative semantics for the concept of style 169 Fate and choice in Malory’s Arthurian tragedy 185 SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS 191 Samuel Johnson: Originator of usage lables 193 English in Japan: Quotatives in informal bilingual speech 201 Under the Hill 209 Some innovations in vocabulary: The tongue of the Tirilones 217 The sociolinguistic ‘normalization’ of the Jewish people 223 The teacher taught the student English: An essay in applied linguistics 233 Language ecology and the case of Faroese 243 A partial black word list from East Texas 259 Egyptian and Mischsprachen 265 Syntactic arguments and role relationships: Are there some of the latter in any of the former? 277 Cross-cultural communication through literature 293 Notes on participant roles and grammatical categories in Hindi-Urdu sentences 309 Toward a theory of applied linguistics 319 Eine transatlantische Isoglosse 333 A linguist looks at reading 335 Toward a model of linguistic distance 345 On the nature of phonic interference 355 Nationalism and personal ambition in language choice 361 The spread of English over immigrant languages in the U. S 371 Distinctive features and articulation disorders 379 Equivalents and explanations in bilingual dictionaries 385

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science.

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language.

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.