LINGUIST List 10.1046

Wed Jul 7 1999

Qs: Syntactic Analysis/Apposition, Zulu Prosody

Editor for this issue: Karen Milligan <karenlinguistlist.org>

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1. Thomas LEBARBE, Syntactic analysis and Apposition
2. Vincent DeCaen, zulu prosody

Hi,

I am working in Natural Languages, in the Syntax branch, and I am trying to deal
with a problem wich seems not to be dealt with in current research: the
apposition and similar syntactic phenomena.

I am trying to tackle the problem from two different perspective in order to
characterize the problem:

1) from the shallow syntactic point of view: what marks such structures?
2) from the prosodic point of view: are there melodic marks of such structures?

I would be glad if anyone could help me with work already done in this subject,

Best regard,

Thomas.
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- -------------- Thomas LEBARBE -----------------
Departement Informatique
Universite de Caen, Campus II
Tel: 02-31-56-73-77
Email: Thomas.Lebarbeinfo.unicaen.fr
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i've come across references to sentence-final prosodic effects in
zulu. i'm wondering if i can get a description in terms of vowel
length, quality, tone, etc. i'm also wondering if there's published
literature on zulu prosody. i'd be really curious to know if it occurs
sentence-internal as well, ie, whether it's the edge of an
intonational phrase. 
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Dr Vincent DeCaen <decaenchass.utoronto.ca>
c/o Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, 4 Bancroft Ave., 2d floor
University of Toronto, Toronto ON, CANADA, M5S 1A1

Hebrew Syntax Encoding Initiative, www.chass.utoronto.ca/~decaen/hsei/
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