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Representative Publications

This short list includes works that are representative of CS theory and practice, that should be easily obtainable, and that can serve as an introduction to the field.  Please click on the complete bibliography for more references.

Contini-Morava, Ellen, and Goldberg, Barbara Sussman (eds.) 1995. Meaning as explanation: Advances in linguistic sign theory. Berlin: Mouton De Gruyter.  (Several articles are by Columbia School linguists.)

Contini-Morava, Ellen, Robert S. Kirsner, and Betsy Rodriguez-Bachiller (eds.). 2004. Cognitive and Communicative Approaches to Linguistic Analysis. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Click here for details.

Davis, Joseph, Radmila J. Gorup, and Nancy Stern (eds.). 2006. Advances in Functional Linguistics: Columbia School Beyond its Origins. Philadelphia / Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Click here for details.

Diver, William. 1969. "The System of Relevance of the Homeric Verb." Acta Linguistica Hafniensia 12, 45-68.

--- 1974. "Substance and value in linguistic analysis." Semiotext(e) 1, 13-30.

--- 1979. "Phonology as human behavior." In Doris Aaronson and Robert Rieber (eds.) Psycholinguistic research: implications and applications. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc., pp. 161-186.
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Huffman, Alan. 1997. The Categories of grammar: French lui and le. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

--- 2001. "The Linguistics of William Diver and the Columbia School." Word 52:1, 29-68.

Kirsner, Robert S. 1979. The Problem of Presentative Sentences in Modern Dutch. Amsterdam: North Holland.

Klein(-Andreu), Flora (ed.). 1983. Discourse perspectives on syntax. New York: Academic.  (Several articles are by Columbia School linguists.)

Reid, Wallis. 1991. Verb and noun number in English : a functional explanation. London: Longman.

Reid, Wallis, Ricardo Otheguy, and Nancy Stern (eds.). 2002. Signal, Meaning, and Message: Perspectives on Sign-Based Linguistics. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Tobin, Yishai. 1987. "Three Sign-oriented Linguistic Theories: A Contrastive Approach." In H. Bluhme and G. Hammarstrom (eds.). Descriptio Linguistica. Tübingen: Gunther Narr. 51-75.

--- 1997. Phonology as human behavior: theoretical implications and clinical applications. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.