LINGUIST List 11.1005

Wed May 3 2000

Qs: Soundex Algorithm, Grammaticalization of Shape

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  • Walter Siegrist, Phonetic search algorithm (Soundex algorithm) for Italian and French
  • Xenia Guiliarova, grammaticalization of (geometrical)shape

    Message 1: Phonetic search algorithm (Soundex algorithm) for Italian and French

     Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 15:26:43 +0200
    From: Walter Siegrist <walter.siegristinfexpert.com>
    Subject: Phonetic search algorithm (Soundex algorithm) for Italian and French




    May I ask for your help on my particular problem: I have to adapt a phonetic seach algorithm (Soundex algorithm) from English to Italian language. Are you aware of any lists available in the internet that compare the phonetic representations of vowels, consonants and combinations of two consonants for Italian language (maybe for French as well)

    Thanks very much for your help!

    Regards,

    Walter Siegrist, M.D. mail: wsiegristdatacomm.ch

    homepage: http://www.datacomm.ch/wsiegrist

    Message 2: grammaticalization of (geometrical)shape

     Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 08:49:18 -0400
    From: Xenia Guiliarova <xeniaLOGIC.AT>
    Subject: grammaticalization of (geometrical)shape


    Dear Colleages,

    I am a PhD student at the Department for Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Philology, Moscow State University. My dissertation is devoted to the categorization and conceptualization of shape of physical objects in world languages.

    I am interested in all sorts of grammaticalization of shape (numeral classifiers, noun classes, classificatory verbs, derivational elements, ets.) in the following languages:

    Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Burmese, Na-Dene languages, Bantu

    I would be grateful for any references, comments and especially for the data from the other little-known languages.

    Xenia Guiliarova