LINGUIST List 13.994

Wed Apr 10 2002

Qs: Case Markers, Dutch Grammar

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  • Ashild Naess, Query: Accusative-dative syncretism
  • Stefan Rijnhart, Qs: Substantial Computational Grammar for Dutch?

    Message 1: Query: Accusative-dative syncretism

     Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 17:21:21 +0200
    From: Ashild Naess <A.Naesslet.kun.nl>
    Subject: Query: Accusative-dative syncretism


    Dear linguists,

    In e.g. Spanish and Hindi, only some direct objects (human/animate or definite ones) receive case marking, and when they do they are marked with the same form that marks the dative case ("a" in Spanish, "ko" in Hindi). I'm interested in the following:

    1) Which other languages are you aware of where direct and indirect object (accusative and dative) take the same overt case marker; and

    2) do these languages mark *all* direct objects with this marker, or only some? If the latter is the case, which objects are marked?

    A summary of any replies I get will, of course, be posted to the list.

    Thanks,

    Ashild Naess

    University of Nijmegen Erasmusplein 1 6525 GG Nijmegen THE NETHERLANDS

    +31 24 3616028

    a.naesslet.kun.nl

    Message 2: Qs: Substantial Computational Grammar for Dutch?

     Date: 9 Apr 2002 18:22:31 -0000
    From: Stefan Rijnhart <brunokidsfromfame.nl>
    Subject: Qs: Substantial Computational Grammar for Dutch?


    Dear all,

    For a European Project on "E-Democracy" (http://www.edentool.org), we would like to implement an APSG grammar for Dutch. Currently, we are looking at what material already is available in this field. Are there public or semi-public (perhaps against a Gnu style license) grammars for Dutch, of substantial coverage, that we can base our work on? We are already contacting the people from Amazon (http://lands.let.kun.nl/amazon/) and AGFL (http://www.nlnet.nl/projects/agfl/).

    A summary of the findings will be posted. Thanks in advance!

    Kind regards, Stefan Rijnhart