LINGUIST List 8.855

Tue Jun 10 1997

Qs: Unergatives, Pronoun, Latin

Editor for this issue: Ann Dizdar <annlinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Stuart Robinson, Distribution of Unergatives (S=A) and Unaccusatives (S=O)
2. R J Stevenson, Query: Connectionist models of prnoun interpretation
3. Alan Dench, Q. null anaphora in Latin

I was wondering whether anyone knew whether unergatives (S=A) or
unaccusatives (S=O) are predominant among ambivalent verbs in
particular languages. For example, all transitive roots in Tzotzil
are ambivalent, belonging to the unaccusative (S=O) type (with one
unergative (S=A) exception). Is this typical or atypical? Can anyone
recommend some references on this topic? I will post a summary.

Regards,
Stuart Robinson

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Stuart Robinson <Stuart.Robinsonanu.edu.au>
Linguistics Department
Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200

I am trying to find connectionist models of pronoun interpretation and
would be very glad to hear about any examples you may know of. It
would also be very helpful to know whether a given model computes the
pronoun-antecedent relation on the spot or whether it retrieves a
pre-stored relation from memory.

If you send responses to me, I will summarise them for the list.
Thanks in advance.

Rosemary Stevenson

>From Luke Yates
Centre for Linguistics
University of Western Australia

*** NULL ANAPHORA IN CLASSICAL LATIN ***

I'm examining null anaphora in Classical Latin for
my Honours thesis at the University of Western Australia.
I'll be drawing data from the Classical Latin corpus of Julius Caesar
 ( i.e. the 'Gallic' and 'Civil Wars' )
My study will include but not be restricted to null subjects.

I'm particularly interested in the morpho-syntactic status
of Latin verbal inflections and null arguments and
the relationship between them.
The role of inflectional affixes in identification and licensing
within Latin is highly relevant.

I would be very grateful for pointers to resources or contacts

 re: null anaphora in Latin.

Replies can be sent to me via Alan Dench at:

 adenchcyllene.uwa.edu.au

and I will post a summary of responses.

Thank you,

Luke Yates