LINGUIST List 10.461

Mon Mar 29 1999

Qs: Adjective Construction, UNIX Tools,'Ouch'

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  • Mikio Hashimoto, Adjective Plus for/of Construction
  • Jeff ALLEN, Controlled Language tools
  • Fred Cummins, Ouch...

    Message 1: Adjective Plus for/of Construction

     Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 16:15:46 +0900
    From: Mikio Hashimoto <mikiohacc.oita-u.ac.jp>
    Subject: Adjective Plus for/of Construction


    Can anybody provide references, pointers, or other tips with regard to adjective & interpretation of the constructions, such as "It is foolish for/ of John to go there."?In particular ,an adjective "careful"? (Could you give me your judgement of the following sentences?) (1)<John was careful to burn the documents.> (2)<It was careful of John to burn the edocuments.> (3)<It was careful for John to burn the documents.> Thank you in advance.

    Yuko K. E-mail: kobufat.coara.or.jp

    Message 2: Controlled Language tools

     Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 18:46:44 +0200
    From: Jeff ALLEN <jeffelda.fr>
    Subject: Controlled Language tools


    I am forwarding this message to a few lists for Guy Hazell. Please contact him directly at <Guy.Hazellasml.nl> for more details regarding his needs for the development of controlled language tools.

    Best,

    Jeff Allen



    Hello everybody,

    I have recently created a controlled language for my company. As a part of the further development in the use of this language within the company I am looking into the availability of tools for using the language.

    We are operating on the unix platform and using Framemaker as our main production tool. What I am looking for is an existing tool, or a company that may be able to develop a tool that can be a dictionary/grammar and rule checker on this platform.

    Has anybody any knowledge that could help me.

    Thanks. Guy Hazell <guy.hazellasml.nl>



    ================================================= Jeff ALLEN - Directeur Technique European Language Resources Association (ELRA) & European Language resources Distribution Agency (ELDA) (Agence Europenne de Distribution des Ressources Linguistiques) 55, rue Brillat-Savarin 75013 Paris FRANCE Tel: (+33) 1.43.13.33.33 - Fax: (+33) 1.43.13.33.30 mailto:jeffelda.fr http://www.icp.grenet.fr/ELRA/home.html

    Message 3: Ouch...

     Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 10:55:13 +0200
    From: Fred Cummins <fredsedano.idsia.ch>
    Subject: Ouch...


    In English (at least in Ireland and I think America) kids who hurt themselves say /aU/. As I recall, in Germany it was /'aU.wa/. My 3-year old tells me the Swiss-Italian kids in playschool say /'ai.ja/. Clearly there is no universal (though it would hardly be surprising if initial stress/accent on bisyllabic forms were universal). Can you provide me with more regional variants? Is there dialectal variation within a language?

    If responses warrant, I'll summarize.

    Fred

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