LINGUIST List 4.804

Sat 09 Oct 1993

Qs: Zero anaphora, French negatives, Gujarati, flsm II

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1. , query: zero anaphora
2. , Acquisition of French negatives
3. "Dr M Sebba", Gujarati references
4. debbie mandelbaum, flsm II proceedings

For my dissertation on zero anaphora, I would appreciate suggestions
for references. I am concentrating on pragmatics aspects in Nepali, but
all suggestions (references on structure and/or on languages other than
Nepali) are welcome. Please reply to my temporary e-mail address
(below), and I shall post a summary later.

Thank you.

Shiv Raj Upadhyay
Department of Linguistics
Georgetown University
gurtguvax.acc.georgetown.edu

 Does anyone have any references for acquisition work on
 sentential negation in French. In addition to general
 issues, I'm particularly interested in finding out whether
 children acquiring French as L1 go through a stage of saying
 things like (1), i.e., strings in which *pas* and other
 negatives, e.g., *jamais*, *plus*, *rien*, *personne*,
 cooccur:

 (1) a. Marie (ne) pleure pas jamais (M. never cries)
 b. Je (n') pas plus faim (I'm no longer hungry)
 c. Michel (n')a pas rien fait (M. did nothing)
 d. Je (ne) vois pas personne (I can't see anyone)

 Thanks,
 Paul Rowlett
 Department of Modern Languages
 University of Salford
 Salford M5 4WT
 England
 Tel: (44) 61 745 5990
 Fax: (44) 61 745 5335

I am posting this on behalf of Arvind Bhatt, currently teaching a
course on Gujarati at this university, but not a subscriber to LINGUIST.

He is trying to compile a list of references on Gujarati, including
- suitable teaching texts
- linguistic descriptions/reference works
- history of the language

All contributions will be gratefully received. Thank you.

Mark Sebba
Lancaster University

Question-has anyone seen or does anyone have a copy of the proceedings
for the FLSM II held in Ann Arbor in 1991? I allegedly have a paper
in that volume but: (a) have never seen it, and (b) need the page #'s
of my article in that volume for reference purposes. Thanks to anyone
who can help!

Debbie Mandelbaum
CUNY Graduate Center
idmgccunyvm.cuny.edu