LINGUIST List 9.40

Sun Jan 11 1998

Qs: Nominative Langs, Sapir-Whorf, Imitation, Book

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

Directory

1. Temur Kutsia, Nominative Languages
2. Dominique Labrecque, Sapir-Whorf Approach
3. Dr. John Skoyles, Imitation
4. RSchwa6866, Book

Do any of you know about active languages (in the sense of Sapir) that
developed from nominative type?

I have examples of nominative languages derived from active
(european), the ergatives derived from active (iranian), the active
from ergative (Bats) but have no example of active from nominative
type languages.

Are there any theoretical implications that does not allow such way of
development? I would really appreciate if you could offer me
references in this respect.

I'll try to post a summary afterwards.

Sincerely,

	Nino Amiridze
	Institute of Oriental Studies
	Tbilisi, Georgia

I am looking for some research that would have been done in the area
of algonquian languages lexicon, within the "Sapir-Whorf" approach.

Thank you.

Imitation in spite of playing a critical role in vocabulary
acquisition has at present a 'cinderella' status in linguistics and
the speech sciences. Recently, imitation has gained a new theoretical
importance as it seems to underlie the functioning of the homologous
areas of the Broca's and Wernicke's speech areas in the monkey (for
instance, Rizzolatti G, Fadiga L, Gallese V, Fogassi L. Premotor
cortex and the recognition of motor actions. Cognit Brain Res 1996; 3:
131-141.). Given this new importance, I would be interested in forming
contacts and perhaps a group to discuss theoretical and empirical
aspects of the relationship between imitation and language.

Dr. John Skoyles
skoylesglobalnet.co.uk
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~skoyles/index.htm.

"I am looking for a second-hand book Speech Science Primer,
Physiology, Acoustics and Perception of Speech by Gloria J. Bordon and
Katherine S. Harris.

My name is Rosalie Schwartz. Please email me at RSchwa6866aol.com or
telephone 719-499-4455."