LINGUIST List 8.362

Thu Mar 13 1997

Qs: Lg acquisition, Russian data, Software

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  • Nigel Duffield, L1 Acquisition of Experiencer Subjects
  • Tolik, 2nd Lg Acq: Russian - English
  • elisa vazquez iglesias, Frequency software

    Message 1: L1 Acquisition of Experiencer Subjects

     Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 16:07:22 EST5EDT
    From: Nigel Duffield <DUFFIELDLANGS.Lan.McGill.CA>
    Subject: L1 Acquisition of Experiencer Subjects


    To the Linguist List,

    I would be very grateful for any references or other information you might know of regarding the first language acquisition of Experiencer subjects e.g. "Jerry fears monsters" "David is cold", both in languages such as English where these subjects are morphologically non-distinct from Agentive Subjects (with respect to Case and Agreement) and, more especially, in languages where these subjects pattern morphologically or distributionally with oblique arguments (e.g. "dative subjects"). (I know that there has been some recent discussion of the analysis of dative subjects on this list; here, though, I am specifically interested in Acquisition research/data bearing on the issue). Please send all replies directly to me at the address below, and I will post a summary. Thank you very much.

    Nigel Duffield, duffieldlangs.lan.mcgill.ca Department of Linguistics McGill University 1001 Sherbrooke Street, West Montreal, Canada, H3A 1G5

    Message 2: 2nd Lg Acq: Russian - English

     Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 13:48:22 +0000
    From: Tolik <tolikPSYCH.KUN.NL>
    Subject: 2nd Lg Acq: Russian - English


    I'm going to execute an experiment of 2nd Lng. Acq. But I cannot find any data of Russian. What I need is some data of word frequencies of Russian words that I can use in Lexical Decision experiment. If somebody has such data or knows how to get this, please response to me.

    Thank you, Tolik tolikpsych.kun.nl http://www.psych.kun.nl/~tolik/

    Message 3: Frequency software

     Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 00:10:38 +0100 (MET)
    From: elisa vazquez iglesias <iaeviusc.es>
    Subject: Frequency software


    Dear listers,

    I am trying to find a software for word60 which would allow me to count the times a certain word occurs in a document and would also give me a list of all its occurrences.

    If you happen to have one available, or know where and how I could get one, please contact me at my e-mail address.

    Thanks a lot.

    Elisa Vazquez