LINGUIST List 6.749

Thu 01 Jun 1995

Qs: Fonts, Aspect book, Japanese/Mandarin, Word order

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1. Brother Roy, Fonts
2. Marcelo Adolfo Teixeira da Silva, Aspect Book wanted
3. Sean Day, Query
4. "Mic", Need: Word Order Classifications

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I am currently looking for 2 TrueType fonts to use with MS Windows. Does anyone
have a lead?

They are:

1) font for EVEGDBE language - Togo

2) font for EFON language - Benin

and while I am at it; I'm also looking for a font called Arial Alternative

Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to offer.

Brother Roy

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Email: roytaize.frmug.fr.net (Brother Roy) or taizecpe.ipl.fr
Taize-Community, 71250 TAIZE, France

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I would be glad any information where could I buy the book

Carlota S. Smith, _The Parameter of Aspect_, Kluwer

through the Internet. At Kluwer, they sad me they don't have the book
anymore (I've tryed at the UCSD bookstore too).
Any answer send to my address: matdsilvfox.cce.usp.br

Thanks,

Marcelo

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Query:

 In Japanese, the phrase is "roku kon go you"; in
Mandarin, it is "liu gen wu yong". The references I have
traslate both of these phrases as something akin to "six
roots/foundations, five uses". Apparently, this has
connection to Buddhist philosophy.
 Could those familiar with Japanese and/or Mandarin
comment on the phrase(s) and translation? Also, if there
are those amongst you who are familiar with this aspect of
Buddhism, I would greatly appreciate elucidation upon it.

Sean A. Day
daysamace.cc.purdue.edu

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I have been working on a paper about Vennemann's theory of natural
serialization and am currently working on applying it to the current
status of languages.
I have in mind to compile a list of all European languages, stating
which basic word order they have and how consistent they are.
Is there already such a list anywhere, and if where; and if not,
where could I retrieve this data from?
Would it be "fairer" to Vennemann if I didn't limit myself to
European languages?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thank you,
Mic