LINGUIST List 11.1130

Fri May 19 2000

Qs: Creole narrative, English reflexives

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  1. Claudia Bubel, Query: Creole Narrative
  2. Makoto SHIMIZU, Reflexive deletion

Message 1: Query: Creole Narrative

 Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 14:29:32 +0200
From: Claudia Bubel <c.bubelrz.uni-sb.de>
Subject: Query: Creole Narrative

Dear colleagues -

	Has anyone done research on narrative (as defined by Labov) in Nigerian
English or in any other creoles? Any reference would be welcome. I will
post a summary.

Kind regards,
Claudia Bubel.

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Claudia Bubel
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Lehrstuhl Prof. Dr. Neal R. Norrick
Fachrichtung 4.3 Anglistik
Universitaet des Saarlandes
Postfach 15 11 50
D-66041 Saarbruecken

Tel.: 0681 - 302 - 2270
e-mail: c.bubelmx.uni-saarland.de
url: http://www.uni-saarland.de/fak4/norrick/

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Message 2: Reflexive deletion

 Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 11:53:07 +0900
From: Makoto SHIMIZU <makotors.kagu.sut.ac.jp>
Subject: Reflexive deletion

Hi,

I've been doing some research on the English reflexives
and came across the following type:

Here the river divides (itself) into two branches.

The meaning of the sentence is, more or less, similar
with or without the reflexive.

I would much appreciate it if you could direct me to
any related references or give me similar examples.
Thanks.

-makoto
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