LINGUIST List 13.1574

Sun Jun 2 2002

Qs: Arabic/Semitic Data, Online/Chinese Pragmatics

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  • Ljuba Veselinova, Arabic/Semitic Data
  • H. Lin Domizio, Chinese pragmatics online discussion group

    Message 1: Arabic/Semitic Data

     Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 17:54:10 +0000
    From: Ljuba Veselinova <ljubaling.su.se>
    Subject: Arabic/Semitic Data


    Dear All,

    I need some information /additional data from Arabic and other Semitic languages.

    My first question concerns the occurrence of a suppletive imperative forms for basic motion verbs. The phenomenon seems recurrent in varieties of Arabic spoken in North Africa. Egyptian Arabic taHaala 'Come!" vs. geet 'come.PERFECTIVE.SG.M'

    Tunisian Arabic ayaa 'Come!' vs. ji 'come.IMPERFECTIVE.SG.M'

    Moroccan Arabic sir 'Go!' vs. ghadi 'go.IMPERFECTIVE.SG.M'

    I would like to find out if suppletion in imperative exists in other varieties of Arabic, especially those in the Middle East.

    My other question concerns the occurrence of suppletion in the paradigms of the verb 'say', again in Semitic languages. I am aware of such suppletion in Hebrew where the suppletive stems follow tense distinctions and in Maltese, where one stem, qal, is used for the third person of the perfective and a different one, ghidt, for all others. I would like to know whether there are any other such cases in Semitic languages that I might have missed.

    Needless to say, I am very very grateful for all information. I won't be able to post a summary before the end of the summer though because there are way too many deadlines I have to meet by then. However, should there be any need for suppletive verbs data, I promise to promptly share those.

    Many thanks in advance and best wishes, Ljuba

    Language-Family: Semitic; Code: AFF

    Message 2: Chinese pragmatics online discussion group

     Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 09:52:47 -0400
    From: H. Lin Domizio <H_Lin_Domiziobrown.edu.>
    Subject: Chinese pragmatics online discussion group


    Does anyone happen to know if there are online discussion groups that are specifically geared toward the topic of Chinese Pragmatics? Any advice?

    Thanks for any help in advance.

    H. Lin Domizio East Asian Studies Box 1850 Brown University, Providence, RI 02912 Office(401)863-9761