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LINGUIST List 17.1436

Tue May 09 2006

Qs: Revisiting Malécot (1960); Finnish Etymology

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        1.    Brian Pardini, Revisiting Malécot (1960)
         2.    Bernard De Clerck, Finnish Etymology
Message 1: Revisiting Malécot (1960)
Date: 07-May-2006
From: Brian Pardini <btpardiniearhlink.net>
Subject: Revisiting Malécot (1960)


Hello all

As part of a project for a graduate course in Phonology at San José State
University, I'm trying to reproduce the experiment documented in Malécot
(1960) on vowel nasality in American English. In the interest of getting
many participants from different regions of English-speaking North America,
I have created a web based version of three sessions of the experiment. If
you have the time (about 10-15 minutes) and would like to participate, you
can access the experiment at the following URL:

http://brianpardini.home.comcast.net/

Thank you so much for your time and interest!

Best regards

Brian Pardini

Linguistic Field(s): Phonology
Message 2: Finnish Etymology
Date: 06-May-2006
From: Bernard De Clerck <bernard.declerckugent.be>
Subject: Finnish Etymology



Dear Linguist list members,

I have been trying to get more information on the etymology of Finnish
'kadehtia'(envy) and 'antaa anteeksi' (forgive) but my efforts have been
fruitless so far. I know of at least one good etymological dictionary for
Finnish (Suomen sanojen alkuperä — The Origin of Finnish Words first
volume, A—K 1992; second volume, L—P 1995; third volume, R—Ö 2000), but I
have not found a copy at the Scandinavian department of our university. In
addition, I myself do not master the Finnish language so any information
I'd come across in Finnish would also need to be translated to be of any
use. That is also why I use the LINGUIST List as a final resort, hoping
that one of you can help me out. If anyone can fill me in on the etymology
of these words or provide access to such kind of information, I'd be really
grateful. I need the etymological information for a cross-linguistic
comparison on verbs of forgiving and envying in different languages.

Thanks a lot in advance!
Bernard De Clerck

Linguistic Field(s): Not Applicable

Subject Language(s): Finnish (fin)
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