Table of Contents
Contributors ix
Intellectual Restlessness: Inquiry and Analysis Lian-Hee Wee Linda Uyechi xiii
I Realities and Life
1 "He Who Can, Does" - and Teaches, and Teaches Teachers Tony T.N. Hung 3
2 Educating a Linguist Jean Ann 9
3 A Prolegomenon to Linguistology Malavika Tara Mohanan 19
II Exploration of Interaction in Sound Patterns
4 Persistent Substratum Contrasts Bao Zhiming 25
5 Repetition in Linguistic Change: Tone in Kwa Languages of C?te d'Ivoire William R. Leben Firmin Ahoua 35
6 Syllables, Vowel Length and the Spread of Suprasegmentals Mark Donohue 47
7 Kikuyu Consonant Mutation Long Peng 59
8 Vowel Harmony in Kimaragang as a Lexical Rule Paul R. Krokger 75
9 Exploring the Dilemma of the Split-L Geminate Pattern in Hong Kong English Lian-Hee Wee 89
10 Optimality Theory as a Probabilistic Model John C. Paolillo 105
11 Reduplication in Stratal OT Paul Kiparsky 125
12 The Emergence of Optimality Theory K.P. Mohanan D. Archangeli D. Pulleyblank 143
III Exploration of Interaction in Structural Patterns
13 The Gradience of the Dative Alternation Joan Bresnan Tatiana Nikitina 161
14 A Comparison of the English and Korean Double Object Eunjeong Oh Maria Luisa Zubizarreta 185
15 Headless Relative Clauses and WH-Questions in Singapore Malay Norhaida Aman Peter Cole Gabriella Hermon 201
16 Raising in a Unified Theory of Structure-Sharing in LFG Alex Alsina 213
17 Complex Predication: How Did the Child Pinch the Elephant? Miriam Butt Tracy Holloway King Gillian Ramchand 231
18 Constraints on Operator Binding in Malayalam Mary Dalrymple 257
19 Evidence for the Linearization-Based Theory of Long-Distance Scrambling in Japanese Sh?ichi Yatabe 271
20 Aspects of the Semantics of Logophoricity: Comparison of Malayalam with Yoruba and Japanese YO Matsumoto 287
21 Unpredicated Particles Beth Levin Peter Sells 303
22 The Discourse Mode of Mandarin Verbal -le Sentences Shiao Wei Tham 325
23 Variation and Ambiguity Vivienne Fong Arto Anttila 345
24 Now We See It, Now We Don't: Agreement Puzzles in ASL Carol Neidle 359
25 Prioritizing Constraint Sets in the Grammar of Carnatic Music K.G. Vijayakrishnan 375
IV Bibliography of K.P. Mohanan's Work (1981-2009)
26 Works K.P. Mohanan 395
27 Co-Authored Works K.P. Mohanan 401
Index 405
