LINGUIST List 11.650

Wed Mar 22 2000

Qs: Typology Research, Strong Crossover Task

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  • Johannes Reese, Typology research based on L. Talmy
  • William J. Crawford, strong crossover task

    Message 1: Typology research based on L. Talmy

     Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 15:33:04 +0100
    From: Johannes Reese <reesejuni-muenster.de>
    Subject: Typology research based on L. Talmy


    Does anyone know about further research that is based on either

    Leonard Talmy (1985): Lexicalization patterns: semantic structure in lexical forms, in: Timothy Shopen (ed.): Language typology and syntactic description, vol. III: Grammatical categories and the lexicon. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 57-149

    or

    Mary Snell-Hornby (1983): Verb-descriptivity in German and English. A contrastive study in semantic fields. Heidelberg: Carl Winter.

    Thanks in advance,

    Johannes Reese

    Message 2: strong crossover task

     Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 12:33:46 -0600
    From: William J. Crawford <wcrawforfacstaff.wisc.edu>
    Subject: strong crossover task


    In the absence of any (known) test, I am currently working on a grammaticality judgment task involving knowledge of the strong crossover phenomenon in wh-questions and relative clauses. I am particularly interested in a task suitable for adult second language learners of English. I have two questions:

    1. Does anyone know of an existing task suitable for my purpose?

    2. Would anyone be willing to look at my task and provide any suggestions/comments?

    Thanks in advance. I'll post a summary if the need arises.

    William J. Crawford Lecturer, Department of English University of Wisconsin, Madison wcrawforfacstaff.wisc.edu