Publications -- chronological

Forthcoming

Verb agreement suffixes in Mizo-Kuki-Chin. In G. Hyslop, S. Morey and M. Post, eds., Papers from the Northeast India Linguistic Society Conference V. Delhi: Cambridge University Press.
Still mirative after all these years. Linguistic Typology.

2012

"Optional" "ergativity" in Tibeto-Burman languages. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 34.2:9-20.

On the origins of Bodo-Garo. In G. Hyslop, S. Morey and M. Post, eds., Papers from the Northeast India Linguistic Society Conference IV, 3-20. Delhi: Cambridge University Press.

2011

Les langues d'Oregon: derniers locuteurs et revitalisation. Pp. 323-33 in Colette Grinevald and Michel Bert, eds., Linquistique de terrain sur langues en danger: Locuteurs et linguistes. [Faits de Langues 35-6]. Paris: Ophrys.
Grammaticalization and syntax: A Functional view. Pp. 365-77 in Bernd Heine and Heiko Narrog, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Grammaticalization. London: Oxford University Press.
Agreement prefixes in Tibeto-Burman. Himalayan Linguistics 10.1:1-29.
Le Klamath. Pp. 1381-89 in Emilio Bonvini, Joëlle Busuttil, and Alain Peyraube, eds., Dictionnaire des langues. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
Le Pénutia. Pp. 1347-52 in Emilio Bonvini, Joëlle Busuttil, and Alain Peyraube, eds., Dictionnaire des langues. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
Finite structures from clausal nominalization in Tibeto-Burman languages. Pp. 343-62 in Yap, Foong Ha, Karen Grunow-Hårsta & Janick Wrona (eds.), Nominalization in Asian Languages: Diachronic and Typological Perspectives. [Typological Studies in Language 96]. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
Nocte and Jinghpaw: Morphological Correspondences. Pp. 61-75 in G. Hyslop, S. Morey and M. Post, eds., Papers from the Northeast India Linguistic Society Conference III. Delhi: Cambridge University Press.
The origins of Sinitic. NACCL PROCEEDINGS ONLINE -- NACCL-23 (2011), 51-64.

2010

Towards a history of verb agreement in Tibeto-Burman. Himalayan Linguistics 9.1.1-38.
Language replacement and the spread of Tibeto-Burman. Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society 3.1.40-55.

2009

Bipartite verbs in languages of western North America. In Filchenko, Andrei, and Olga Potanina, (eds.), Time and Space in Languages of Various Typology. Proceedings of the XXV International Conference "Dulson Readings". Tomsk: Tomsk State Pedagogical University.

2008

Kurtoep and Tibetan. Pp. 29-38 in Brigitte Huber, Marianne Volkart, and Paul Widmer, Chomolangma, Demawend und Kasbek: Festschrift für Roland Bielmeier zu seinem 65. Geburtstag. International Institute for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies GmbH.

2007

The semantic structure of Klamath bipartite stems. in J. Fernandez-Vest, ed., Combat pour les langues du monde / Fighting for the world's languages: Hommage à Claude Hagège. (Grammaire et cognition n°4). Paris: L'Harmattan.
review of Frajzyngier and Shay, Explaining language structure through systems interaction. (Benjamins, 2003). Functions of Language 14.2:277 - 283.

2005

Adposition as a non-universal category. pp. 185-202 in Z. Frajzyngier et. al., eds., Linguistic diversity and language theories. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: Benjamins.
2005. The blue bird of ergativity. pp. 1-15 in F. Qeixalos, ed., Ergativity in Amazonia III. (Proceedings of the Workshop on "Ergatividade na Amazônia", Centre d'Études des Langues Indigènes d'Amérique (CELIA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.

2004

Grammaticalization. pp. 1590-99 in G. Booij, C. Lehmann, J. Mugdan, and S. Skopeteas, eds., Morphology: An International Handbook on Inflection and Word Formation. Berlin and New York: De Gruyter.

2003

Location and direction in Klamath. pp. 59-90 in E. Shay and U. Seibert, eds., Motion, direction, and location in languages: In honor of Zygmunt Frajzyngier. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: Benjamins.
Classical Tibetan. pp. 255-269 in G. Thurgood and R. LaPolla, The Sino-Tibetan Languages. London: Routledge.
Lhasa Tibetan. pp. 270-288 in G. Thurgood and R. LaPolla, The Sino-Tibetan Languages. London: Routledge.

2002

Relativization in Bodic. In Patrick Chew (ed.), Proceedings of the 28th Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, Parasession on Tibeto-Burman and Southeast Asian Linguistics, 55-72. Berkeley: Berkeley Linguistic Society.

2001

The mirative and evidentiality. Journal of Pragmatics 33.3:371-384.
The universal basis of case. Logos and Language 1.2:1-15.

2000

Argument structure of Klamath bipartite stems. In Andrew Simpson (ed.), Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society: Special Session: Syntax and Semantics of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas, 15-25. Berkeley: Berkeley Linguistic Society.

1999

Lexical prefixes and the bipartite stem construction in Klamath. International Journal of American Linguistics 65.1.56-83.
Relativization in Tibetan. in Yogendra Yadava and Warren Glover, eds., Studies in Nepalese Linguistics, pp. 231-49. Kathmandu: Royal Nepal Academy.

1998

Semantic categorization in Tibetan honorific nouns. Anthropological Linguistics 40:109-23.

1997

Mirativity: The grammatical marking of unexpected information. Linguistic Typology 1.1:33-52.
(with Victor Golla) The Penutian hypothesis: Retrospect and prospect. IJAL 63:171-202.
What an innatist argument should look like. in T. Haukioja, M-L Helasvuo, and M. Miestamo, eds., SKY 1997 (1997 Yearbook of the Linguistic Association of Finland), pp. 7-24.
Grammaticalization and the gradience of categories: Relator nouns and postpositions in Tibetan and Burmese. pp. 51-69 in J. Bybee, J. Haiman, and S. A. Thompson, eds., Essays on Language Function and Language Type. Benjamins, 1997.

1996

Penutian in the bipartite stem belt: Disentangling areal and genetic correspondences. Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society: Special Session on Historical Topics in Native American Languages.
rev. of R.M.W. Dixon, Ergativity. Journal of Linguistics 32.173-177.

1994

Grammaticalization and linguistic theory. Proceedings of the 1993 Mid-America Linguistics Conference and Conference on Siouan/Caddoan Languages, pp. 1-22. Boulder: Dept. of Linguistics, University of Colorado.

1992

The Sino-Tibetan languages. W. Bright, ed., International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, vol 3, pp. 445-7. NY: Oxford University Press.
Klamath and Sahaptian numerals. International Journal of American Linguistics 58:235-39.
Sunwar copulas. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 15:1.31-38.
The historical status of the conjunct/disjunct pattern in Tibeto-Burman. Acta Linguistica Hafniensia 25:39-62.

1991

The origins of verb serialization in Modern Tibetan. Studies in Language 15:1.1-23.
Event construal and case role assignment. Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society.
Chronological strata of suffix classes in the Klamath verb. International Journal of American Linguistics 57:426-445.
rev. V. Golla, ed., The Collected Works of Edward Sapir, Vol. VIII: Takelma Texts and Grammar. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology.

1990

Ergativity and the cognitive model of event structure in Lhasa Tibetan. Cognitive Linguistics 1.3:289-321.
Diachronic notes on the Klamath verb suffixes. S. DeLancey, ed., Papers from the 1989 Hokan-Penutian Workshop, pp. 18-27.
Notes on evidentiality in Hare. International Journal of American Linguistics 56.152-8.
Tibetan evidence for Nungish metathesis. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 12.2:25-31.
Contour tones from lost syllables in Central Tibetan. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 12.2:33-34.
Cross-linguistic evidence for the structure of the Agent prototype. Proc. of the 29th Child Language Research Forum.
rev. Andronov and Bhakti, Linguistics: A Soviet Approach. American Anthropologist 92:250.

1989

Verb agreement in Proto-Tibeto-Burman. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 52:315-33. (Chinese tr. appeared as "Yuanshi Zang-Mianyu dungcide rencheng fanchou", Minzu Yicong 1993.2:34-45, 1993.3:38-42).
rev. of B. Michailovksy, La langue hayu. Language 65:828-32.
rev. T. Lyman. A Grammar of Mong Njua (Green Miao). Language 65:668-9.
rev. G. Décsy, A Select Catalog of Language Universals. Language 65:423-4.

1988

(with C. Genetti and N. Rude). Some Sahaptian-Klamath- Tsimshianic lexical sets. William Shipley, eds, In Honor of Mary Haas: From the Haas Festival Conference on Native American Linguistics, pp. 195-224.
On the evolution of the Kham agreement paradigm. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 11.2:51-61.
1988. Klamath stem structure in genetic and areal perspective. S. DeLancey, ed., Papers from the 1988 Hokan-Penutian Workshop, pp. 31-9.
rev. J.A. Matisoff, The Grammar of Lahu. Language 64.1:213-4.

1987

The Sino-Tibetan languages. B. Comrie, ed., The World's Major Languages, pp. 797-810. Croom Helm.
Transitivity in grammar and cognition. R. Tomlin, ed., Discourse Relations and Cognitive Units, pp. 53-68. Benjamins.
Klamath and Wintu pronouns. International Journal of American Linguistics 53.461-4.
Morphological parallels between Klamath and Wintu. J. Redden, ed., Proc. of the 1987 Hokan-Penutian Conference, pp. 50- 60. Carbondale, IL: Dept. of Linguistics, Southern Illinois University.

1986

Invited comment on Wierzbicka, 'Semantics of the "internal dative" in English. Quaderni di Semantica VII, no. 1:140-2.
Notes on the history of Tai classifier systems. C. Craig, ed., Noun Classes and Categorization, pp. 437-52. Benjamins.
Evidentiality and volitionality in Tibetan. W. Chafe and J. Nichols, eds., Evidentiality: The Linguistic Coding of Epistemology, pp. 203-13. Ablex.

1985

The analysis-synthesis-lexis cycle in Tibeto-Burman: A case study in motivated change. J. Haiman, ed., Iconicity in Syntax, pp. 367-89. Benjamins.
On active typology and the nature of agentivity. F. Plank, ed., Relational Typology. Mouton.
Lhasa Tibetan evidentials and the semantics of causation. Proc. of the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, 65-72.
rev. S-Y. Killingsley, The Grammatical Hierarchy of Malayan Cantonese. Language 62:223.

1984

Notes on agentivity and causation. Studies in Language 8.2:181-213.
Etymological notes on Tibeto-Burman case particles. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 8.l.59-77.
Transitivity and ergative case in Lhasa Tibetan. Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, 131-40.
Categories of non-volitional actor in Lhasa Tibetan. A. Zide et. al., eds., Proc. of the Conference on Participant Roles: South Asia and Adjacent Areas, pp. 58-70. IULC.
Agentivity in syntax. Chicago Linguistic Society Parasession on Agentivity and Causation.
rev. S. Koshal, Conversational Ladakhi. Language 60:678.
rev. B. Trnka, Selected Papers in Structural Linguistics. Language 60:662.

1983

rev. of B. Comrie, Language Universals and Linguistic Typology. Language 59.2:406-11.
rev. C. Harbsmeier, Aspects of Classical Chinese. Language 59:938-9.
rev. C. Tanz, Studies in the Acquisition of Deictic Terms. Language 59:938-9.

1982

Modern Tibetan: A case study in ergative typology. J. of Linguistic Research 2.1:21-31.
Aspect, transitivity, and viewpoint. P. Hopper, ed., Tense-Aspect: Between Semantics and Pragmatics. pp. 167-83. Benjamins.
Tangut and Tibeto-Burman morphology. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 7.2:100-8.
Agentivity and causation: Data from Newari. Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, pp. 54-63.

1981

An interpretation of split ergativity and related patterns. Language 57.3:626-57.
The category of direction in Tibeto-Burman. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 6.1:83-102.
Parameters of empathy. J. of Linguistic Research 1.3:40-49.
rev. S. Koshal, Ladakhi Grammar. Language 57:972.
rev. K.B. Kepping, Sun' Tszy v Tangutskom perevodje. Language 57:972-3.
rev. Ng. D. Liem, South-East Asian Linguistic Studies. Language 57:974.

1978

(with Lon Diehl and LaRaw Maran). A localistic account of aspect in Jinghpaw.
(with Lon Diehl and LaRaw Maran). The Tibeto-Burman tense-aspect mechanisms. University of Michigan Papers in Linguistics 2.4:49-88.