LINGUIST List 10.457

Sun Mar 28 1999

Qs: Whistling languages, Nasal stops, Logic

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  • Bruce Downing, Whistling languages
  • David Gil, Preoralized nasal stops
  • Marco Antonio Young Rabines, Logic for undegraduate students of linguistics

    Message 1: Whistling languages

     Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 14:00:04 -0600
    From: Bruce Downing <bdowningtc.umn.edu>
    Subject: Whistling languages


    As a composer I am interested in the tonal aspects of language: in inflection as a means of imparting shades of meaning; and especially, in languages where tones in and of themselves carry meaning.

    Some years ago I recall reading of a Whistling Language from the Canary Islands, used in the recent past. I would much appreciate receiving information about recordings of *any* whistling language, and also 'yodelling' languages (if these exist). Please respond to me privately at: jzaimontworldnet.att.net .

    All information received will be consolidated and posted to this list at a later date.

    Thank you.

    Judith Lang Zaimont Professor of Composition School of Music - University of Minnesota

    WEBsite: http://209.46.94.163/jzaimont/

    Message 2: Preoralized nasal stops

     Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 14:14:19 +0100
    From: David Gil <gileva.mpg.de>
    Subject: Preoralized nasal stops


    Can anybody provide references, pointers, or other tips with regard to "preoralized" nasal stops, such as [pm], [tn], etc.?

    (During a recent field trip to Sumatra, Indonesia, I came across a language which seems to have a phonological process of preoralization of final nasal stops. I seem to recollect similar sounds being reported in Borneo, by Jim Collins and others. Is there anything like this in other parts of the world?)

    - David Gil

    Department of Linguistics Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Inselstrasse 22, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany

    Telephone: 49-341-9952310 Fax: 49-341-9952119 Email: gileva.mpg.de Webpage (Linguistics): http://www.eva.mpg.de/lingua.html

    Message 3: Logic for undegraduate students of linguistics

     Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 09:11:01 -0500
    From: Marco Antonio Young Rabines <fridmarmail.cosapidata.com.pe>
    Subject: Logic for undegraduate students of linguistics


    Dear list subscribers:

    I would like to know if there are any courses of logic for undergraduate students of linguistics. Most courses of logic for linguists I've found belong to graduate programmes (like those interesting but "hardcore" ones at UPENN, Stanford or the like). I would very much appreciate information on Departments, syllabi, bibliography, on-line resources (lessons, exercises, software (in english, spanish, catalan, french or portuguese)), etc. and hints on what would be useful for undergraduate students who have only taken an introductory course of logic.

    Marco Antonio Young Department of Linguistics Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos Lima

    fridmarmail.cosapidata.com.pe