LINGUIST List, February 1992

February 1992 Issues

3.100 Disc: Proto-World (Part 1)
1. Swann Philip, 3.87 Proto-World
2. Eric Schiller, Re: 3.87 Proto-World
3. , 3.87 Proto-World
4. Dan Everett, Re: 3.87 Proto-World
5. Richard Sproat, 3.87 Proto-World
3.101 Disc: Proto-World (Part 2)
1. Michael Newman, Re: 3.87 Proto-World
2. "Norval Smith, RE: 3.87 Proto-World
3. Geoffrey Russom, Re: 3.87 Scientific American
4. Stavros Macrakis, Historical linguistics is `out'
5. Swann Philip, 3.87 Proto-World
3.102 Jobs: Trondheim, Delaware
1. Curt Rice, Phonetics job: Trondheim
2. Peter Cole, Faculty Positions in Linguistics at the University of Delaware
3.103 Disc: Celtic Etymologies
1. Briony Williams, Re: 3.78 Celtic etymology
2. John Cowan, J.R.R. Tolkien on "Celtic"
3. , Celtic Etymologies: Avalon
3.104 Disc: Youse
1. Mark Littlefield, youse
2. Susann Luperfoy, Your All's
3. Karin Evans, Re: 3.99 Queries: Visual Semiotics, HyperQual, Your All's
4. Mark Littlefield, Youse
3.105 Disc: Nominative/Infinitive, Scandanavian Clusters
1. jack, Nominative with Infinitive
2. , Clusters
3.106 Disc: Is, is, Finite-Sets
1. Geoffrey Russom, Re: 3.93 Is, is
2. , 3.93 Is, is
3. Richard Sproat, is, is hypercorrection
4. "Wlodek Zadrozny", finite, non-well defined sets, non-standard set theories
3.107 Qs: Polish Address, Mandarin, Spanish
1. "Wayles Browne, Cornell University", Polish address query
2. JEROEN WIEDENHOF, Aspect in Mandarin
3. Dave Eddington, Spanish Word List
4. , "def"
3.108 Disc: Intensifiers, not, ok, but
1. Monica Macaulay, way again
2. Malcolm Ross, Re: 3-83 Australian postposed "but"
3. Marnie Jo Petray, Re: 3.95 Intensifiers
4. Pamela Munro, OK
3.109 Confs: Cognition and Representation, Spoken Lg. Processing
1. William J. Rapaport, edited conference program
2. , Int'l Conference on Spoken Lg. Processing; 2nd call for abstracts
3.110 Disc: Proto-World and Popular Linguistics
1. Jim Scobbie, Re: popular linguistics
2. Mark H Aronoff, language origins
3. Joe Stemberger, Re: 3.101 Proto-World (Part 2)
3.111 Sum: Speech errors
1. , Lang and Law
2. Ron Smyth, Speech errors: summary
3.112 FYI: Computational Intelligence; Wordsort
1. "T.Pattabhiraman", info missing from recent Linguist entry
2. William Dowling, Unix wordsort
3.113 Confs: SUNY Buffalo Conference on Cognition and Representation
1. len talmy, SUNY Buffalo Conference on "Cognition and Representation"
3.114 Disc: Last Posting on Not
1. "STEVE SEEGMILLER", The issue of retrogressive negation is settled. Not.
2. , ..Not
3. , EST
3.115 FYI: NACCL4; Logic, Language and Information Summer School
1. , CORRECTED NACCL4 announcement
2. Arnold D J, For general distribution, please
3.116 Qs: Cognitive science courses, Keyboard entry
1. Gregory Ward, teaching linguistics in introductory cognitive science courses
2. Henry Rogers, keyboard entry
3.117 Disc: Proto-World I
1. Sheldon Harrison, Proto-world
2. Phil Bralich, Protoworld
3. Swann Philip, 3.110 Proto-World and Popular Linguistics
4. Nancy L. Dray, The Very Model for Historical Comparison...
3.118 Disc: Proto-World II
1. "Michael Kac", Re: 3.110 Proto-World and Popular Linguistics
2. , Re: 3.110 Proto-World and Popular Linguistics
3. , Front Page News
3.119 Confs: Hungarian
1. "Pleh Csaba, The structure of Hungarian: Contemporary Approaches
3.120 FYI: New MA Degree, Publications, Papers
1. , New MA degree
2. , N.E.L.L. Publications
3. , Call for papers: IJSL special issue
3.121 Disc: Is, is, But, Parsing Challenge
1. Ron Smyth, Re: 3.106 Is, is, Finite-Sets
2. "NAME " William Marslen-Wilson "", Is, is, ....
3. , Australian 'but'
4. William J. Rapaport, A Parsing Challenge
3.122 FYI: ALLC/ACH Conference, Humanities List
1. , ALLC/ACH Conference, 5-9 April 1992, Oxford
2. Gavin Burnage, New Humanities Postgraduate Mailing List
3.123 Disc: Synaesthesia, Finite Sets, Origin of OK
1. John Cowan, SYNESTHESIA
2. Margaret Fleck, Finite sets
3. Zvi Gilbert, The True Origin of OK
3.124 FYI: Program Available, New Journal
1. Jacques Guy, A PC Program for identifying Related Words
2. Sherman Wilcox, New journal/Call for papers: Interpreters for the Deaf
3.127 Confs: Conference on Cognition and Representation
1. William J. Rapaport, Abstracts: CONFERENCE ON COGNITION AND REPRESENTATION
3.128 Qs: LFG, Historical, Semiotics, Monkeys
1. Bruce E Litow, Lexical Functional Grammars
2. David W. Talmage, Looking for software tools for historical linguistics
3. , Semiotics
4. Michael Hancher, Monkeys at typewriters
3.129 Sum: Big Time; -ish
1. I'm not short, merely vertically challen, Making the big time.
2. Margaret Fleck, Something like post-sentential not, but another morpheme
3.130 Disc: Post-Ultimate Posting on Y'All
1. Kathleen Hubbard, Re: 3.115 Last Posting on Y'all
2. Stephen Ryberg, genitive and a half?
3. Anthony C. Woodbury, Re: 3.115 Last Posting on Y'all
3.131 Disc: Is, is
1. , Re: 3.121 Is, is, But, Parsing Challenge
2. Scott Delancey, All's I know is
3. Monica Macaulay, is is
3.132 Disc: Is, is; But; Parsing challenge
1. , 3.121 Is, is, But, Parsing Challenge
2. Herb Stahlke, Re: 3.121 Is, is, But, Parsing Challenge
3. Zvi Gilbert, A postposed "but" dialect
4. JEROEN WIEDENHOF, Re: parsing challenge - to be or not to bee
3.133 FYI: Goettingen Summer School, African Studies Conf, Call
1. , Goettingen Summer School
2. Carol Myers-Scotton, African Studies Conference
3. , Journal Call for Papers
3.134 Disc: Linguistics and Popular Press
1. Geoffrey Russom, Re: 3.126 Proto-World
2. Joe Salmons, Proto-World
3. , Re: 3.126 Proto-World
4. Logical Language Group, Popular Views/Linguistics Education
3.135 FYI: Publications
1. brian kariger, New issue of California Linguistic Notes
2. , announcing a new journal
3.136 Confs: ILA, Language Development
1. Michael Newman, ILA
2. BU Conference on Language Development, BU Conference: Call for Papers
3.137 Qs: Like, Swahili/Yoruba, ESL
1. Gregory Grefenstette, LIKE LIKE LIKE, THAT THAT THAT
2. , translation into swahili & yoruba
3. "** Tua^'n **", ESL
3.138 Sum: Iconicity; Mac Keyboards
1. Martin Haase, iconicity in deictics (summary)
2. Eric Schiller, Re: 3.116 Queries: Cognitive science courses, Keyboard entry
3.139 Disc: Wat was was...
1. Ivan A Derzhanski, Wat was was...? (was Is, is, ...)
2. bert peeters, 3.121 Was was was
3. Margaret Fleck, eer was was was ....
3.140 Disc: -ish, Def
1. "R.Hudson", -ish
2. Dr M Sebba, Ish
3. , "Def"
3.141 Disc: Linguistics and the Popular Press
1. Richard Sproat, The Popular Press
3.142 Qs: Registers, Acquisition
1. Michael Newman, airplane talk
2. , Query re language learning among retarded
3. , query: sociolinguistic registers
4. "Bruce E. Nevin", Query: brain research
5. , off the wall
6. Michael Henderson, Proceedings wanted
7. Fran Karttunen, Re: 3.134 Linguistics and Popular Press
3.143 Disc: Linguistics and the Popular Press
1. Richard Ogden, (un)popular linguistics
2. Brian D Joseph, Posting for LINGUIST
3. , Re: 3.141 The Latest from the Popular Press
4. Larry Horn, Re: 3.134 Linguistics and Popular Press
5. , Grammar Genes and Language Glands
3.144 FYI: Publication, Lecture
1. Harry van der Hulst, For the Listserv
2. Koenraad de Smedt, address change
3. Henry Kucera, Grammar Checking
4. Suzanne Romaine, for the listserv
3.145 Disc: Intonation In Announcements
1. , RE: 3.142 Queries: Registers, Acquisition
2. Richard Ogden, aeroplane talk
3. ,
4. Geoffrey Russom, Re: 3.142 Queries: Registers, Acquisition
5. Paul Hopper, Re: 3.142 Airplane Talk
6. , Re: 3.142 Queries: Registers, Acquisition
3.146 Qs: Gangs, Phonics, Place Names, Replicability
1. , REQUEST: language of gangs
2. , "Hooked on Phonics"
3. Richard Coates, The western Atlantic
4. , Replicability in Linguistics
3.147 Disc: Parsing challenges (Wat was was...)
1. , same-word sequences
2. , Re: 3.139 Wat was was...
3. , Like like like
3.148 All: Nominations For LSA Secretary-Treasurer
1. Terry Langendoen, call for nominations for LSA Secretary-Treasurer
3.149 Sum: Deictic Iconicity
1. Martin Haase, deictic iconicity (summary)
3.151 Disc: Proto-World, Linguistics and Popular Press
1. Henry Kucera, Re: 3.134 Linguistics and Popular Press
2. Jacques Guy, Cavalli-Sforza, Part II
3. jack, Mother Tongue
3.152 Qs: Amerind, Galician, Mac Phono, On
1. Bob Singerman, Native American Linguistic Bibliography
2. , Galician
3. Brian Jepson, Mac Phono Phonts
4. Hiromi Morikawa, Query: "On" instead of "about"
3.153 Jobs: NLP at MCC, Phonology
1. Jim Blevins, Re: Job
2. Bill Poser, temporary position
3.154 Disc: Parsing challenges
1. Stan C. Kwasny, Re: 3.147 Parsing Challenges
2. "Barbara.Abbott", 3.147 Parsing Challenges
3. BORKOVSA, and and and in Russian
4. William Dowling, repeated words: " ... had had ..." etc.
5. , RE: 3.147 Parsing Challenges
6. , Re: 3.132 Is, is; But; Parsing challenge
3.155 Disc: -Ish, All's
1. Richard Coates, Re: 3.140 -ish, Def
2. Eric Schiller, Re: 3.140 -ish, Def
3. Brian Teaman, Re: 3.131 Alls I know
4. , 3.131 Is, is
3.156 Qs: The Role of LINGUIST
1. Paul Baltes, Role of LINGUIST
3.161 Qs: German, cowabunga, media
1. , frequency analysis of German
2. Larry Davidson, cowabunga
3. Dr M Sebba, Re: 3.143 Linguistics And The MEdia
3.162 Qs: Selectional, English Prime, Spanish, Fieldwork
1. Arran, Selectional Restrictions (Help!!!)
2. Helene Ossipov, English Prime
3. , Spanish la -
4. Bruce Rigsby, Linguistic Fieldwork & Its Methods
3.164 Disc: Genes and Language Disorders
1. , Re: 3.142 Queries: Registers, Acquisition
2. "Alan Prince", Genes and Language Disorders
3.165 FYI: Galician, Phonics, CAL
1. Margaret E. Winters, Galician
2. Dominic Berducci, Re: 3.146 Queries: Gangs, Phonics, Place Names, Replicability
3. (ominic Berducci, hooked on phonics
4. "Bruce E. Nevin", phonics
5. Letticia Galindo, Re: 3.137 Queries: Like, Swahili/Yoruba, ESL
6. , RE: 3.151 Proto-World
3.166 Confs: East Asian Syntax Workshop
1. Peter Cole, Saito and Weinberg Talks--East Asian Syntax Workshop
3.167 Qs: Data, Texts
1. , ish, almost, sort of, about
2. Jacques Guy, Query: month names
3. Warren Brewer, Help with linguistics primers
4. Patrick Maun, Looking for online American Indian databanks.
5. BROADWELL GEORGE AARON, burps
6. , Subcategorization for subjects
7. Michael Earl Darnell, query: textbooks
8. Clergeau Stephanie,
9. Edson Francozo, IPA
3.168 Sum: Brain Research, Selectional Restrictions
1. "Bruce E. Nevin", brain research, Gopnik
2. Arran, Selectional Restrictions: Thanks for all the replies.
3. "Bruce E. Nevin", selection restrictions
3.169 Qs: Chinese, Dictionary, Final Devoicing
1. Ralf Thiede, CP/IP system in Chinese--query
2. , Re: 3.164 Genes and Language Disorders
3. , RE: dictionary writing - request for help
4. Johanna Rubba, Re: 3.053 Origin of "Honkie"
5. Ron Southerland, Language and Power Course
6. , Spanish la -
7. , Final Devoicing
8. Dr M Sebba, query about Pasilingua
3.170 Jobs: EFL in Germany, Theoretical ling, Ling at OSU
1. Martin Haase, Job
2. Margaret Rennex, Research Associate Vacancy
3. Brian D Joseph, Position Announcement at OSU
3.171 Disc: Genes and Language Disorders
1. jack, Re:registers, acquisition
2. Joe Stemberger, Re: 3.164 Genes and Language Disorders
3.172 Disc: Marr, Phonics, Texts
1. , off the wall
2. , About Marr (Reply to Kucera)
3. Michael Sikillian/Annotext, Hooked on Phonics
4. Vicki Fromkin, Re: 3.167 Queries: Data, Texts
5. Helene Ossipov, English prime
3.173 Disc: Register, Linguistics In The Popular Press
1. Dan I. Slobin, Re: 3.145 Intonation In Announcements
2. , Register
3. Sarah Jones, the Popular Press discovers NOT
4. Fran Karttunen, Re: 3.161 Queries: German, cowabunga, media
3.174 Disc: All's
1. Ron Smyth, Re: 3.155 Comments: -Ish, All's
2. , RE: 3.155 Comments: -Ish, All's
3. (on Smyth, all's
4. Karin Evans, Re: 3.155 Comments: -Ish, All's
5. FD00000, 3.155 Comments: -Ish, All's
3.175 Disc: Parsing challenges
1. William J. Rapaport, Re: 3.154 Parsing Challenges
2. "NAME " William Marslen-Wilson "", RE: 3.154 Parsing Challenges
3. "Bruce E. Nevin", parsers vs. humans
4. Will Fitzgerald, Re: 3.154 Parsing Challenges
3.176 Disc: Semantics, Selectional Restrictions
1. "R.Hudson", semantic subcategorisation
2. Johanna Rubba, Selectional restrictions
3. Robert Goldman, Selection restrictions
3.177 Disc: Replicability, Phonics
1. , Replicability in Linguistics
2. "Bruce E. Nevin", replicability
3. (Bruce E. Nevin", hooked on phonics
3.178 Disc: Speech Pathology
1. "Ellen F. Prince", Re: 3.171 Language Deficit
2. Ronnie Wilbur, Language, genes, and speech therapists
3. mabel, Re: 3.171 Language Deficit
4. 317, Mash potatoes
3.179 Disc: All's, Not
1. Judy Delin, Re: 3.174 All's
2. , 3.174 All's & ways
3. , Re: 3.174 All's
4. John Phillips, Re: 3.174 All's
5. Dale Savage, related to not
6. Martin Wynne, retrogressive negation in Britain
3.180 Qs: Fonts, Lexicon, Phase Verbs
1. "E_Dean.Detrich", Re: 3.169 Qs: Chinese, Dictionary, Final Devoicing
2. , IPA fonts for pc
3. "CHRISTOPHER A. BREWSTER", Lexicon construction software - request info
4. JEROEN WIEDENHOF, Query: phase verbs
3.181 Disc: Parsers
1. Eric Schiller, Re: 3.175 Parsers
2. , RE: subject 3.175 Parsing and prosody
3. , parsing problems
4. Martin Haase, Re: Parsing challenges
5. , Re: 3.137 Queries: Like, Swahili/Yoruba, ESL
3.182 All: Dwight Bolinger In Memoriam
1. Jane Edwards, Dwight Bolinger - In Memoriam
3.183 Disc: Copacetic, E-prime, Burps
1. , Re: 3.169 Queries: Chinese, Dictionary, Final Devoicing
2. "Barbara.Abbott", 3.169 Queries: Copacetic
3. Robert D Hoberman, Copacetic
4. , Re: 3.167 Queries: Data, Texts
5. BROADWELL GEORGE AARON, e-prime
3.184 Disc: All's, Not
1. , Re: 3.179 All's, Not
2. Larry Horn, Re: 3.179 All's, Not
3. Dr M Sebba, NOT and related items
4. , Re: 3.173 Register, Linguistics In The Press
5. Larry Horn, Re: 3.173 Register, Linguistics In The Press
3.185 All: Dwight Bolinger
1. "Michael Kac", Re: 3.182 Dwight Bolinger: In Memoriam
2. , Re: 3.182 Dwight Bolinger: In Memoriam
3. Ed Keenan, Re: 3.182 Dwight Bolinger: In Memoriam
3.186 FYI: Software available
1. David C. J. Leip, Lexicon Construction
2. Evan Antworth, concordance program for Macintosh
3. Evan Antworth, English lexicon available
3.187 Disc: Devoicing
1. Henry Kucera, Re: 3.169 Queries: Chinese, Dictionary, Final Devoicing
2. , Re: 3.169 Queries: Chinese, Dictionary, Final Devoicing
3.189 Sum: On-Line Spanish Resources
1. , Sum: On-Line Spanish Resources
3.190 Disc: Introductory Texts
1. "E. Laurencot", Re: 3.172 Responses: Marr, Phonics, Texts
2. "Judith Klavans", Texts
3.191 Calls: Southeast Asian, Sign Language
1. Harold Schiffman, Southeast Asian Languages Institute
2. , Sign Language: Call for papers
3.192 Jobs: Arabic, Discourse, Japanese
1. Gregory K. Iverson, UWM Arabic Lang/Ling job
2. , POSITION IN DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
3. , Tenure track position - Japanese language instructor
3.193 Qs: Machine Readable Corpora, Address
1. Steve Fligelstone, Machine Readable Language Corpora in Teaching
2. , address
3.194 Disc: Parsing Problems
1. "LLOYD HOLLIDAY, LA TROBE UNIV, EDUCATIO, Re: 3.181 Parsers
2. , Parsing challenges
3.195 FYI: HUMGRAD, ICAME Text Corpora on CD
1. Gavin Burnage, HUMGRAD list: change of address
2. Knut Hofland, ICAME text corpora available on CD-ROM
3.196 Disc: Phase Verbs
1. Dan I. Slobin, Re: 3.180 Queries: Fonts, Lexicon, Phase Verbs
2. Paul Hopper, Re: 3.180 Queries: Fonts, Lexicon, Phase Verbs
3.197 Disc: Lexicon, Speech Therapy, Loss of -ed
1. Evan Antworth, Re: Lexicon construction software
2. , Acquisition
3. Gregory Ward, m*a*s*h potatoes