LINGUIST List 10.1046

Wed Jul 7 1999

Qs: Syntactic Analysis/Apposition, Zulu Prosody

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  • Thomas LEBARBE, Syntactic analysis and Apposition
  • Vincent DeCaen, zulu prosody

    Message 1: Syntactic analysis and Apposition

     Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 17:49:59 +0200
    From: Thomas LEBARBE <tlebarbeinfo.unicaen.fr>
    Subject: Syntactic analysis and Apposition


    Hi,

    I am working in Natural Languages, in the Syntax branch, and I am trying to deal with a problem wich seems not to be dealt with in current research: the apposition and similar syntactic phenomena.

    I am trying to tackle the problem from two different perspective in order to characterize the problem:

    1) from the shallow syntactic point of view: what marks such structures? 2) from the prosodic point of view: are there melodic marks of such structures?

    I would be glad if anyone could help me with work already done in this subject,

    Best regard,

    Thomas. - - -------------- Thomas LEBARBE ----------------- Departement Informatique Universite de Caen, Campus II Tel: 02-31-56-73-77 Email: Thomas.Lebarbeinfo.unicaen.fr - ---- Traitement Automatique des Langues -------

    Message 2: zulu prosody

     Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 11:36:13 -0400 (EDT)
    From: Vincent DeCaen <decaenchass.utoronto.ca>
    Subject: zulu prosody


    i've come across references to sentence-final prosodic effects in zulu. i'm wondering if i can get a description in terms of vowel length, quality, tone, etc. i'm also wondering if there's published literature on zulu prosody. i'd be really curious to know if it occurs sentence-internal as well, ie, whether it's the edge of an intonational phrase. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Dr Vincent DeCaen <decaenchass.utoronto.ca> c/o Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, 4 Bancroft Ave., 2d floor University of Toronto, Toronto ON, CANADA, M5S 1A1

    Hebrew Syntax Encoding Initiative, www.chass.utoronto.ca/~decaen/hsei/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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