LINGUIST List 6.1744

Thu Dec 14 1995

Qs: Parser, Force dynamics, Icelandic, B. Laca

Editor for this issue: T. Daniel Seely <dseelyemunix.emich.edu>

Directory

1. , Q. Syntactic Parser
2. Kristian Emil Kristoffersen, references to force dynamics
3. Kathleen March, Icelandic
4. William Byrne, LACA

We are a research Institute specialized in Arabic computing .
We are currently working on English/Arabic computer-assisted translation.
Our ATN -based parser of English is sort of getting complicated. We would
like to know if elaborate parsers of English that can be used for our
purposes
 exist , and if we can obtain one, so that we will concentrate on the
generation
of Arabic structure. (If not freeware, please indicate price).
You may reply to me, or preferably to Lamia Labed who is in charge of the
project at Lamiaspeech.rsinet.tn
Thank you for your cooperation.

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Salem Ghazali Tel +216 1 787 757 / 288 805
IRSIT, BP 212 Fax +216 1 787 827
2 Rue Ibn Nadime Telex 14570 IRSIT-TN
1082 Cite Mahrajane Internet: ghazaliTunisia.EU.net
Tunis, Tunisia

Can anyone help me with references on the subject force dynamics in
language, as it is described in Talmy (1985). I know that Jackendoff (1990)
and Pinker (1989) refers to it in their analyses of verb semantics,

Jackendoff, R. (1990). Semantic structures. MIT Press.

Pinker, S. (1989). Learnability and cognition. MIT Press.

Talmy, L. (1985). Force dynamics in language and thought. W.h. Eilfort,
P.D. Kroeber og K.L. Peterson (red.): Papers from the twenty-first regional
meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society. Chicago:Department of
linguistics, University of Chicago.

Does anyone know of good materials for studying Icelandic in a
self-instructional mode? Or, where is Icelandic taught in the US? Thank you,
Kathleen march
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Kathleen March
Professor of Spanish, Dept. of Modern Languages & Classics
University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469
<kathleen_marchvoyager.umeres.maine.edu>
 <<Falemos galego>>

Does anyone have or know where to get Brenda Laca's email address?
I believe she is at Free University of Berlin.

Many thanks,

-Bill Byrne
 UCSD