LINGUIST List, December 1994

December 1994 Issues

5.1370 Disc: Can the comparative method be applied to syntax?
1. Frederick Newmeyer, The comparative method and syntactic reconstruction
5.1371 Jobs: ESL, French, Computational ling
1. Takeda Haruko, English position in Japan
2. Hilary G Sachs, job posting
3. "Akira Kashima", Job opportunity
4. Dieter Kohl, JOB POSITION
5.1372 Calls: South Asian ling, Corpora, Celtic ling
1. David Stampe, Call for Papers: Language and Prehistory in South Asia
2. David Yarowsky, Call for Papers - ACL-95 Corpus Workshop
3. , Celtic linguistics
5.1373 Sum: Possession--have/hold/compulsion/existence
1. gor05, "SUM: HAVE/HOLD/COMPULSION/EXISTENCE
5.1374 Qs: Tibetan, Kiowa, Lang policy in Israel, Color terms
1. , Query: Tibetan
2. , collective nouns and common number in Kiowa
3. Itziar Laka, Language Policy in Israel
4. , colour terms in LINGUIST
5.1375 FYI: Home page, Video Update, GLS'95 on WWW, Poem, CALL Reports
1. , home page
2. Ali Aghbar, Genie Video Update
3. Jeff Deby, GLS 1995 info on WWW
4. maire ni chiosain, Poem (Re: 5.1276 Eskimo "snow")
5. Peter White, CALL Reports
5.1376 Sum: English Nouns in -ee
1. Chris Barker, Sum: Eng Ns in -ee
5.1377 Sum: Use of bubbler as a synonym for drinking fountain
1. "SEAN CHRISTENSEN,UW-WHITEWATER", Summary of 'bubbler'
5.1378 Sum: Typological possibility of "rain" = "falling water"
1. , "rain" = "falling water": summary
5.1379 FYI: INL 5 Million Words Corpus, CLIN IV 1994 proceedings
1. , Repeated message: Announcement INL 5 Million Words Corpus
2. Gosse Bouma, CLIN IV (Groningen 1994) proceedings
5.1380 Disc: Native speaker intuitions
1. Michael Kac, Intuition and Grammaticality
2. "Margaret E. Winters, OF as a verb
5.1381 Qs: Kinship terms, Surprise indications, Gen Ling, Korean fonts
1. "Sebastian Adorjan Dyhr", Universal family relations
2. Julie Nicole, indications of surprise
3. , Trends and developments in Linguistics
4. Greg Iverson, Korean Fonts
5.1382 Disc: Words for snow
1. maire ni chiosain, eskimo words for snow
2. Ruth Fjeld Vatvedt, Re: 5.1358 Words for snow
5.1383 Sum: Intonational Analysis
1. GORDON B COOPER, Following is a summary of answers to my query about a "how-to"
5.1384 TOC: LANGUAGE SCIENCES
1. ,
5.1385 TOC: English for Specific Purposes
1. ,
5.1386 TOC: Journal of Neurolinguistics
1. ,
5.1387 Qs: Fonts for Tamil etc, Ling & Semiotics, Hippy-
1. , Q: Fonts for Devanagari, Tamil & Telugu
2. , Relationship between linguistics & semiotics
3. , From Hippy to Yuppy
4. Micheal Palmer, Dissertation by Carole E. Chaski
5.1388 Jobs: Division Director for SBER/Nat'l Science Foundation
1. , NSF Division Director for SBER -- Announcement
5.1389 FYI: Int'l Directory of South Asia Scholars
1. David Magier, Int'l Directory of Scholars
5.1390 Qs: Chulalongkorn Univ, Structure of Modern Engl, OF as a verb
1. Yen Ketty, Point of contact in Thailand
2. Michael Newman, text for Structure of Modern English
3. Jacques Guy, OF as a verb
5.1391 Confs: Computational Logic for Natural Language, GLOW Call
1. , Announcement and CFP: Computational Logic for Natural Language
2. Curt Rice, GLOW Call for Papers
5.1392 Confs: Celtic congress, Computer-mediated discourse analysis
1. , Celtic Congress, Edinburgh, July 1995
2. Susan Herring, Final call for abstracts: Computer-mediated discourse analysis
5.1393 Disc: Using the comparative method in syntax
1. Martin Haspelmath, comparative method in syntax
2. Jacques Guy, Re: 5.1370 Can the comparative method be applied to syntax?
3. , Re: 5.1370 Can the comparative method be applied to syntax?
5.1394 Qs: Penultimate stress, WHmovement, Tense-aspect, Peccavi
1. CAVEMAN -- San Bernardino, Calif. USA, Penultimate Stress in India
2. Vincent DeCaen, WHmovement
3. Vincent DeCaen, Q: Australian tense-aspect
4. Rob Stainton, Peccavi?
5.1398 TOC: Speech Communication
1. ,
5.1399 Qs: COBUILD, Noun Incorp., Ancient Chinese, Clitic doubling
1. Jose M. Castano DNI 13679711, COBUILD
2. Jose M. Castano DNI 13679711, Query Noun Incorporation Lang.
3. , Ancient Chinese: 2 Qs
4. Rocio Jimenez, query about clitic doubling
5.1400 Sum: Mazel tov
1. jeffrey howard allen, Sum: mazel tov
2. Pamela Faber, Mazel tov
5.1401 Sum: Snow
1. David Prager Branner, Pseudo-summary: Eskimo Snow
2. John Nerbonne, Re: 5.1382 Words for snow
5.1402 Qs: Welsh and the internet, Stylistics of email, Arabic
1. Gwyn Williams, Q: Welsh on the Internet
2. Alla B. Eskina, WHO studies e-mail linguistically
3. "Sebastian Adorjan Dyhr", Arabic studies
5.1403 Jobs: Phonetics, English lit, SLA, Pragmatics/psycholing
1. Philip H. Miller, English phonetics position, at U. Lille, France
2. Gwyn Williams, Job: English literature in Thailand
3. "Tamara S. Al-Kasey", SLA positions
4. Francis Nolan, Job at Cambridge
5.1404 Disc: Comparative method in linguistics
1. benji wald, (COPY) Kar/Jie
2. Karl Teeter, Re: 5.1368 Varia: Comparative Linguistics, Thanks
5.1405 Disc: Comparative method in linguistics, continued
1. ALICE FABER, Comparative Method
2. , accuracy of historical reconstruction
3. Jacques Guy, Re: Comparative linguistics
5.1406 Confs: FLSM 6, Student conference - deadline extension
1. FLSM VI, FLSM 6
2. Pierre Larrivee, Student conference - deadline extension
5.1407 FYI: ATELL List, Linguistics in the Schools
1. Peter White, ATELL List
2. Stephen Crain and Walt Wolfram, Linguistics in the Schools
5.1408 Disc: Comparative method in syntax
1. David Michaels, Comparative Reconstruction in Syntax
2. , Re: 5.1393 Using the comparative method in syntax
5.1409 Disc: Comparative method in syntax, continued
1. "Prof.Dr. R.Block, FB13, Tel.:305320", syntax and comparative method
2. Helge Dyvik, Re: 5.1393 Using the comparative method in syntax
5.1411 Confs: Dartmouth College, University of Bristol
1. Lenore A. Grenoble, Endangered Languages Conference at Dartmouth
2. "D.A.Brickley", THE CONSERVATION OF ENDANGERED LANGUAGES
5.1412 FYI: South Asia Gopher
1. David Magier, South Asia Gopher
5.1413 Qs: Indian corpora, Phonetics, Syllabus, Reader, Kinship terms
1. Kripa Sundar, req: info on Indian corpora ...
2. Bruce Nevin, Qs: laryngeal phonetics
3. , syllabus for an undergraduate socio-linguistics course
4. "R.Hudson", sociolinguistics readers
5. Ted Harding, Re: Qs: Kinship terms
5.1414 Disc: Native speaker intuitions
1. Marilyn Silva, Re: 5.1380 Native speaker intuitions
2. "Jules Levin", RE: Use of 'of' as a "verb"
5.1415 Confs: Sociolinguistics Symposium, Conf. Listing, ICCS-95
1. ADAM JAWORSKI, Sociolinguistics Symposium 11
2. Peter White, Conference Listing, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
3. "iccs-95@sf.ehu.es", ICCS-95
5.1416 Disc: Basic Word Order
1. Esa Itkonen, Basic word order
5.1417 Misc: Request for L1, L2 Native Language Materials, Sardinian
1. Rand Valentine, Request for L1, L2 Native Language Materials
2. tony chessa, PETITION for SARDINIAN language
5.1418 Qs: Lexical Data Base,Reference for Dik,IPA, Starting data bank
1. Aristidis Vagelatos, Lexical Data Base
2. , Reference for Dik
3. Mike Hammond, transferring IPA between mac and DOS
4. , Qns- starting data bank
5.1419 Sum: Tagged Corpora
1. Janet Rowe, tagged corpora: summary
5.1420 Disc: Comparative method in linguistics
1. "c.a. creider", Re: 5.1404 Comparative method in linguistics
2. , Re: 5.1404 Comparative method in linguistics
3. , Comparative method (shared sound changes)
5.1421 FYI: 1995 Linguistic Institute, Advanced Translation Studies
1. F5JTL aka WX3W, 1995 Linguistic Institute
2. Uwe Reinke, Advanced Translation Studies Center
5.1422 Sum: Tuvan throat-singing
1. "Vern M. Lindblad", Sum: Tuvan throat-singing (plus new tour info)
5.1423 Qs: Versification, Algerian Arabic, Spanish: Speakers, Corpora
1. , Versification and Deep/Abstract Phonology
2. F Aiti-Si-Selmi, Emphatic Vowels in Algerian Arabic
3. Eric Bakovic, Native Spanish speakers needed
4. "David Gohre", Computerized Spanish Corpora
5.1424 Calls: EACL-95, SICOL, Penn Ling Colloquim, Machine Translation
1. Evelyne Tzoukermann, EACL-95 SIGDAT WORKSHOP
2. Jan Tent, SICOL & APCP
3. Rajesh Bhatt, Call for papers for Penn Linguistics Colloquium
4. Bruno Tersago, Final Call for Papers
5.1425 Confs: Celtic Studies, LSRL25
1. T M Ellison, 10th International Congress of Celtic Studies (10-ICCS)
2. Karen Zagona, tentative program
5.1426 Misc: +/- animate pronouns, "Mazel tov", Lang and thinking
1. Larry Horn, Relative pronouns for the family pet, cont'd
2. , More on "Mazel tov"
3. Michael Newman, sapir-whorf
5.1427 Jobs: U of Canterbury/New Zealand, Cambridge
1. , Jobs: UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY
2. Francis Nolan, Job at Cambridge
5.1428 Jobs: Research fellowship/Manchester, Lectureship/U of York
1. Bill Croft, 5yr research fellowship at Manchester
2. A Warner, University of York
5.1429 Jobs: Project on lexical databases, Visiting Position/Florida
1. Bruno Tersago, Dutch project on lexical databases
2. VIRGINIA C GATHERCOLE, Visiting Position, Florida International University
5.1430 Qs: Japanese-English, REA test, Sumerian initial CCs
1. Michael Carr, Query: "Grasshopper Mind"?
2. , REA
3. Wolfgang Behr, QUERY ON Sumerian initial CCs
5.1431 Qs: Survey on multi-media in linguistics
1. "FRANKE INGOLF", books and articles on CD-ROM
5.1432 Calls: AAAI FALL SYMOPOSIUM ON FORMALIZING CONTEXT
1. Sasa Buvac, AAAI FALL SYMOPOSIUM ON FORMALIZING CONTEXT
5.1433 Disc: Comparative method
1. Scott DeLancey, Re: 5.1393 Using the comparative method in syntax
2. Karl Teeter, Re: 5.1409 Comparative method in syntax, continued
3. Karl Teeter, Comparative grammar, reply to Alexis Manaster-Ramer
4. , 5.1420 Comparative method in linguistics
5.1434 Qs: Phonetics, HPSG slash, Pseudo-explanations
1. Judith Seaboyer, Linguist/phonetic request for information
2. Michal Ephratt, HPSG slash
3. , Query: Pseudo-explanations
5.1435 Disc: Native speaker intuitions
1. , Re: 5.1414 Native speaker intuitions
2. Frits Stuurman, query: have/of) a
3. Frits Stuurman, query: different
5.1436 FYI: Television Program, Publications Exchange
1. William Poser, television program
2. Theoretical Linguistic Project, Publications exchange
5.1437 Misc: LONGMAN PRIZE, Comp. lx, African lx, Mac shareware
1. , PALA/LONGMAN PRIZE
2. Graeme Hirst, Computational Linguistics at Toronto and Waterloo
3. "Jacqueline Lecarme", announcement/call for papers
4. Linguistic Instruments, Announcement
5.1438 Confs: Sudan Studies Association conference
1. , Sudan Studies Association conference
5.1439 TOC: Language
1. ,
5.1440 Sum: Japanese
1. Ann Lindvall, Japanese - thanks
5.1441 Qs: Pre-school age genre, Spanish, German, Syllable appendices
1. , register in the pre-school age
2. Pablo Accuosto, Q: Frecuency of words in spanish
3. Gwyn Williams, German (r): stylistic/other variation
4. , Syllable appendectomies?
5.1442 Sum: Tok Pisin
1. Ann Lindvall, Tok Pisin - thanks
5.1443 All: Linguistic Datasources
1. The LINGUIST List, Linguistic Datasources
5.1444 TOC: Proceedings from the Workshop on Compound Nouns
1. ,
5.1445 TOC: Language and Literature
1. ,
5.1446 Disc: Comparative Method
1. , comparative method
2. Karl Teeter, Why Indo-European
5.1447 Qs: Persian/Eng, Politeness, Online Eng, Western/Non-Western
1. , modifie permutation
2. , Polite conventions in English
3. (aeed menasan, ONLINE ENGLISH ?
4. saeed menasan, Western/Non-Western Cultures/Lgs.
5.1448 Disc: Comparative Method
1. Sally Thomason, Re: 5.1433 Comparative method
2. Karl Teeter, Comparative method
3. Helge Dyvik, Re: 5.1433 Comparative method
4. , Comparative Linguistics, Response to Teeter and Golla
5.1449 Disc: Sapir-Whorf, Words for snow
1. Logical Language Group, Sapir-Whorf
2. , Re: 5.1401 Sum: Snow
5.1450 Disc: Comparative Method
1. benji wald, Re: 5.1433 Comparative method
5.1451 Misc: PhD/Linguistics at Northwestern, Petition re. Sardinian
1. Gregory Ward, PhD Program in Linguistics, Northwestern University
2. tony chessa, Petition in Sardinian
5.1452 Sum: Trends and developments in Linguistics
1. , SUM:Trends and developments in Linguistics
5.1453 Confs: Optionality, LAGB, CFP/Spatial Expressions
1. "Fred Weerman, OTS Utrecht", call workshop optionality
2. "G.Corbett", Call for Papers: LAGB
3. PATRICK LUKE OLIVIER, CFP: Spatial Expressions
5.1454 Confs: Usage-based models, CGSW10 Program, LSRL25 Info
1. Suzanne E Kemmer, Usage-Based Models - symposium
2. "KU Brussel, CGSW10 Program
3. Karen Zagona, LSRL25 Registration, Conference Dinner Res. & Travel Info
5.1455 Jobs: French ling, Sociolinguistics, Applied linguistics
1. , job announcement
2. N o s t a l g i a, Job Opening for English/Socio/Applied
3. Jon Jonz, Applied Linguistics Position
5.1456 Qs: Queries about LSA
1. Chandrashekar Siddaramaiah, Looking for a person to share a room at the LSA
2. Dan Everett, Blues at LSA?
5.1457 Qs: Dutch dialect, Textbooks, Etymology, Names of days
1. , Query: Graafs (the dialect of Dutch spoken in Grave)
2. Susan Burt, Query: phonetics textbooks
3. Alison Moore, Q: neenish tarts
4. Jan Tent, deictic names of days
5.1458 Disc: Comparative Syntax
1. , Comparative Syntax
5.1459 Disc: Native speaker intuitions
1. Richard Ingham, Re: 5.1435 Native speaker intuitions
2. panther, Re: 5.1414 Native speaker intuitions
3. benji wald, Re: 5.1435 Native speaker intuitions
5.1460 Disc: Comparative Syntax: Two languages, one grammar?
1. Logical Language Group, Comparative syntax: Two languages, one grammar?
5.1461 Qs: Conference, Narrative, French, Lang discrimination
1. Peter White, Help on finding a conference
2. "Jose Angel Alvarez ", Re: 5.1451 Varia: PhD/Linguistics at Northwestern, Petition re.
3. Pascale Amozig, "la question est de savoir si"
4. Monica Casco, Re: You are now subscribed to the LINGUIST list
5.1462 Disc: Comparative Method
1. Geoffrey K. Pullum, Re: 5.1448 Comparative Method
2. , Comparative Method
3. Ecological Linguistics,Anderson,PRT, Typology of Historical Change
5.1463 Sum: Vowel length in orthographies
1. Helen Fraser, Sum: Vowel length in orthographies
5.1464 Sum: Reconstruction of Latin
1. , Reconstruction of Latin
5.1465 Calls: Language Visualisation, Cognitive Science
1. Paul Mc Kevitt,
2. Paul Mc Kevitt, Calls: Cognitive Science
5.1466 Books: Syntax, History of ling, Socioling, Langs
1. ,
5.1467 Qs: Sapir-Whorf, Nominalizations, Metaling, Lang/Anthropoidea
1. , Sapir-Whorf and Innateness
2. Steven Abney, cross-linguistic work on nominalization
3. Prof. Roly Sussex, metalinguistics
4. Steven Schaufele, Q: language amongst the Anthropoidea, or, the Racist Linguist Plot
5.1468 Disc: Comparative method
1. Ecological Linguistics,Anderson,PRT, Comparative Method
5.1469 Disc: Trends in linguistics
1. Mark Liberman, Housen on trends
2. Annabel Cormack, RE: 5.1452 Sum: Trends and developments in Linguistics
5.1470 FYI: Open letter to _Language_
1. , Open Letter to *Language*
5.1471 All: LINGUIST on vacation
1. linguist, On vacation
5.1472 Disc: Reply: Open letter to _Language_
1. "Sarah G. Thomason", Re: 5.1470 Open letter to _Language_
5.1473 Calls: Workshop on context in NLP
1. , IJCAI95 Workshop on context in NLP
5.1474 Calls: Symposium: Knowledge Retrieval
1. Gerard Ellis, 2nd CFP: KRUSE Symposium: Knowledge Retrieval, Use and Storage for
5.1475 Jobs: General Ling in Heidelberg
1. "Henriette Visser", Ausschreibung Professur Universitaet Heidelberg
5.1476 Qs: NP syntax, Kant and Innateness, Igor Melc'ek, Danish
1. David Scarratt, Query: Noun phrase syntax
2. Alan Huffman, Kant and Innateness
3. Sherri Calvo, looking for Igor Mel'cek
4. "ROYLE,PHAEDRA,MS", danish null subjects
5.1477 Disc: Comparative Method
1. Karl Teeter, Nostratophobia; re: 5.1448 Comparative Method
2. Karl Teeter, Re: 5.1448 Comparative Method
5.1478 FYI: Fonts, Applied ling library, UNM home page, Mac/grammar
1. debashish banerji, Re: South Asian language fonts
2. , Applied Linguistics 'virtual library'
3. F5JTL aka WX3W, UNM Linguistics Dept
4. Linguistic Instruments, RE: Announcing Grammar Laboratories for the Macintosh
5.1479 Disc: Rate of Loss for "Basic" Vocabulary
1. , Rate of Loss for "Basic" Vocabulary
5.1480 All: HILP2, Addresses needed
1. "Norval Smith, Urgent notice HILP2 phonology conference Amsterdam
2. Mouton de Gruyter, addresses
5.1481 FYI: New NSF grant, Computational ling summer school
1. , New NSF Grant Competition
2. "Ruslan Mitkov", Summer School in Computational Ling
5.1482 Disc: Comparative Method
1. , Re: 5.1462 Comparative Method
2. , Comparative Method and Geoff Pullum
3. , Re: 5.1462 Comparative Method
4. Karl Teeter, Re: 5.1462 Comparative Method
5. Logical Language Group, Re: 5.1462 Comparative Method
5.1483 Disc: Comparative Method
1. "Larry Trask", Comparative method
2. Ecological Linguistics,Anderson,PRT, Compar.Ling. item Sci.Am.Jan95
5.1484 Disc: Comparative Syntax
1. "Valiquette, Philippe Luc", Comparative Syntax
5.1485 Disc: could OF (was Native speaker intuition)
1. Tom Cravens, could OF (was Native speaker intuition)
2. , "OF" / "'of'"
5.1486 Sum: Clitic Doubling in Spanish
1. Rocio Jimenez, Sum: Clitic Doubling in Spanish
5.1487 Calls: Student Conference in Linguistics
1. UConn Conference Organizers - SCIL VII, Final Call for SCIL VII
5.1488 Disc: Comparative method
1. , Comparative Method
2. gor05, "SYNTAX AND THE COMPARATIVE METHOD
3. Karl Teeter, Re: 5.1468 Comparative method
5.1489 Disc: Comparative method
1. "Valiquette, Philippe Luc", Comparative Syntax
2. Celso Alvarez Caccamo, Re: Two languages / One grammar?
3. ALICE FABER, Comparative Method
4. , Re: 5.1484 Comparative Syntax
5.1490 Disc: Comparative syntax
1. benji wald, Re: 5.1484 Comparative Syntax
5.1491 Calls: Workshop on Connectionist-Symbolic Integration
1. Ron Sun,
5.1492 FYI: Shareware Mac concordance program available
1. Michael Barlow, Shareware Mac concordance program available
5.1495 Disc: Letter to *Language*, Moderators' Note
1. , Open Letter to *Language*
5.1496 FYI: Fonts, List of Lang Lists, Thanks
1. CAVEMAN -- San Bernardino, Calif. USA, Fonts
2. Michael Everson, List of Language Lists version 1.A
3. Sherri Calvo, thanks
5.1497 Books: Discourse, Translation, Pragmatics
1. ,
5.1498 Books: Bibliographies, Writing, History of Ling
1. ,
5.1499 Books: Finnish, Greek, Historical Ling
1. ,
5.1500 Disc: Comparative method, Polarization & reviews
1. Ecological Linguistics,Anderson,PRT, getting past a polarized field
2. Ecological Linguistics,Anderson,PRT, Compar: IndoEur as the model?
3. Ecological Linguistics,Anderson,PRT, Evidence against Greenberg?
4. Ecological Linguistics,Anderson,PRT, Compar outsider / specialist
5.1501 Jobs: Computational Ling, Generalist
1. "Dr. Karin Haenelt", Job Offering: GMD Darmstadt, Germany
2. Larry Mitchell, Generalist
5.1502 All: Books Available: Syntax, Phonology
1. @I, Books Available: Syntax, Phonology
5.1503 Books: Syntax, Semantics, Ling Theory, Dissertations
1. ,
5.1504 Books: Lang Planning, Acquisition, Pidgins & Creoles
1. ,
5.1505 Books: Functional & Systemic Ling
1. ,
5.1506 TOC: Language and Linguistics in Melanesia
1. ,
5.1507 Qs: Fula, LSA Meeting
1. Birgit Gerlach, Q: Fula
2. , Car Pooling- LSA Conference,New Orleans
5.1508 FYI: NELS dates, Vacancy, Langues et Grammaire
1. Martha Jo Mcginnis, NELS dates, at last!
2. "Henriette Visser", URGENT! "Lehrstuhl fuer Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft" Vacancy
3. Sciences du Langage, Languaes et Grammaire 2, Modified Dates
5.1509 Calls: BISFAI '95
1. Daniel Radzinski, BISFAI '95 Call for Papers -- Second Announcement
5.1510 Disc: Could of
1. Joyce Tang Boyland, could of
2. benji wald, Re: 5.1459 Native speaker intuition
3. "R.Hudson", could OF
5.1511 Disc: Metalinguistics
1. ursula.doleschal, Re: 5.1467 Qs: Metaling