7.519, Qs: Italian, Quantifiers, Interruptions, Macro-Siouan

Tue Apr 9 13:39:05 UTC 1996

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Subject: 7.519, Qs: Italian, Quantifiers, Interruptions, Macro-Siouan

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1)
Date:  Tue, 02 Apr 1996 12:00:22 PST
From:  keithc at sensoryc.com (Keith Carlson)
Subject:  Italian phonology

2)
Date:  Sun, 07 Apr 1996 04:21:00 CDT
From:  knakatan at husc.harvard.edu (Ken Nakatani)
Subject:  Q:Logic & Quantifier

3)
Date:  Sat, 06 Apr 1996 19:09:04 EST
From:  aaa721 at agora.ulaval.ca (Natalie Melanson)
Subject:  interruptions in conversation

4)
Date:  Sun, 07 Apr 1996 21:27:30 CDT
From:  fcosws at prairienet.org (Steven Schaufele)
Subject:  general sources on Macro-Siouan?

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1)
Date:  Tue, 02 Apr 1996 12:00:22 PST
From:  keithc at sensoryc.com (Keith Carlson)
Subject:  Italian phonology

Something has been puzzling me about italian phonology.  I'm looking
specifically for a constraint-based approach to this problem, and
welcome any optimality-theoretic solutions.

the facts:
(1) vowels in stressed, open syllables are predictably long word-internally,
e.g. 'vi:.no 'wine'.
(2) vowels in stressed, open syllables are predictably short word-finally
(despite stress), e.g. par.le.'ro  'I will speak', cit.'ta 'city'.
(3) if a word-final vowel is stressed, then the onset of the following
syllable closes the preceding syllable, e.g. par.le.'ro[b] # be.ne 'I
will speak well' (gemination of [b]), cit.'ta # s.por.ca 'dirty city'
(resyllabification of [s]).
this is known as *radoppiamento sintattico*.

analysis:
the predictable lengthening of vowels, as in (1), as well as the gemination
of [b] and the resyllabification of [s] in (3) point to the satisfaction
of the Weight to Stress Principle: the best stressed syllables are heavy
(bimoraic).

problem:
why can't vowels be heavy at the edge in order to satisfy the WSP, as they
are word-internally?  It is odd that moras that 'sprout' (i.e. are not
underlying) word-internally govern vowels, as in (1) , while those that
sprout word-finally can only govern consonants, as in (3), otherwise they
do not sprout at all, as in (2).

will post any satisfying answers received.
thanks in advance.
j
RESPOND TO: james at sensoryc.com
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Date:  Sun, 07 Apr 1996 04:21:00 CDT
From:  knakatan at husc.harvard.edu (Ken Nakatani)
Subject:  Q:Logic & Quantifier

Dear colleagues,

Here's a question on "quantifier".
It seems that within formal logic "every", "all" and "each"
are usually treated uniformly as a universal quantifer.
I'm wondering whether there are papers treating them separately.
Does anyone know about it?  I'll be very glad if anyone give
me the information on it.  Thanks!

Ken Nakatani <knakatan at fas.harvard.edu>
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3)
Date:  Sat, 06 Apr 1996 19:09:04 EST
From:  aaa721 at agora.ulaval.ca (Natalie Melanson)
Subject:  interruptions in conversation

I have just begun working on interruptions in conversation, i.e. cutting
a speaker off before she or he has finished speaking. I think I have
found most of what has been written on the subject, but maybe someone
out there knows of very recent work that hasn't been listed in the
bibliographies yet. I would appreciate your help in completing
my own bibliography. I would also be interested in knowing if anyone
else is working on interruptions, and if so, from which perspective.
My own approach is discourse analysis.
Thanks.
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4)
Date:  Sun, 07 Apr 1996 21:27:30 CDT
From:  fcosws at prairienet.org (Steven Schaufele)
Subject:  general sources on Macro-Siouan?

Dear Colleagues,

I'm looking for general resources on the comparative and historical
grammar of the Macro-Siouan languages (including Caddoan and Iroquoian).
I'm familiar with Chaffe's 1976 book on the subject, but would like to
know of anything more recent.  Note that i am particularly interested not
in treatments of individual languages -- i have several of those, and
have no trouble finding others -- but in general overviews of the entire
family, focussing on inter-language relationships.

I'll post a summary if it seems warranted.

Best,
Steven
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Dr. Steven Schaufele
712 West Washington
Urbana, IL  61801
217-344-8240
fcosws at prairienet.org
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