Reality Exploration and Discovery

Pattern Interaction in Language and Life

Uyechi Linda Ann, Wee Lian-Hee

The twenty-five papers in this volume present current analyses of a variety of data and, more significantly, illustrate the various analytical tools available to linguists in the quest for deeper comprehension of the puzzles, questions, and problems they confront in natural language. The distinguished authors collected here explore interactions between linguistic structure and sound patterns across a diverse set of languages. The integrating theme of the volume is the influence of K. P. Mohanan's philosophy of inquiry, derived not only from his rich body of diverse work but also from the fresh perspectives and intellectual vitality that he has shared with colleagues and students in a career spanning over three decades.

About the Author

Linda Ann Uyechi is a lecturer in the Department of Music at Stanford University.

Lian-Hee Wee is an associate professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the Hong Kong Baptist University.

Reviews

"The volume is an excellent sampling of linguistic research at the cutting edge and a fitting tribute to Mohanan, whose work has helped shape the current face of our discipline" – Morris Halle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"The chance that you have to read this book is an invitation to sit and participate in a long dinner that never was, a dinner that would have lasted till dawn the next day, where friends and colleagues of K. P. Mohanan would have shared their thoughts about how his tireless explorations inspired and recharged their own spirits" – John Goldsmith, University of Chicago

"The articles published here, contributed by a balanced mix of some of the field's foremost senior scholars and young, rising ones, reflect the breadth of Mohanan's own research, in all areas of linguistics – from phonetics and phonological theory to syntax, semantics, pragmatics, discourse, linguistic variation, and child and sign languages... The reader will find this collection a valuable companion that helps one keep abreast of important new developments in the field" – C. T. James Huang, Harvard University

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