LINGUIST List 10.1204

Sun Aug 15 1999

Qs: Particles/Turkish, Mongolian, Qs w/Infinitives

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  • ANDREAS ERAYBAR, Particles in Turkish
  • Michael Horlick, Classical Mongolian
  • Eva G. Bar-Shalom, questions with infinitivies

    Message 1: Particles in Turkish

     Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 03:03:00 PDT
    From: ANDREAS ERAYBAR <baskurthotmail.com>
    Subject: Particles in Turkish


    Dear members of the list,

    I am currently writing a paper on the subject, particles in Turkish. This is the reason why I would like to get in contact with members of the list who have any information on this topic. I am especially interested in Turkish modal particles. Please, send your answers to BASKURThotmail.com

    I am looking forward to your answers.

    Yours faithfully Andreas Eraybar

    Message 2: Classical Mongolian

     Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 11:31:29 -0400
    From: Michael Horlick <michaelrfa.org>
    Subject: Classical Mongolian


    dear linguists,

    can anyone recommend some good sources on the Classical Mongolian scripts, specifically the 44-character 'vertical square script', also known as "hPags-Pa Lodoi Jaltsan's script" or 'dorvolzhin bichig', the official court script of Kubilai Kahn during the Yuan dynasty ? of course, any good sources of information on either the 'soyombo' horizontal 90-letter script or Zanabazar's 66-letter horizontal square script will be readily and thankfully accepted as well !

    thanks in advance, michael ============================================ Michael Horlick Radio Free Asia michaelrfa.org ============================================

    Message 3: questions with infinitivies

     Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 17:03:40 +0000
    From: Eva G. Bar-Shalom <barshalouconnvm.uconn.edu>
    Subject: questions with infinitivies


    Dear colleagues, I am posting this inquiry about two types of qustions in two languages:English and Russian.

    1.Is anyone familiar with any analysis of the English wh-questions of the type "What e to do?" Where e to go? Is there an ellipsis of some kind here?

    2. My other question is the possible analysis of yes-no questions in Russian, also with an infnintive verb.

    I came across these questions in the speech between very young children and parents. Some examples are:: 1. Knigu chitat'? Gloss: book to read? "SHall I/'we read a/the book?

    2. Tjazheluju dat'? Gloss: heavy (one) to give? possible translation: "Should I give the heavy (one) Again, I wonder about ellipsis or any other analysis.

    Thank you in advance. I'll be happy to post the responses I receive. Eva Eva G. Bar-Shalom Dept. of Linguistics U-145 Univ. of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269 ph: 860-486-0158 860-486-4229 http://vm.uconn.edu/~wwwling/barshalo.html