LINGUIST List 11.190

Sat Jan 29 2000

Qs: MacArthur Inventory, AngloRomany, "A couple"?

Editor for this issue: Naomi Ogasawara <naomilinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Schrammel Barbara, MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory
2. Uri Tadmor, AngloRomany, Sri Lankan Malay
3. Tom Fitzsimmons, "A couple" or "A couple of"?

Dear linguists,

I�m working on a thesis about early lexical development which will
contain empirical work. I want to elicit data through 
1. the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory
2. testing 30 Austrian children cross-sectionally

As I am working with German speaking children I am wondering whether
there is a German version of the MacArthur inventory. Does anybody know
about a translation of the inventory and where to get it? Are there any
other adequate inventories on early lexical development (in German)
available? Are there any inventories for cross-sectional studies on
early lexical development available (German or English)? I�m thankful
for your answers!

Yours,
Peter Marschik

Peter Marschik
Department of Linguistics
University of Graz, Austria
email: peter.marschikkfunigraz.ac.at

I would be grateful for any information about texts, papers, or any
other available materials on AngloRomany and Sri Lankan Malay.

Thanks!

Uri Tadmor
uripacific.net.id

I seem to notice that many people in North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and
maybe Wisconsin, say "a couple" rather than "a couple of" when
constructing a sentence like "There are a couple of lines left to
finish." This would be rendered: "There are a couple lines left to
finish."

Tom Fitzsimmons.