LINGUIST List 5.250

Fri 04 Mar 1994

Qs: Arabic/Persian fonts, Gramcord, Collective numerals

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1. William Dowling, request for Arabic/Persian fonts
2. , Gramcord for Macintosh
3. TONY HALL, Collective Numerals/Quantifiers

I am looking for Arabic and/or Persian fonts that I
can use in software I am writing. Free would be
nice, but I am willing to pay for a good comercial
font if I wouldn't also have to pay royalties on a
per unit basis. Just about any format would be ok.
Thanks for any suggestions,

Will Dowling (willfranklin.com)

The Gramcord Institute has recently released acCordance and Gramcord for the
Macintosh. This software is capable of searching the Greek New Testament
according to user-defined grammatical, syntactical, positional, and lexical
constructions. Future modules include the Hebrew Old Testament and the
Septuagint. Several English translations are available.

I am in the process of building a group of individuals interested in purchasing
acCordance and Gramcord. The software normally sells for $350, but substantial
discounts are available to group buyers (starting at 24% for a group of 3, 32%
for a group of 6, and up).

For more information on acCordance and Gramcord and to express your interest in
a group purchase, please contact:

Steve Waechter
Mid-America Bpatist Theological Seminary
1255 Poplar
Memphis TN 38104

901-448-5214

swaechterutmem1 (bitnet)
swaechterutmem1.utmem.edu (internet)

If you will give me your fax number, I can also send a four-page brochure with
more information on the program.

I am interested in those languages that have both CARDINAL numerals
[NumK] and COLLECTIVE numerals [NumColl] (however they may be defined)
and the different (or matching) syntactic scope of each. I am
familiar with the Slavonic languages (which I teach) and some of the
linguistic theory attached to them; I have also encountered studies
carried out in Maltese, Georgian, Irish, and Arabic. (References can
be supplied)

I should like examples of the following:

- where a language has the option of CARDINAL vs. COLLECTIVE -

A. collocations that FORCE [NumColl]
B. collocations that BLOCK [NumColl]
C. collocations that FAVOUR [NumColl]
D. collocations that FAVOUR [NumK]

The results I shall post once the data have been received. Please
reply to me directly at:

 A.R.Halluk.ac.bham

Thanking you all in anticipation for your help.
Tony Hall.**********************************************************************
*** Tony Hall
*** Department of Russian Language
*** University of Birmingham
*** Edgbaston Tel: +44 (0)21 414 3227
*** Birmingham B15 2TT Fax: +44 (0)21 414 5966
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