LINGUIST List 12.494

Thu Feb 22 2001

Qs: Constrastive Ling Textbook, Vennemann Quote

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

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1. Frank Oswalt, Contrastive linguistics textbook
2. Theriault Alain, A quote from Vennemann

Howdy fellow linguists,

I need y'all's help again. I am teaching a college level course on 
contrastive linguistics next year, and so I've been looking for a recent 
textbook or some other introductory text on this topic. I didn't find 
anything (contrastive linguistics doesn't seem to be in fashion right now), 
but perhaps I missed something. If so, I'd be grateful for a hint.

Take care now,
Frank Oswalt

Dear fellow list members
	In the early '70 (somewhere between 1972 and 1974) Theo Vennemann made a
somewhat contreversial remark (from the papers I read from that period, he made 
more than one...). He wrote that "to extrinsicly order rules is lying about
language" or something to that effect. I was refered to different papers from Dr
Vennemann but did not find the incrimating quote. Would any of you have the
reference (and maybe the exact sentence itself)?

Thanks!

Alain Th�riault
�tudiant au Ph.D (linguistique)
Universit� de Montr�al