LINGUIST List 9.394
Wed Mar 18 1998
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Dan I. SLOBIN, Re: 9.355, Qs: Diphthongs,O-E ligature,Contrast rhet.,Software
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Message 1: Re: 9.355, Qs: Diphthongs,O-E ligature,Contrast rhet.,Software
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 22:04:25 -0800 (PST)
From: Dan I. SLOBIN <slobinCOGSCI.Berkeley.EDU>
Subject: Re: 9.355, Qs: Diphthongs,O-E ligature,Contrast rhet.,Software
Re: Contrastive rhetoric in English and Spanish
The following papers deal with systematic differences in the
descriptions of motion events in English and Spanish, using data of
novels, translation, picture-elicited narratives, news reports,
parent-child talk, and conversations. Copies are available on
request.
Slobin, D. I. (1996). Two ways to travel: Verbs of motion in English and
Spanish. In M. Shibatani & S. A. Thompson (Eds.), Grammatical
constructions: Their form and meaning (pp. 195-217). Oxford
University Press.
Slobin, D. I. (1997). Mind, code, and text. In
J. Bybee, J. Haiman, & S. A. Thompson (Eds.), Essays on language
function and language type: Dedicated to T. Givon (pp. 437-467).
John Benjamins.
Slobin, D. I. (1998). Verbalized events: A dynamic
approach to linguistic relativity and determinism. Paper to be
presented at LAUD Symposium, "Humboldt and Whorf Revisited,"
Duisburg, April 1-5, 1998.
-Dan Slobin Dept of Psychology
University of California, Berkeley
Message 2: An Invitation to join CETEFL
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 23:33:47 -0500
From: Hickmanvse.cz> <Hickmanvse.cz>
Subject: An Invitation to join CETEFL
Dear Fellow Linguists,
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