From johanna.barddal at uib.no Fri Mar 12 18:49:18 2010 From: johanna.barddal at uib.no (johanna.barddal at uib.no) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:49:18 +0100 Subject: Workshop: Variation and Change in Argument Realization Message-ID: Workshop: Variation and Change in Argument Realization Place: Naples and Capri, Italy Time: May 27th-30th, 2010 The workshop is organized by Michela Cennamo (University of Naples) and Jóhanna Barðdal (University of Bergen). The aims of the workshop are to promote discussion on the applicability of different theoretical frameworks on diachronic data, variational data, and language change. Invited speakers: Balthasar Bickel (University of Leipzig) Miriam Fried (Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague) Adam Ledgeway (University of Cambridge) Ranko Matasovic (University of Zagreb) Nigel Vincent (University of Manchester) A preliminary program for the workshop has now been announced at the conference website: http://org.uib.no/iecastp/IECASTP/Workshop6.htm We urge those who plan to attend to register and book their accommodation as soon as possible, as Capri is a very popular summer vacation destination. Looking forward to seeing you in Naples and Capri, Jóhanna Barðdal -- =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Jóhanna Barðdal Research Associate Professor Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies University of Bergen P.O. box 7805 NO-5020 Bergen Norway johanna.barddal at uib.no Phone +47-55582438 (work) Phone +47-55201117 (home) Fax +47-55589660 (work) http://ling.uib.no/barddal _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From luraghi at unipv.it Mon Mar 22 18:42:29 2010 From: luraghi at unipv.it (Silvia Luraghi) Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:42:29 +0100 Subject: New Journal! Message-ID: Dear list, I forward Benjamins' announcement regarding the new Journal of Historical Linguistics, edited by Johanna Barddal and myself. We are especially happy to announce it to you, as the project has been born on this list, out of discussion with a number of members, and we wish to thank everyone for their contribution. We encourage all of you to submit your papers for the first issues of the journal! Best wishes Silvia http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_seriesview.cgi?series=JHL >John Benjamins is proud to announce a significant addition to its program >in historical linguistics. With the long-established journal Diachronica >and now the new Journal of Historical Linguistics, we hope to provide a >platform for the publication of many high-quality papers in this field. > >The Journal of Historical Linguistics aims to publish papers dealing with >any language or language family as long as they make a significant >contribution to the theory or methodology of the field of historical >linguistics. In principle, all papers should have a diachronic orientation. >Papers published in the journal are expected to present more than a >repetition of previous studies extended to another dataset, but, e.g., >bring new perspectives, refine existing methodologies or challenge current >views on general issues based on careful analysis of the extant historical >data. Regarding methodology there is a need to extend methods and >approaches well developed within linguistic typology to historical >linguistics, as there is still a major gap between these two fields. This >does not only mean that historical linguistics could profit from the >contribution of linguistic typology, but also the contrary. Thus, >contributions on diachronic typology, which combine methods from both >fields, would be most welcome. > >Papers as a rule should be kept within a maximum of 10,000 words; longer >papers may be considered depending on quality/relevance of the data. All >papers will be peer reviewed by two or three external reviewers and by >members of the editorial board. The journal will publish book reviews of >medium length (up to 4,000 words); review articles (up to 10,000 words) >will also be considered. In addition, the journal will have a section for >book notices (500 words). > >To ensure that a submission fits the aim and scope of JHL, authors are >encouraged to send a summary of their paper prior to formal submission, by >electronic mail as regular text or attachment, to the editors: > >Silvia Luraghi >University of Pavia >Department of Linguistics >Corso Strada Nuova 65 >I-27100 PAVIA, Italy >silvia.luraghi at unipv.it > >Jóhanna Barðdal >University of Bergen >Dept of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies >P.O. Box 7805 >NO-5020 BERGEN, Norway >johanna.barddal at uib.no Silvia Luraghi Dipartimento di Linguistica Teorica e Applicata Università di Pavia Strada Nuova 65 I-27100 Pavia telef.: +39-0382-984685 fax: +39-0382-984487 silvia.luraghi at unipv.it http://lettere.unipv.it/diplinguistica/docenti.php?&id=68 _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From claire.bowern at yale.edu Tue Mar 23 19:13:45 2010 From: claire.bowern at yale.edu (Claire Bowern) Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:13:45 -0400 Subject: Fwd: Fulbright Scholar Opportunities in Linguistics In-Reply-To: Message-ID: [forwarded on behalf of the Fullbright commission; please contact them with queries ~CB] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: SCHOLARS Date: Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 3:06 PM Subject: Fulbright Scholar Opportunities in Linguistics To: "histling-l-owner at mailman.rice.edu" Dear Listserv Owner, I am a representative of the Fulbright Scholar Program and would like to have a message posted on your listserv, announcing Fulbright Scholar opportunities in linguistics.  Would it be possible for you to do this for us? If so, we would greatly appreciate it. The message is below. Please note that this message or one with a similar content may be sent to other listservs. Regards, Victoria Lardner Outreach and Public Affairs Institute of International Education Department of Scholar and Professional Programs Council for International Exchange of Scholars 3007 Tilden St. NW, Suite #5L Washington, DC 20008 202-686-4000 | 202-362-3442 scholars at iie.org | www.iie.org/cies The Fulbright Scholar Program and Fulbright Humphrey Fellowship Program are administered by the Institute of International Education’s Department of Scholar and Professional Programs, which includes the Council for International Exchange of Scholars and Humphrey divisions. For more information, contact us at scholars at iie.org or 202-686-4000 or visit www.iie.org/cies. Fulbright Scholar Program for US Faculty and Professionals for 2011-2012 is Open The Fulbright Scholar Program offers 50 awards in teaching, research or combined teaching/research in linguistics, including a Fulbright Distinguished Chair.  Even better, faculty and professionals in linguistics also can apply for one of the 175 “All Discipline” awards open to all fields. What does Fulbright offer in linguistics?  Here are a few of the awards for 2011-2012: South and Central Asia: Applications in linguistics are welcome in many of these countries, including India and Pakistan. Distinguished chair awards also available. South America: Grant opportunities are available in Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Panama. Turkey:  Applications in linguistics are welcome. Faculty and professionals are also encouraged to participate in one of our weekly webinars, including a special March 25th session featuring Adam Grotsky, Executive Director of the United States-India Educational Foundation, on the expanding Fulbright opportunities in India.  For more information, visit our website at www.iie.org/cies/webinar. The application deadline is August 2, 2010.  U.S. citizenship is required.  For more information, visit our website at www.iie.org/cies or contact us at scholars at iie.org. _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From lyle.campbell at linguistics.utah.edu Wed Mar 24 20:45:14 2010 From: lyle.campbell at linguistics.utah.edu (Lyle Campbell) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:45:14 -0600 Subject: questions and information about Campbell's Historical Linguistics textbook Message-ID: Hi, I write with some information and questions about my textbook: Campbell, Lyle. 2004. Historical Linguistics: an Introduction. (2nd edition; 1st edition, 1998). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, and Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. I had hoped that a new printing could correct several typos, etc., but instead a new, third edition has been asked for, to be completed within the year. Therefore, let me offer a list of the corrections I am aware of, while I also ask for advise concerning the new edition. Since a number of the symbols and diacritics in the corrections will not come out correctly in email, I won't try to send them here in this message, but will be happy to send a pdf file of the corrections (where they will be clear) to anyone who might want them. Just send me a message requesting these at: lyle.campbell at linguistics.utah.edu. Some questions about the new edition are: (1) Are there topics/themes that you believe should be added to the book? (I plan to add the equivalent of about 1 to 1 1/2 chapters of new material that I have in mind currently, though I must think it through in more detail before decisions are made.) (I should mention that I will do my best to take all suggestions into account, though conflicting advice, considerations of length, and suitability for an introduction may be limiting factors.) (2) Is there anything in the book you believe should be taken out? (3) Do you know of any other corrections (in addition to those I already have, in the pdf file that I am happy to send out) that should be made? If so, could you please send them to me? (4) Many have asked for answers/solutions/a key to the exercises. The current tentative plan for the new edition is to provide sample answers, published at the end of the book. The question is, do you think that is a good idea, or do you have other recommendations? (There does not seem to be any practical way to publish answers so that they are available only to instructors and not publicly available to students.) (5) Do you have any answers of your own that you may have written up to any of the exercises in the book?, and if so, would you be willing to share them? (I currently have sample answers in written form for about 1/3 of the exercises, which I am willing to share with anyone who would like to request them.) Please send replies to me at lyle.campbell at linguistics.utah.edu. Many thanks in advance, Lyle Campbell -- Dr. Lyle Campbell, Professor of Linguistics, Director, Center for American Indian Languages Dept. of Linguistics, University of Utah, LNCO 2300 255 S. Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0492 USA Tel. 801-581-3441 (my Ling. office), 801-587-0716 (my CAIL office) 801-581-8047 (Dept. of Linguistics), 801-587-0720 (CAIL), Fax 801-585-7351 http://linguistics.utah.edu/?module=facultyDetails&personId=167&orgId=301 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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My problem is that I really don't know what to do with this paper. It is too long for submission to a journal (79 pages), and too short for producing a (slender) monography. Any suggestions (if ever you can imagine that the contents are of relevance for our community)? In addition, I would be happy to receive critics and other comments all of which would undoubtedly help to improve the quality of the analyses. Many thanks in advance and best wishes, Wolfgang -- -- *Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulze * ---------------------------------------------------------- /Primary contact: / Institut für Allgemeine & Typologische Sprachwissenschaft Dept. 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URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From remy.viredaz at bluewin.ch Sun Mar 28 20:50:11 2010 From: remy.viredaz at bluewin.ch (=?ISO-8859-1?B?UulteQ==?= Viredaz) Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:50:11 +0200 Subject: Histling-l Digest, Vol 36, Issue 5: Paper on Grammaticalzation of Antipassives In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Wolfgang, Just a few details about PIE: p. 53 ff., 65 ff. : The thematic 1 sg. ending -o (long) is probably akin with the perfect ending, i.e. from *-o-h2 (or in my view from *-o-h2e), not from *-oh1. (The box for the 2 sg. is better left totally blank. I do understand Beekes' line of reasoning, but there are good alternative explanations for the Lithuanian, Greek and Irish endings.) Generally I trust Meier-Brügger, Idg. Sprachwissenschaft more than Szemerényi or Beekes (though nobody is perfect). p. 61 fn. 23: A good reference about the -sm- element in pronominal endings is: Jost Gippert, "Ein Problem der idg. Pronominalflexion". In: Adam Hyllested, Anders Richardt Jørgensen, Jenny Helena Larsson, Thomas Olander (Hrsg. / ed.), Per aspera ad asteriscos. Studia Indogermanica in honorem Jens Elmegård Rasmussen , 155-165; Innsbruck: Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft 2004. p. 63 n. 25: (A) (about the second sentence [not the first, which is unaffected]) In my view, the animate nominative (< ergative) and the genitive (< ablative) have been two different cases from the beginning: two separate cases differenciated by vocalism would have been added the same particle -s. In some nouns, however, the vocalism was indeed the same. (B) (about the third sentence) The 'tooth' word (*h1d-ont-, participle of *h1ed- 'bite (durative)', later mostly 'eat') is not a terribly good example for illustrating the pre-PIE situation, because most probably it was only formed *after* the separation between Anatolian and the rest of Indo-European, as we can tell from the *active* function of the participial suffix *-ont- (while -ant- is passive in Hittite on transitive verbs, and only used with intransitive verbs in Luwian, if I remember correctly; only the Luwian usage can be the common ancestor of the other two; it can still be seen in non-Anatolian *g´érh2-ont-/g´rh2-nt- 'old'). Another indication of *h1d-ont-/*h1d-nt- not being old is the leveling of the vowel alternation of the root, as opposed to the archaic alternance in *g´erh2-ont-/g´rh2-nt-. (Presumably the leveling occurred in the formation of participles first, and only later was the participle *h1d-ont- substantivized.) Perhaps a less risky word could be *pod- 'foot', unmarked *pod (surviving as vocative), nominative *pods or (with analogical nominative lengthening) *pôds. (C) (same example) No compensatory lengthening has to be assumed in *hdonts > nachgrundsprachlich Greek *odons, other languages *dons, e. g. Sanskrit dan, Germanic *tanz. If there was a lengthening (as in the 'foot' word), it must be analogical from the stems ending in n, l, r, if one admits that e.g. *-ers (with short *e as in acc. *-erm) > *-er (with long e). If you (or your potential publishers) think your paper is too long, you could try to divide it in two parts: one typological part = pages 1-49 (well, I know it's almost as long as before), which would have a lasting value, and one part about PIE, which would be highly tentative as the reconstruction of the PIE thematic ending set is fraught with uncertainties (as are some nominal endings, too). If I understand your intent properly, the typological study may throw light on the formation of the PIE inflection, though not the other way round, of course. If the paper is still too long, the Sumerian part might be "separated" as well. That would make either three "episodes" published in successive years of one review, or three separate papers for different reviews - in the latter case, each paper could also comprise a short summary of the two others. If you manage to publish it all in one go, so much the better. Best wishes, Rémy Viredaz, Geneva Le 28.03.10 20:27, « histling-l-request at mailman.rice.edu » a écrit : > Send Histling-l mailing list submissions to > histling-l at mailman.rice.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > histling-l-request at mailman.rice.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > histling-l-owner at mailman.rice.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Histling-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. antipassives (Wolfgang Schulze) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:26:57 +0200 > From: Wolfgang Schulze > Subject: [Histling-l] antipassives > To: histling-l at mailman.rice.edu > Message-ID: <4BAF9F71.7030309 at lrz.uni-muenchen.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15"; Format="flowed" > > Dear friends and colleagues > please allow me exploiting your expertise by making a perhaps somewhat > unusual post. But maybe you can help me or give me some advise. I have > produced an admittedly lengthy paper on the *grammaticalization of > antipassives* in terms of split aspects systems, dealing mainly with > Sumerian, Kartvelian, and Proto-Indo-European, but including data from > other languages, too. You can download the first draft (attention: not > yet proof-read by an native speaker of English!) from > http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/~wschulze/antipass.pdf . My problem is that I > really don't know what to do with this paper. It is too long for > submission to a journal (79 pages), and too short for producing a > (slender) monography. Any suggestions (if ever you can imagine that the > contents are of relevance for our community)? In addition, I would be > happy to receive critics and other comments all of which would > undoubtedly help to improve the quality of the analyses. > Many thanks in advance and best wishes, > Wolfgang _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From johanna.barddal at uib.no Fri Mar 12 18:49:18 2010 From: johanna.barddal at uib.no (johanna.barddal at uib.no) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:49:18 +0100 Subject: Workshop: Variation and Change in Argument Realization Message-ID: Workshop: Variation and Change in Argument Realization Place: Naples and Capri, Italy Time: May 27th-30th, 2010 The workshop is organized by Michela Cennamo (University of Naples) and J?hanna Bar?dal (University of Bergen). The aims of the workshop are to promote discussion on the applicability of different theoretical frameworks on diachronic data, variational data, and language change. Invited speakers: Balthasar Bickel (University of Leipzig) Miriam Fried (Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague) Adam Ledgeway (University of Cambridge) Ranko Matasovic (University of Zagreb) Nigel Vincent (University of Manchester) A preliminary program for the workshop has now been announced at the conference website: http://org.uib.no/iecastp/IECASTP/Workshop6.htm We urge those who plan to attend to register and book their accommodation as soon as possible, as Capri is a very popular summer vacation destination. Looking forward to seeing you in Naples and Capri, J?hanna Bar?dal -- =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ J?hanna Bar?dal Research Associate Professor Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies University of Bergen P.O. box 7805 NO-5020 Bergen Norway johanna.barddal at uib.no Phone +47-55582438 (work) Phone +47-55201117 (home) Fax +47-55589660 (work) http://ling.uib.no/barddal _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From luraghi at unipv.it Mon Mar 22 18:42:29 2010 From: luraghi at unipv.it (Silvia Luraghi) Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:42:29 +0100 Subject: New Journal! Message-ID: Dear list, I forward Benjamins' announcement regarding the new Journal of Historical Linguistics, edited by Johanna Barddal and myself. We are especially happy to announce it to you, as the project has been born on this list, out of discussion with a number of members, and we wish to thank everyone for their contribution. We encourage all of you to submit your papers for the first issues of the journal! Best wishes Silvia http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_seriesview.cgi?series=JHL >John Benjamins is proud to announce a significant addition to its program >in historical linguistics. With the long-established journal Diachronica >and now the new Journal of Historical Linguistics, we hope to provide a >platform for the publication of many high-quality papers in this field. > >The Journal of Historical Linguistics aims to publish papers dealing with >any language or language family as long as they make a significant >contribution to the theory or methodology of the field of historical >linguistics. In principle, all papers should have a diachronic orientation. >Papers published in the journal are expected to present more than a >repetition of previous studies extended to another dataset, but, e.g., >bring new perspectives, refine existing methodologies or challenge current >views on general issues based on careful analysis of the extant historical >data. Regarding methodology there is a need to extend methods and >approaches well developed within linguistic typology to historical >linguistics, as there is still a major gap between these two fields. This >does not only mean that historical linguistics could profit from the >contribution of linguistic typology, but also the contrary. Thus, >contributions on diachronic typology, which combine methods from both >fields, would be most welcome. > >Papers as a rule should be kept within a maximum of 10,000 words; longer >papers may be considered depending on quality/relevance of the data. All >papers will be peer reviewed by two or three external reviewers and by >members of the editorial board. The journal will publish book reviews of >medium length (up to 4,000 words); review articles (up to 10,000 words) >will also be considered. In addition, the journal will have a section for >book notices (500 words). > >To ensure that a submission fits the aim and scope of JHL, authors are >encouraged to send a summary of their paper prior to formal submission, by >electronic mail as regular text or attachment, to the editors: > >Silvia Luraghi >University of Pavia >Department of Linguistics >Corso Strada Nuova 65 >I-27100 PAVIA, Italy >silvia.luraghi at unipv.it > >J?hanna Bar?dal >University of Bergen >Dept of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies >P.O. Box 7805 >NO-5020 BERGEN, Norway >johanna.barddal at uib.no Silvia Luraghi Dipartimento di Linguistica Teorica e Applicata Universit? di Pavia Strada Nuova 65 I-27100 Pavia telef.: +39-0382-984685 fax: +39-0382-984487 silvia.luraghi at unipv.it http://lettere.unipv.it/diplinguistica/docenti.php?&id=68 _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From claire.bowern at yale.edu Tue Mar 23 19:13:45 2010 From: claire.bowern at yale.edu (Claire Bowern) Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:13:45 -0400 Subject: Fwd: Fulbright Scholar Opportunities in Linguistics In-Reply-To: Message-ID: [forwarded on behalf of the Fullbright commission; please contact them with queries ~CB] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: SCHOLARS Date: Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 3:06 PM Subject: Fulbright Scholar Opportunities in Linguistics To: "histling-l-owner at mailman.rice.edu" Dear Listserv Owner, I am a representative of the Fulbright Scholar Program and would like to have a message posted on your listserv, announcing Fulbright Scholar opportunities in linguistics.? Would it be possible for you to do this for us? If so, we would greatly appreciate it. The message is below. Please note that this message or one with a similar content may be sent to other listservs. Regards, Victoria Lardner Outreach and Public Affairs Institute of International Education Department of Scholar and Professional Programs Council for International Exchange of Scholars 3007 Tilden St. NW, Suite #5L Washington, DC 20008 202-686-4000 | 202-362-3442 scholars at iie.org | www.iie.org/cies The Fulbright Scholar Program and Fulbright Humphrey Fellowship Program are administered by the Institute of International Education?s Department of Scholar and Professional Programs, which includes the Council for International Exchange of Scholars and Humphrey divisions. For more information, contact us at scholars at iie.org or 202-686-4000 or visit www.iie.org/cies. Fulbright Scholar Program for US Faculty and Professionals for 2011-2012 is Open The Fulbright Scholar Program offers 50 awards in teaching, research or combined teaching/research in linguistics, including a Fulbright Distinguished Chair.? Even better, faculty and professionals in linguistics also can apply for one of the 175 ?All Discipline? awards open to all fields. What does Fulbright offer in linguistics?? Here are a few of the awards for 2011-2012: South and Central Asia: Applications in linguistics are welcome in many of these countries, including India and Pakistan. Distinguished chair awards also available. South America: Grant opportunities are available in Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Panama. Turkey: ?Applications in linguistics are welcome. Faculty and professionals are also encouraged to participate in one of our weekly webinars, including a special March 25th session featuring Adam Grotsky, Executive Director of the United States-India Educational Foundation, on the expanding Fulbright opportunities in India.? For more information, visit our website at www.iie.org/cies/webinar. The application deadline is August 2, 2010.? U.S. citizenship is required.? For more information, visit our website at www.iie.org/cies or contact us at scholars at iie.org. _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From lyle.campbell at linguistics.utah.edu Wed Mar 24 20:45:14 2010 From: lyle.campbell at linguistics.utah.edu (Lyle Campbell) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:45:14 -0600 Subject: questions and information about Campbell's Historical Linguistics textbook Message-ID: Hi, I write with some information and questions about my textbook: Campbell, Lyle. 2004. Historical Linguistics: an Introduction. (2nd edition; 1st edition, 1998). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, and Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. I had hoped that a new printing could correct several typos, etc., but instead a new, third edition has been asked for, to be completed within the year. Therefore, let me offer a list of the corrections I am aware of, while I also ask for advise concerning the new edition. Since a number of the symbols and diacritics in the corrections will not come out correctly in email, I won't try to send them here in this message, but will be happy to send a pdf file of the corrections (where they will be clear) to anyone who might want them. Just send me a message requesting these at: lyle.campbell at linguistics.utah.edu. Some questions about the new edition are: (1) Are there topics/themes that you believe should be added to the book? (I plan to add the equivalent of about 1 to 1 1/2 chapters of new material that I have in mind currently, though I must think it through in more detail before decisions are made.) (I should mention that I will do my best to take all suggestions into account, though conflicting advice, considerations of length, and suitability for an introduction may be limiting factors.) (2) Is there anything in the book you believe should be taken out? (3) Do you know of any other corrections (in addition to those I already have, in the pdf file that I am happy to send out) that should be made? If so, could you please send them to me? (4) Many have asked for answers/solutions/a key to the exercises. The current tentative plan for the new edition is to provide sample answers, published at the end of the book. The question is, do you think that is a good idea, or do you have other recommendations? (There does not seem to be any practical way to publish answers so that they are available only to instructors and not publicly available to students.) (5) Do you have any answers of your own that you may have written up to any of the exercises in the book?, and if so, would you be willing to share them? (I currently have sample answers in written form for about 1/3 of the exercises, which I am willing to share with anyone who would like to request them.) Please send replies to me at lyle.campbell at linguistics.utah.edu. Many thanks in advance, Lyle Campbell -- Dr. Lyle Campbell, Professor of Linguistics, Director, Center for American Indian Languages Dept. of Linguistics, University of Utah, LNCO 2300 255 S. Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0492 USA Tel. 801-581-3441 (my Ling. office), 801-587-0716 (my CAIL office) 801-581-8047 (Dept. of Linguistics), 801-587-0720 (CAIL), Fax 801-585-7351 http://linguistics.utah.edu/?module=facultyDetails&personId=167&orgId=301 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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My problem is that I really don't know what to do with this paper. It is too long for submission to a journal (79 pages), and too short for producing a (slender) monography. Any suggestions (if ever you can imagine that the contents are of relevance for our community)? In addition, I would be happy to receive critics and other comments all of which would undoubtedly help to improve the quality of the analyses. Many thanks in advance and best wishes, Wolfgang -- -- *Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulze * ---------------------------------------------------------- /Primary contact: / Institut f?r Allgemeine & Typologische Sprachwissenschaft Dept. 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URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From remy.viredaz at bluewin.ch Sun Mar 28 20:50:11 2010 From: remy.viredaz at bluewin.ch (=?ISO-8859-1?B?UulteQ==?= Viredaz) Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:50:11 +0200 Subject: Histling-l Digest, Vol 36, Issue 5: Paper on Grammaticalzation of Antipassives In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Wolfgang, Just a few details about PIE: p. 53 ff., 65 ff. : The thematic 1 sg. ending -o (long) is probably akin with the perfect ending, i.e. from *-o-h2 (or in my view from *-o-h2e), not from *-oh1. (The box for the 2 sg. is better left totally blank. I do understand Beekes' line of reasoning, but there are good alternative explanations for the Lithuanian, Greek and Irish endings.) Generally I trust Meier-Br?gger, Idg. Sprachwissenschaft more than Szemer?nyi or Beekes (though nobody is perfect). p. 61 fn. 23: A good reference about the -sm- element in pronominal endings is: Jost Gippert, "Ein Problem der idg. Pronominalflexion". In: Adam Hyllested, Anders Richardt J?rgensen, Jenny Helena Larsson, Thomas Olander (Hrsg. / ed.), Per aspera ad asteriscos. Studia Indogermanica in honorem Jens Elmeg?rd Rasmussen , 155-165; Innsbruck: Innsbrucker Beitr?ge zur Sprachwissenschaft 2004. p. 63 n. 25: (A) (about the second sentence [not the first, which is unaffected]) In my view, the animate nominative (< ergative) and the genitive (< ablative) have been two different cases from the beginning: two separate cases differenciated by vocalism would have been added the same particle -s. In some nouns, however, the vocalism was indeed the same. (B) (about the third sentence) The 'tooth' word (*h1d-ont-, participle of *h1ed- 'bite (durative)', later mostly 'eat') is not a terribly good example for illustrating the pre-PIE situation, because most probably it was only formed *after* the separation between Anatolian and the rest of Indo-European, as we can tell from the *active* function of the participial suffix *-ont- (while -ant- is passive in Hittite on transitive verbs, and only used with intransitive verbs in Luwian, if I remember correctly; only the Luwian usage can be the common ancestor of the other two; it can still be seen in non-Anatolian *g??rh2-ont-/g?rh2-nt- 'old'). Another indication of *h1d-ont-/*h1d-nt- not being old is the leveling of the vowel alternation of the root, as opposed to the archaic alternance in *g?erh2-ont-/g?rh2-nt-. (Presumably the leveling occurred in the formation of participles first, and only later was the participle *h1d-ont- substantivized.) Perhaps a less risky word could be *pod- 'foot', unmarked *pod (surviving as vocative), nominative *pods or (with analogical nominative lengthening) *p?ds. (C) (same example) No compensatory lengthening has to be assumed in *hdonts > nachgrundsprachlich Greek *odons, other languages *dons, e. g. Sanskrit dan, Germanic *tanz. If there was a lengthening (as in the 'foot' word), it must be analogical from the stems ending in n, l, r, if one admits that e.g. *-ers (with short *e as in acc. *-erm) > *-er (with long e). If you (or your potential publishers) think your paper is too long, you could try to divide it in two parts: one typological part = pages 1-49 (well, I know it's almost as long as before), which would have a lasting value, and one part about PIE, which would be highly tentative as the reconstruction of the PIE thematic ending set is fraught with uncertainties (as are some nominal endings, too). If I understand your intent properly, the typological study may throw light on the formation of the PIE inflection, though not the other way round, of course. If the paper is still too long, the Sumerian part might be "separated" as well. That would make either three "episodes" published in successive years of one review, or three separate papers for different reviews - in the latter case, each paper could also comprise a short summary of the two others. If you manage to publish it all in one go, so much the better. Best wishes, R?my Viredaz, Geneva Le 28.03.10 20:27, ??histling-l-request at mailman.rice.edu?? a ?crit?: > Send Histling-l mailing list submissions to > histling-l at mailman.rice.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > histling-l-request at mailman.rice.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > histling-l-owner at mailman.rice.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Histling-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. antipassives (Wolfgang Schulze) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:26:57 +0200 > From: Wolfgang Schulze > Subject: [Histling-l] antipassives > To: histling-l at mailman.rice.edu > Message-ID: <4BAF9F71.7030309 at lrz.uni-muenchen.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15"; Format="flowed" > > Dear friends and colleagues > please allow me exploiting your expertise by making a perhaps somewhat > unusual post. But maybe you can help me or give me some advise. I have > produced an admittedly lengthy paper on the *grammaticalization of > antipassives* in terms of split aspects systems, dealing mainly with > Sumerian, Kartvelian, and Proto-Indo-European, but including data from > other languages, too. You can download the first draft (attention: not > yet proof-read by an native speaker of English!) from > http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/~wschulze/antipass.pdf . My problem is that I > really don't know what to do with this paper. It is too long for > submission to a journal (79 pages), and too short for producing a > (slender) monography. Any suggestions (if ever you can imagine that the > contents are of relevance for our community)? In addition, I would be > happy to receive critics and other comments all of which would > undoubtedly help to improve the quality of the analyses. > Many thanks in advance and best wishes, > Wolfgang _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l