LINGUIST List 13.298

Mon Feb 4 2002

Qs: Phonological Data/Stress, Palatal Glide Changes

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  • Ted Strauss, seeking phonological data for metrical stress research
  • Steven Schaufele, Romance palatal glide > fricative

    Message 1: seeking phonological data for metrical stress research

     Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 15:28:01 -0500
    From: Ted Strauss <ted_strausshotmail.com>
    Subject: seeking phonological data for metrical stress research


    Hello LINGUIST,

    I am a McGill University student doing an undergraduate research project. The aim of the project is to implement several neural network algorithms for solving metrical stress assignment. To claim success, the network will need to learn at least 3 language systems, preferably 5-10. Thus, I need to gain access to language data in IPA form which already has stress assigned to it. Alternatively, I can use data which has been parsed into syllables and bears stress. The key is to have stressed data. I am seeking any source which has data of these forms. The results, as w ell as an interactive java applet, will be posted online and made availab le to anyone interested. I thank you for any help you can provide. Sincerely, Ted Strauss

    email: ted_strausshotmail.com









    Message 2: Romance palatal glide > fricative

     Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 15:11:07 +0800
    From: Steven Schaufele <fcosw5mail.scu.edu.tw>
    Subject: Romance palatal glide > fricative




    Dear Colleagues:

    I got a query from a friend a while ago, and i've exhausted all the resources i have available here without getting much of an answer, so i'm sending this out on the net.

    In a nutshell, what's the history of the evolution from a syllable-initial palatal glide in Latin (e.g., *iam*, *Iupiter*) to a palatal fricative or affricate in such modern Romance languages as French or Italian (*jamais/giammai*, *Jupiter/Giove*)?

    Best, Steven

    Steven Schaufele, Ph.D. Asst. Prof. Linguistics, English Dept. Soochow Univeristy, Taipei, Taiwan fcosw5mail.scu.edu.tw