LINGUIST List 5.1387

Sun 04 Dec 1994

Qs: Fonts for Tamil etc, Ling & Semiotics, Hippy->Yuppy, Chaski

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1. , Q: Fonts for Devanagari, Tamil & Telugu
2. , Relationship between linguistics & semiotics
3. , From Hippy to Yuppy
4. Micheal Palmer, Dissertation by Carole E. Chaski

Can anyone advise on the availability of PC fonts for Devanagari,
Tamil & Telugu?

Jon Mills
University of Luton
E-mail Internet: jmillsvax2.luton.ac.uk
 Janet: jmillsuk.ac.luton.vax2

Has anyone a view on the relationship between linguistics and
semiotics or references to same? I am doing some research into this
area and it seems some people think linguistics is a branch of
semiotics whilst others think semiotics is a separate topic or even a
branch of linguistics.
My particular interest lies in whether the introduction of some
semiotic classifications of e.g. speech acts can be used in parsing.
Thanks in advance - I will post a summary if replies warrant it.
Sam Salt - University of Derby, UK
(d.w.saltderby.ac.uk)

The obituary notices for Jerry Rubin prompt me to ask how linguists describe
the lexical set 'hippy,' 'yippy,' 'yuppy', 'yumpy' etc. and what term or
terms are used to refer to such a set?
Terry Gordon
(WTGORDONAC.DAL.CA)

I am reading Carole Elisabeth Chaski's dissertation, 'Syntactic Theories
and Models of Syntactic Change: A Study of Greek Infinitival
Complementation' and would like to know how to contact the author. Do any
of you have her email address?

Also, do you know if there is a published version of this dissertation?

Please respond to mpalmesemail.unc.edu (yes, it's palmes, not palmer).
Thank you.

Micheal Palmer (Yes, it's Micheal, not Michael and Palmer, not Palmes)
 (Why? To puzzle diachronic linguists. A Hebrew colleague
 once told me my parents wanted to ask, 'Who is like Al?')
Mellon Research
Fellow University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill