LINGUIST List 10.663

Wed May 5 1999

Qs: Lang Contact, Proclitic Deletion, Egg Word

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  • Spiro Hamilothoris, Bibliography
  • Jonathan Centner, Proclitic deletion
  • ashleecbsocrates.berkeley.edu>, word for egg yolk and egg white

    Message 1: Bibliography

     Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 18:31:56 -0400
    From: Spiro Hamilothoris <shamilotworldnet.att.net>
    Subject: Bibliography


    hello. I'm in the midst of compiling a bibliography of Linguistics books on Language Contact dating from '90 to the present. Please send me any relevant titles. (the more the merrier but not past one week after posting). I intend to post my list and/or sumbit it personally to your e-mail address upon request. cheers, spiro.

    Message 2: Proclitic deletion

     Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 22:28:20 -0400
    From: Jonathan Centner <tnerhamptons.com>
    Subject: Proclitic deletion


    There is an example in English of an enclitic which is subject to an optional rule-based deletion, and is the topic of a discussion of prestige preferences (Labov) , explained on the basis of the value of it's syntactic residue, I am wondering if among the world's languages whether there is an example of proclitic erasure, perhaps a discourse related one as in the following:

    1. Tu me vois? 2. Je [te] vois!

    I am looking to understand more fully the distinction between simple clitics and special clitics and any references will be appreciated.

    Jon Centner

    Message 3: word for egg yolk and egg white

     Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 13:53:41 -0700 (PDT)
    From: ashleecbsocrates.berkeley.edu> <ashleecbsocrates.berkeley.edu>
    Subject: word for egg yolk and egg white


    Is there anyone who knows of a lg in which the word for "egg yolk" and "egg white" is the same? If so, could you please respond to the address below, giving the term and the lg (and family too if it's an obscure lg)?

    Thanks, ashlee bailey

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