LINGUIST List 5.1360

Sun 27 Nov 1994

Qs: Tagalog, German, Impersonal "they", Conference information

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1. Agnes Kolmer, composition/compounding in TAGALOG
2. , Query: Subjects for a German Experiment
3. , Query: Impersonal 'they' and passive
4. Michael Unher, LSoRB Conference

Hello,

I am looking for references concerning composition/compoundning in
TAGALOG, also concerning the linker "na/ng/nang". The central question
is: is there compounding in TAGALOG or is it an attributive construction
with linker. And if there are compounds, are they only conventionalised
or is there a productive process.

Thank you for your help.

agnes Kolmer
e-mail: a2702177smail.rrz.uni-koeln.de

I want to ask some native German speakers to tell me how they
pronounce some made-up words. If you are a native speaker of
something approximating Standard German (I know, I know, somebody
will write in to complain that no speaks that natively, but that
is just an old wives' tale in my opinion; it USED to be true that
every spoke some dialect natively but I have met numerous individuals
who really do not) and if you would be willing to help me out,
please contact me directly. I will post the findings to the list.

By impersonal they, I mean the they in sentences like

They speak Russian in Russia.
They shoot horses, don't they.

and the like.

Now, I cannot seem to get an example of a passive with an
impersonal they as the (surface) subject. So that,

They are/get shot for drug dealing in Iran

sounds really strange.

I am wondering (a) if this fact has been noticed before or (b)
if it is not a fact at all but an illusion on my part.

We would like to find out registration and hotel information for the
following conference:
Language South of the Rio Bravo: A Parasession to the 1995 Annual Meeting
of the Linguistic Society of America, Tulane University, Jan. 9-10, 1995.

We need to make budget arrangements here as soon as possible in order to be
able to attend the conference. Please send me any information you can
provide, and direct me elsewhere for the rest. Please respond to us
personally. Thank you very much for your time and attention.