Pieter Muysken is Professor of Linguistics at Radboud University Nijmegen, after previously teaching at the universities of Amsterdam and Leiden. His specialism is language contact and he does research in the Andes, the Caribbean and the Netherlands.
1. Introduction
Part I. Grammar: 2. Functional categories and language typology
3. Lexical, morphological and phonological dimensions of functional categories
4. Semantics and pragmatics
5. Theoretical syntax: the generative tradition
Part II. Historical Linguistics: 6. Grammaticalisation
7. Linguistic reconstruction
Part III. Psycholinguistics: 8. Speech production
9. Language development
10. Agrammatic aphasia and Specific Language Impairment
11. Language attrition and death
Part IV. Language Contact and Bilingual Speech: 12. Sign languages
13. Code-switching and code-mixing
14. Lexical borrowing
15. Pidgin and creole genesis
16. Mixed languages
17. Foreigner Talk
18. Towards a modular and multi-dimensional perspective.
1. Introduction; Part I. Grammar: 2. Functional categories and language typology; 3. Lexical, morphological and phonological dimensions of functional categories; 4. Semantics and pragmatics; 5. Theoretical syntax: the generative tradition; Part II. Historical Linguistics: 6. Grammaticalisation; 7. Linguistic reconstruction; Part III. Psycholinguistics: 8. Speech production; 9. Language development; 10. Agrammatic aphasia and Specific Language Impairment; 11. Language attrition and death; Part IV. Language Contact and Bilingual Speech: 12. Sign languages; 13. Code-switching and code-mixing; 14. Lexical borrowing; 15. Pidgin and creole genesis; 16. Mixed languages; 17. Foreigner Talk; 18. Towards a modular and multi-dimensional perspective.
