LINGUIST List 11.2073

Fri Sep 29 2000

Qs: Right Node Raising, Text/Phoneme Examples

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JOHN R TE VELDE, Right Node Raising

Mark_Mandel, text with phonetic coverage

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Message 1: Right Node Raising

Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 12:00:17 -0500 (CDT)
From: JOHN R TE VELDE <forljrvosuunx.ucc.okstate.edu>
Subject: Right Node Raising


I'm requesting some input on the Right Node Raising construction, specifically whether it is not attested in any languages. I have collected examples from Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Russian and Spanish and am now wondering whether there is a language that doesn't allow RNR. My informant for French hesitated when I asked for an equivalent of "Peter bought a large (e) and Paul bought a small book". Is this type of RNR not grammatical in French? How about other languages? I will post a summary. Thanks.

John te Velde forljrvokstate.edu Assoc. Prof. of German Oklahoma State University

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Message 2: text with phonetic coverage

Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 14:25:18 -0400
From: Mark_Mandel <Mark_Mandeldragonsys.com>
Subject: text with phonetic coverage


I am looking for a text, or a set of a dozen or so sentences, that cover American English phonetics fairly well. That is, they contain all or most of the phonemes in their major allophones, such as /voiceless plosives/ both [aspirated] and [unaspirated]. Please reply to me and I will summarize to the list.

Mark A. Mandel : Dragon Systems, a Lernout & Hauspie company Mark_Mandeldragonsys.com : Senior Linguist 320 Nevada St., Newton, MA 02460, USA : http://www.dragonsys.com

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