LINGUIST List 5.1150

Thu 20 Oct 1994

Qs: Sociohistorical, Number invariance, Samoan

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1. , sociohistorical
2. Almerindo E. Ojeda, Number invariance
3. , request for informant

I am trying to find the earliest occurrence of the term "socio-historical" in
linguistic literature. The OED documents its earliest use as 1949. Please
send the date and source of its occurrence to:
 cmlewissescva.esc.edu (internet)
 cmlewissnyescva (bitnet)

Thank you.

I would appreciate help in identifying languages in which nouns
may show the same form of number with all enumerating numerals.
Examples from English, which does not in general allow such num-
ber invariance, include the noun 'head' in 'one head of cattle',
'two head of cattle', etc. and, more systematically, nouns com-
pounded with numerals (cf. two-car garage, three-body problem,
four-week institute, five-page summary, six-foot high). Refer-
ences to reliable descriptions of the phenomenon would also be
appreciated.

Please send replies to the address below. I will post a summary.

Almerindo E. Ojeda
aeojedaucdavis.edu

Desperately seeking....
An informant on SAMOAN who is willing to
answer my questions about reduplication.

Please send reactions to Clara Levelt, currently
at the Department of Linguistics of Rutgers University.

e-mail: cleveltcancer.rutgers.edu