LINGUIST List 10.1820

Mon Nov 29 1999

Qs: Lang Attitudes, GB Lexicon in Mandarin

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  • sean wilcox, "Gatekeeper" Language Attitude
  • Tom Emerson, GB Lexicon in Mandarin

    Message 1: "Gatekeeper" Language Attitude

     Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 05:05:36 PST
    From: sean wilcox <srwilcohotmail.com>
    Subject: "Gatekeeper" Language Attitude


    I am currently working on my MA thesis dealing with language attitudes. I was curious if anyone had any ideas where I might find information on recent studies done assessing language attitudes of "gatekeepers." Studies which utilize either a semantic differential questionnaire or a matched guise technique would be extremely helpful. If there are enough responses, I will submit a summary. I will also add whatever resources I have found on my own. Thanks in advance.

    Sean Wilcox MA Student-TESOL Portland State University srwilcohotmail.com

    Message 2: GB Lexicon in Mandarin

     Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 22:34:49 -0500
    From: Tom Emerson <Treebasistech.com>
    Subject: GB Lexicon in Mandarin


    Greetings,

    I am starting an investigation into the structure of the Mandarin Lexicon within the GB framework and have had little luck finding any existing research in this area. Indeed, the only reference I have in my collection currently is

    Book{He:1996:IGB, author = {He, Yuanjian}, title = {An Introduction to Government-Binding Theory in {C}hinese Syntax}, publisher = {The Edwin Mellen Press}, year = {1996} }

    and this specifically avoids issues related to the lexicon. I am especially interested in the projection of measure words and the interaction between the plural suffix -men with classifier expressions.

    Please respond privately and I will summarize to the list.

    Thanks in advance,

    -tree

    - Tom Emerson Basis Technology Corp. Language Hacker http://www.basistech.com