LINGUIST List 6.786

Wed 07 Jun 1995

Qs: Syntax text, MOO sites, Mary Clark, Replacement of numerals

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1. "STEVE SEEGMILLER", QUERY: Syntax Text
2. Naohiro Takizawa, Query: MOO sites
3. "Michael C. Beard", e-mail address needed
4. Alexis Manaster Ramer, Additional Query: Replacement of Numerals

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The time has come for my annual request for suggestions about an
undergraduate text in syntax. I used Napoli's book last fall, and
although I like the book very much, it posed problems for my students
that I would rather not deal with again. My second choice would ordinarily
be Radford, but I am quite disgusted with the way Cambridge University
Press deals with people and I prefer not to give them my business. So
if anyone has any experience with another text, I would appreciate
hearing about it. Please reply to me directly and I will post a
summary to the list.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Steve Seegmiller
Linguistics Department
Montclair State University
(seegmillerapollo.montclair.edu)

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Dear Netters:

I would like to make a list of the addresses of MOO sites for (foreign)
languages. Could anybody on the list provide me with the MOO site address
(together with a port number) that you know of, and, preferrably, with a
brief description of the site? Please respond personally. I will post a
summary later. Thank you in advance.


Sincerely,

Naohiro TAKIZAWA
Faculty of Language and Culture, Nagoya University
Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-01, JAPAN

E-mail: g44409anucc.cc.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Phone: +81-(0)52-789-4197 (office)

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I am looking for an e-mail address for Mary M. Clark, author of _The Tonal
System of Igbo_. I retrieved the LSA address book from the Listserver, and the
address for her on that list is m_clark1unhh.unh.edu. Trying to use this
address, however, returns an error message. Does anybody have her correct,
current address? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
Michael Beard
Wayne State University
Detroit MI
73131.3101compuserve.com

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I will soon be posting a summary of the information I have
gathered on the replcaement of numerals between 1 and 10
through borrowing or neologism. However, I have found no
examples of a complete replacement of '1' by a borrowed word
(there many involving neologisms, though) or of the complete
replacement of '2' by either a neologism or a borrowing in
any language families other than Afro-Asiatic and Altaic
(and I would be grateful for any suggestions on these cases).

I will post the final results soon.

Alexis Manaster Ramer