“I was hoping that you, at least, would understand the appeal of the thing [ie, the pitting of
man against man in a maze]', he said at length.“However..." He paused again.“To be honest,” …

This study provides a unified analysis of reduplication, a highly complex word formation
process, in Afrikaans. Botha concludes that the reduplication principles at work in Afrikaans are …

4.2. 2 Formulating Problems 4.3 Grammatical Inquiry 4.3. 1 Nature of Grammatical
Problems 4.3. 1.1 Substantive Problems 4.3. 1.2 Metascientific Problems 4.3. 2 Formulating …

We wish to thank various people and institutions for the assistance we have received from
them in the course of preparing this book. Through the kind offices of Professor H. Schultink of …

Page 1 UNRAVELLING THE EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE "This book is a sound and sober,
yet sympathetic, extensive comment on the widely publicised current debate on the …

* The present paper is the third in a series of three on synthetic compounding. It has to be
read against the background of the first two, viz. Botha (1980^) and Botha (1980b) which offer …

The present monograph contains an analysis of a number of methodological aspects of
transformational generative phonology. The analysis is intended as a contribution to the field of …

The time has come for psychologists and linguists to adopt'the Galilean style'of inquiry in the
study both of mind in general and of language in particular. Such is the position more than …

Page 1 This book offers a two-track treatment of leading twentieth-century conceptions of
what language is. Track One clinically reviews the respective conceptions portraying the …

How can we unravel the evolution of language, given that there is no direct evidence about it?
Rudolf Botha addresses this intriguing question in his fascinating new book. Inferences …