LINGUIST List 5.1366

Tue 29 Nov 1994

Qs: Ancient Greek, Tibetan, Up-talk, French word 'orange'

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1. Barbara Beard, Case attraction in ancient Greek
2. , Q: Tibetan Coronal Coda Constraint
3. Elizabeth Whalley, up-talk
4. MICHELOUD FRANCOIS-XAVIER, french word "orange"

I posted a brief query about a week ago asking for information
regarding case attraction in ancient Greek. I am still in the process
of looking at initial responses (thank you to those who have commented
so far), so the summary will be posted in the near future. In the
meantime I wanted to restate the query and ask for additional
comments.

The basic problem relates to GB Case Theory and the apparent
resistance displayed by relative pronouns to "proper" case assignment.
For instance, a relative pronoun functioning as the subject of its
clause might take the Dative or Genitive Case of its antecedent rather
than the expected Nominative case. This phenomenon apparently causes
quite a problem for GB syntax. I am interested in 1) how can case
attraction be answered from a GB perspective, or 2) what explanations
are available from alternate syntax theories?

Thanks again for your responses. I expect to post a summary within a
few weeks.

Mike Beard
Wayne State University
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 In studying Tibetan phonology I notice that coronal consonants are
 disallowed in the syllable codas, but labials and dorsals are allowed.

 Q: Is there another language(s) in which this constraint occurs?

 Personal responses and suggestions most appreciated, summary posted if
 response is sufficient.

 Thanks in advance,

 Beaumont Brush
 U. Texas, Arlington

A student in our program is doing a paper on uptalk. She has heard
of a paper written by Cynthia McLemore on this topic, but she cannot
find the reference. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Any other sources would also be greatly appreciated. We both
thank you in advance.

Elizabeth Whalley
San Francisco State University

I'm trying to find out some things about the french word "orange",
both as a substantive (the fruit) and an adjective (the colour) :

1) Does the use of "orange" as an adjective follow its use as a
substantive ?
2) Was there in the semantice structure of the languages spoken in
what we call France now a word to denote the colour we call orange
now ?
3) In other words, did the notion of orangeness emerge with the fruit
or was there something before ?

Thank you for your help !