LINGUIST List 10.151

Tue Feb 2 1999

Qs: Yidin grammar, Varbrul, Malaysian, French

Editor for this issue: Jody Huellmantel <jodylinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. David E. Bell, "A Grammar of Yidin"
2. David J. Silva, Varbrul Analysis
3. Setsuko Arita, Malaysian grammar
4. Damon Allen Davison, Etymology of the expression "homme femmes"

I am trying to obtain a copy of an out-of-print text. The use of book
search agents has been unsuccessful to-date. If anyone has a copy of
the below captioned text and is willing to part with it, please let me
know. Alternatively, if anyone knows of a source for this text, I
would be grateful.

 A Grammar of Yidin
 Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
 Robert M. W. Dixon


Thank you
David

David E. Bell Ph.D.
dbellspacelab.net

We are looking for examples of variationist linguistic studies (they
may be sociolinguistic or from other linguistic subfields) that people
think are particularly good examples of using Varbrul analysis, which
we can use in explaining Varbrul analysis to students and other
researchers. Our experience is that the few landmark articles
(e.g. Cedergren and Sankoff 1974) and the methodological how-to kind
of article that one occasionally finds are not sufficient. What we
are looking for is specifically examples of research papers in which
Varbrul is used to ask and answer questions of linguistic interest.
Criteria that could be used to recommend a paper might include any of
the following:

(i) The paper asks its research questions, in a clear and
 well-expressed way.

(ii) The paper makes its methodology clear (e.g. data
 collection and sampling, coding, analytical decisions,
 etc.)

(iii) The paper makes interesting, sound or useful
 interpretations.

(iv) The paper shows a way of employing Varbrul for questions
 in a new or different research area.

(v) The paper supports the use of Varbrul with other
 statistical (or non-statistical) methods.

(vi) The paper is a scholarly and meritorius paper.

Please provide the fullest reference information you can for any
articles or papers you suggest. Our library is limited, and some
materials we may need to request through interlibrary loan, so
complete information is helpful. Alternatively, if the article you
would like to suggest is one of your own we would gratefully accept a
reprint at the address below.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions; they will greatly benefit our
efforts to teach others about Varbrul. We will post a summary of the
responses we receive to LINGUIST.

Send your suggestions to: varbrulling.uta.edu

David Silva and John Paolillo
Program in Linguistics
Box 19559 University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas, 76019-0559

Dear Linguist, 

I am looking for books on Malaysian grammar written in English.
I would like to know especially about verb-suffixes or prefixes.

Thank you,
Setsuko Arita

e-mail: ariseauecc.aichi-edu.ac.jp

 

Dear Linguist List Readers,

I would be grateful if someone who knows the origins (or can at least
point me in the right direction) for the French expression "homme 
femmes", English "ladies' man" and/or the German "Damenmann".

Thanks in advance for your help. Every response will receive a reply.

Regards,

Damon
____________

Damon Allen Davison
davisonuni-koeln.de