LINGUIST List 13.459

Tue Feb 19 2002

Qs: Lang Use in Relocated Lang Communities, Stress

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  • John & Debbie Clifton, language use in relocated language communities
  • Joaquim Brand�ode Carvalho, VOT and stress

    Message 1: language use in relocated language communities

     Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 17:58:42 +0400
    From: John & Debbie Clifton <debbie-john_cliftonsil.org>
    Subject: language use in relocated language communities


    I am posting the following request for information for a student of mine. Please send all replies to Calvin Tiessen: <calvin_tiessensil.org>. He has agreed to post a summary.

    Talysh is a less-widely-spoken language in the south of Azerbaijan and the north of Iran. Most speakers of Talysh are also relatively proficient in their use of the national language, Azerbaijani. I am currently involved in research regarding language use and attitudes among members of the Talysh community in Azerbaijan who have moved from their traditionally rural locations to the urban communities in and around Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, where Azerbajani and Russian are the languages of wider communication.

    I have had difficulty locating literature discussing language use and attitudes elsewhere in similar situations. I would appreciate any suggestions anyone might have regarding appropriate literature, and will post a summary.

    Message 2: VOT and stress

     Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 13:41:57 +0100
    From: Joaquim Brand�ode Carvalho <jbrandaoext.jussieu.fr>
    Subject: VOT and stress


    Dear colleagues,

    I am working on the possible relationships between VOT and stress. I am concerned in particular with alternations as the one shown by proto-Germanic (Verner's law) or by chinook (E. Sapir, Sound patterns in language, 1925) :

    WApul "night" / waBULmax "nights" (capitals = stressed syllable)

    My questions are :

    (1) Do you know of other examples of such alternations?

    (2) Do you know of cases in which VOT either behaves differently : i.e. *WAbul / *waPULmax, or involves another feature : e.g. *WAphul / *waPULmax ?

    (3) In any case, could you please let me know the basic rule governing stress directionality in the language(s) at issue (left>right or right>left)?

    Thank you very much for your help. I'll post a summary of the responses. -

    Joaquim Brandao de Carvalho 320, rue des Pyr�n�es 75020 Paris France Tel./fax : 01 43 66 95 24 (If calling from outside France, please replace the prefix '0' with the country number '33'.) jbrandaoext.jussieu.fr

    Departement de linguistique Faculte des Sciences Humaines et Sociales - Sorbonne Universite Rene Descartes - Paris V CNRS : UMR 7018, GDR 1954

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