LINGUIST List 11.650

Wed Mar 22 2000

Qs: Typology Research, Strong Crossover Task

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

Directory

1. Johannes Reese, Typology research based on L. Talmy
2. William J. Crawford, strong crossover task

Does anyone know about further research that is based on either

Leonard Talmy (1985): Lexicalization patterns: semantic structure in
lexical forms, in: Timothy Shopen (ed.): Language typology and syntactic
description, vol. III: Grammatical categories and the lexicon.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 57-149

or

Mary Snell-Hornby (1983): Verb-descriptivity in German and English. A
contrastive study in semantic fields. Heidelberg: Carl Winter.

Thanks in advance,

Johannes Reese

In the absence of any (known) test, I am currently working on a 
grammaticality judgment task involving knowledge of the strong 
crossover phenomenon in wh-questions and relative clauses. I am 
particularly interested in a task suitable for adult second language 
learners of English. I have two questions:

1. Does anyone know of an existing task suitable for my purpose?

2. Would anyone be willing to look at my task and provide any 
suggestions/comments?

Thanks in advance. I'll post a summary if the need arises.

William J. Crawford
Lecturer, Department of English
University of Wisconsin, Madison
wcrawforfacstaff.wisc.edu