Download or read book Rutgers Working Papers in Linguistics written by Peter Staroverov and published by . This book was released on 2010-06-25 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third volume of Rutgers Working Papers in Linguistics (previously known as 'RuLing Papers: Working Papers of Rutgers University'). It presents the work of professors, graduate students, and visitors at the Rutgers Department of Linguistics. Table of Contents:1. An Exploration of Truncation in ItalianPages 1-30Birgit Alber2. On Tense and Copular Verbs in Nonverbal Predications in SakhaPages 31-63Mark C. Baker and Nadezhda Vinokurova3. Sluicing and the Brazilian Portuguese Null CopulaPages 64-91Matthew Barros4. Definite Inner Antecedents and Wh-Correlates in SluicesPages 92-114Veneeta Dayal and Roger Schwarzschild5. Voicing Assimilation in CzechPages 115-144Vera Dvorak6. Complex-Predicate-Forming Operators with Mixed Adicity-Change Effects: Künu in MapudungunPages 145-178Carlos A. Fasola7. Calculating Vocalic Similarity through PunsPages 179-198Shigeto Kawahara and Kazuko Shinohara8. Anaphora without Pronouns: Centering in JapanesePages 199-221John G. Manna