LINGUIST List 9.1130

Tue Aug 11 1998

Qs: Left/Right, Written French, European Dialects

Editor for this issue: Martin Jacobsen <martylinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Ed Kako, Left and Right
2. Corey Heller, French Language Variations
3. Florent Dieterlen, Western European Dialects

I've got a question about the words "left" and "right": Grammatically,
they are adjectives, but are they considered open-class or
closed-class? Are all adjectives by definition open-class, or are they
heterogeneous for this classification?

Any references on this issue would be greatly appreciated!

Many thanks!
- Ed Kako

Does anyone know of a resource that discusses the
variations/differences between the various forms of WRITTEN French
around the world? How different is African French from European
French and Quebecois? I am not interested in spoken differences, just
written ones.

Does anyone have any ideas where I might get any info?

Thank you,
Corey Heller

I am doing a phd in linguistics in Lausanne, on western european
dialects. I do correlations between old phonetic changes, old
lexicon, and genetics. Many linguistic atlases are not very rich in
lexicon, for example the different linguistic atlases of
U.K. Therefore i look for dialect specialists of the different
U.K.dialects, as well as other western european dialects. Can you help
me? Thanks in advance, Florent Dieterlen