LINGUIST List 15.1150

Thu Apr 8 2004

Qs: Sonorant Consonants; Icelandic Auxiliaries

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  • Yuri Tambovtsev, Tambovtsev's discovery fo the sonorant consonants
  • Jennifer Culbertson, Icelandic auxiliaries

    Message 1: Tambovtsev's discovery fo the sonorant consonants

     Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 19:09:41 +0600
    From: Yuri Tambovtsev <yutambmail.cis.ru>
    Subject: Tambovtsev's discovery fo the sonorant consonants


    Dear Linguistlist colleagues,

    I have computed several Turkic languages (among them Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen, Bashkir, Jakut, Shor, Altaj-Kizhi, Azeri, Tuvinian, etc.). I discovered that by the Chi-squire criterion the sonorant consonants occur at the end of the word (Auslaut) more than at the beginning of the word (Anlaut). It is usually several times greater. I wonder if it is the same in other world languages? I mean if the tendency of the greater occurence of sonorants at the end of the word is usual for other language families. I plan to verify it on the texts of the Tungus-Manchurian, Paleo-Asiatic, Indo-European, Finno-Ugric, Samoyedic and Finno-Ugric language families. I am writing an article on the use of the sonorant consonants at the beginning and end of the word in Turkic and the other languages. Looking to hearing from you to yutambhotmail.com

    Remain yours sincerely, Yuri Tambovtsev yutambhotmail.com

    Message 2: Icelandic auxiliaries

     Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 20:14:39 -0500 (EST)
    From: Jennifer Culbertson <Jennifer_Culbertsonbrown.edu>
    Subject: Icelandic auxiliaries


    Dear linguists,

    I am current working on an honors thesis, and I'm seeking some information on the Icelandic auxiliaries 'hafa' and 'vera'. Ideally I'm hoping to find a list of intransitive verbs and which of the auxiliaries each verb uses when forming the compound past tense. Alternatively a list of verbs that typically take 'vera' when forming the compound past tense would also help me out immensely. Can anyone help me out?

    Thanks, Jenny Culbertson

    Subject-Language: Icelandic; Code: ICE