LINGUIST List 10.186

Sat Feb 6 1999

Qs: Arabic, Turkish, Preposition Stranding

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  • HASSAN RASHID SHUQAIR, Stylistic Features in Modern Arabic
  • JMClifton, Turkic Discourse Structure
  • Stefan Thomas Gries, Preposition Stranding

    Message 1: Stylistic Features in Modern Arabic

     Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 12:44:52 +0400
    From: HASSAN RASHID SHUQAIR <hshuqairsqu.edu.om>
    Subject: Stylistic Features in Modern Arabic


    Dear Colleagues

    One of our TAs is planning to do his graduate studies in STyLISTICS. His background is Arabic, i.e. he has an M.A. in Arabic Lang and lit. His main concern is the stylistic features in Modern Arabic poetry (mainly Omani and Gulf poetry) in the 20th century. He is looking for a good school(in USA or UK) which can offer this so he can apply to get an admisssion. Your advise is highly recommended. Thank you very much for your cooperation.

    Hassan

    Message 2: Turkic Discourse Structure

     Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 04:41:50 EST
    From: JMClifton <JMCliftonaol.com>
    Subject: Turkic Discourse Structure


    I am organizing a workshop on discourse structure to be held in Uzbekistan. The target audience will be translators working in various Turkic languages. While I am reasonably well-versed in discourse studies in general, I would like the seminar to be maximally focused on issues of relevance to Turkic languages. Therefore, I would appreciate any suggestions regarding publications dealing with discourse structure of Turkic languages.

    John Clifton

    Message 3: Preposition Stranding

     Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 19:19:43 +0100
    From: Stefan Thomas Gries <StThGriest-online.de>
    Subject: Preposition Stranding


    I am currently working on Preposition Stranding as exemplified in (1) and (2). (1) Which girl did John give the book to? (2) *Which year was John still a small boy in?

    Does anybody know of any cognitive or discourse-functional accounts of Preposition Stranding other than Takami (1988) or Deane's (1992) _Grammar in Mind and Brain_ and the approaches mentioned therein? Thanks in advance for any hints. I will, of course, post a summary to the list.

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