LINGUIST List 3.863

Thu 05 Nov 1992

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1. , MA in Sociolinguistics & Bilingualism
2. Vicki Fromkin, announcement
3. , Chinese Discussion List
4. "Prof.Dr. Bernd Heine", New journal (STUF)
5. stan kulikowski ii, trick or treat?

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U C L A W O R K I N G P A P E R S I N P S Y C H O L I N G U I S T I C S
 LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND BREAKDOWN

 Fall 1992 Volume 1, Number 1j

 Table of Contents

 Tetsuya Sano The developmental delay of the 'Condition B Effect'
 and the continuity of UG
 Jeannette Schaeffer Main WH-questions and the lack of inversion inn
 Italian child language
 Thomas Cornell The 'syntax-there-but-not-there- paradox: a
 Victoria Fromkin linguistic account of agrammatism.
 Gail Mauner
 Kelly Stack Aperture position theory and syllable onset acquis.
 Andi Wu Acquiring word order without word order parameters.
 Nina Hyams &
 Sigridur Sigurjonsdottir An experimental acquisition study on binding
 in Iceland.
 Victoria Fromkin Hyperlinguistic individuals: a reply.
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SPRACHTYPOLOGIE & UNIVERSALIENFORSCHUNG (STUF)
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>From spring 1993, STUF will appear quarterly. STUF is edited by Ulrike Claudi
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This message is from Ulrike Claudi, University of Cologne. You may contact
me, too.

 i wonder if anyone else has noticed that few kids understand the expression
'trick or treat' to be a form of extortion. for the last several years i
have been asking the little bogums at the door, "what is your trick?" or
expanding "why should i give you a treat?"

 most often i get nothing but blank stares back. when i say, "OK, i will
take the trick," i often get explanations about how i am supposed to give
them candy because they are little kids.

 "'trick or treat' is what you say when you want candy."

 a few of them try to make stupid faces or do silly dances, claiming that is
their trick and i should pay them candy for doing those things. in the last
4 years, i have had 1 kid in about 90 say they would let the air out of my
tires. no one remembers the traditional soaping of the windows.

 it seems we may be seeing the concern for safety remove the meanings of
halloween to a purely commerical beggars' night. maybe next year we can
prepare a little informal study if you are interested.
 stan

 . 1: the check's in the mail stankuliUWF.bitnet
 === 2: i will respect you in the morning
 | | 3: i won't ...(well, you know this one)...
 --- 4: he's only just a friend
 5:
 -- universal lies