LINGUIST List 10.998

Mon Jun 28 1999

Qs: Textbooks, Vowel Harmony, Comp Ling Research

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  • Veena D. Dwivedi, Textbooks/Linguistic aspects of bilingualism
  • S. Levi, Languages with vowel harmony
  • Chandima de Silva, Computational Linguistics Programs

    Message 1: Textbooks/Linguistic aspects of bilingualism

     Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 10:43:50 EDT
    From: Veena D. Dwivedi <CYVEMUSICA.MCGILL.CA>
    Subject: Textbooks/Linguistic aspects of bilingualism


    Dear Linguistlisters, I am teaching "Linguistic Aspects of Bilingualism" this fall at McGill in the Linguistic Department. I have looked over a number of possible textbooks on Bilingualism/Multilingualism but I haven't found one that adequately covers the *LINGUISTIC* aspects. For example, while all texts on bilingualism discuss code-switching, they tend to cover the sociological aspects of this only. This is interesting stuff, and material I will cover but I would also like to cover the GRAMMATICAL constraints on code-switching as in say, Ellen Woolford's seminal article in Linguistic Inquiry 1983. Does anyone know of a *textbook* that includes such material in conjunct with topics on bilingualism? Please respond to cyvemusica.mcgill.ca Thanks in advance for your efforts. Best, Veena Dwivedi

    Message 2: Languages with vowel harmony

     Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 16:38:41 -0700 (PDT)
    From: S. Levi <svleviu.washington.edu>
    Subject: Languages with vowel harmony


    I am looking for languages that have both vowel harmony and consonants with secondary articulation (preferably of the same type--e.g. labialized Cs with labial harmony, palatalized Cs with front/back harmony, pharyngealized Cs with ATR/RTR harmony-- though any examples would be helpful). For example, Turkish has front/back harmony and palatalized consonants.

    If you know of any such languages, please e-mail me the name of the language and where it is spoken. If you happen to know a good reference, that would also be helpful.

    Thank you very much, Susannah Levi svleviu.washington.edu

    Message 3: Computational Linguistics Programs

     Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 23:11:42 -0500 (GMT)
    From: Chandima de Silva <chanshyasltnet.lk>
    Subject: Computational Linguistics Programs


    I shall be thankful if someone could let me know of any universities, specially in Europe and in Japan, where research in computational linguistics is done.

    Chandima de Silva chanshyasltnet.lk