LINGUIST List 5.266

Sun 06 Mar 1994

Qs: Lakota, Early English-French, Aramaic, Spanish L2, Rumanian

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1. Greg Dubs, Lakota
2. , Q: English-early French dictionaries?
3. JO RUBBA, participles
4. "R.Weinert", Spanish L2
5. Martin Haase, Qs: Rumanian spelling reform

Does anyone know of a summer immersion course in Lakota?

Greg Dubs
Genetics Dept
Stanford University
coyotlwell.sf.ca.us

I posted this query on sci.lang but no response, so I'll ask here. Are there
any dictionaries which give 17th-Century French glosses for modern English
words? I'm constructing word-lists of various Iroquoian languages, in some
cases using early-contact Jesuit sources written in French. I want to make
sure I'm getting the correct words onto my lists.
Thanks
-Pat Crowe, SUNY at Buffalo
v187ef4yubvms

Greetings,

I am preparing a research proposal on a large-scale change
in the verbal system of Aramaic. Aramaic replaced its
original tense/aspect verb stems with participles -- the
active participle taking over for the 'imperfective' and
the passive for the 'perfective'.

My query is: is this a cross-linguistically common change?

Please respond to the e-mail address below. If there is
interest, I will post a summary to the list. Thanks in
advance to anyone who can help me out.

Cheers,
Jo Rubba
The University of Montana
jrubbalewis.umt.edu

I would like to draw up a bibliography for the second language acquisition
of Spanish, particularly of classroom learning. Any references would be
very much appreciated.

Thank you.

Regina Weinert

It seems that a spelling reform has recently been introduced in Romania,
since I find people writing _c^ant_ ('I sing') and _^in cur^and_
('soon') instead of _c^int_ and _^in cur^ind_ (as some exile newspapers
always used to do). How far does the reform go (i.e. what about words
like 'bread', 'tomorrow' for example)? When was it introduced?
Please write to me, I'll send a summary to the list if I get interesting
results.