7.831, Qs: Address, Book, Origin, German, Syllable, Pig latin

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-7-831. Wed Jun 5 1996. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  185

Subject: 7.831, Qs: Address, Book, Origin, German, Syllable, Pig latin

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1)
Date:  Tue, 04 Jun 1996 09:46:24 EDT
From:  fukuda at husc.harvard.edu (Minoru Fukuda)
Subject:  Address

2)
Date:  Mon, 03 Jun 1996 18:51:50 BST
From:  maya at paris7.jussieu.fr (Marina Yaguello)
Subject:  Louis Wolfson

3)
Date:  Tue, 04 Jun 1996 08:50:55 CDT
From:  smardale at dtd.com (simi)
Subject:   Latin Origin of Romanian

4)
Date:  Tue, 04 Jun 1996 15:04:22 PDT
From:  belanm at tornade.ERE.UMontreal.CA ("Marc A. B=?iso-8859-1?Q?=E9langer")?=
Subject:  "Progressives" in Germanic Languages

5)
Date:  Tue, 04 Jun 1996 23:05:38 EDT
From:  mgonzal2 at email.gc.cuny.edu (monica gonzalez)
Subject:  syllabification

6)
Date:  Fri, 31 May 1996 08:27:05 EDT
From:  markell at afterlife.ncsc.mil (Markell R West)
Subject:  Pig Latin

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1)
Date:  Tue, 04 Jun 1996 09:46:24 EDT
From:  fukuda at husc.harvard.edu (Minoru Fukuda)
Subject:  Address

Dear Linguists,

I am trying to get in touch with Steve Leary, who was a graduate student
at the Department of Linguistics, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, until probably 1990.  He taught Japanese at Cornell
University after he left Illinois.  If you happen to know where he is now,
please let me know.
Thank you.

Minoru Fukuda
<fukuda at husc.harvard.edu>

UNTIL AUGUST, 1996
Office:
Department of Linguistics, Harvard University
77 Dunster Street, Cambridge, Mass 02138
Home:
30 Hamilton Road, APT. 104, Arlington, Mass 02174
Tel & Fax 617-648-2381

FROM SEPTEMBER, 1996
Office:
Room 411-A, Tezukayama Gakuin University
2-1823 Imakuma, Osaka-sayama 589, Japan
Tel +81-723-65-0865;  Fax +81-723-65-5628
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2)
Date:  Mon, 03 Jun 1996 18:51:50 BST
From:  maya at paris7.jussieu.fr (Marina Yaguello)
Subject:  Louis Wolfson

Does anybody know if Louis Wolson's book "Le Schizo et les langues" has
been translated into English? Is he at all known in the English speaking
world?
Louis Wolfson was an american schizophrenic who rejected English (his
native tongue) and created a pidgin of his own based on French, German and
Hebrew, in which he wrote the book relating his experience with languages.
Thank you for replying directly to me.

Marina Yaguello

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3)
Date:  Tue, 04 Jun 1996 08:50:55 CDT
From:  smardale at dtd.com (simi)
Subject:   Latin Origin of Romanian

Hi,

I've been seraching the web for an explanation for this query, but could
not find anything.  I hope that some of you may direct me toward some
sources where I may find the history and origin of the Romanian language -
a Latin based Romance Language caught in the middle and surrounded by
Slavic speaking countries.  From Romania's history and my own miniscule
knowledge, the area was occupied by the Romans circa 100 b.c. (during the
reign of the Roman emperor Trajan).  The language has been preserved in
it's very "latinized" form since those times eventhough many years of
invasions of various nationalities failed to assimilate and destroy the
base of the language - probably the early form of Roman language (Latin).
Would anyone know exact details of this occurence and why the Romanian
language is unique among the Romance Languages of the world? Also, does the
Romanian language have closer similarites to Latin than Italian?

simi

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4)
Date:  Tue, 04 Jun 1996 15:04:22 PDT
From:  belanm at tornade.ERE.UMontreal.CA ("Marc A. B=?iso-8859-1?Q?=E9langer")?=
Subject:  "Progressives" in Germanic Languages

The progressive form (or whatever you want to call the *be* + present
participle periphrasis) seems to be a particular feature of the English
language. I have heard, however, that it can be found in other
Germanic dialects/languages (possibly in Swiss German). Is this true, and
if so, where could I get information on the subject?

Please reply to me directly at:
belanm at tornade.ere.umontreal.ca

Thank you.

Yours,
	Marc A. B=E9langer
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5)
Date:  Tue, 04 Jun 1996 23:05:38 EDT
From:  mgonzal2 at email.gc.cuny.edu (monica gonzalez)
Subject:  syllabification

i am looking for references on syllabification theories.  i would like to
compare them, pros and cons or the various theories in particular
templatic syllabification.  i would appreciate any information (the most
significant would be ideal) on this topic.  thanx in advance for your
help.

monica gonzalez
cuny grad. center
nyc,ny
mgonzal2 at email.gc.cuny

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6)
Date:  Fri, 31 May 1996 08:27:05 EDT
From:  markell at afterlife.ncsc.mil (Markell R West)
Subject:  Pig Latin

I am interested in Pig Latin and similar languages.

1 - Is Pig Latin used with anything besides English?

2 - Are there other such "word games" used in other languages?

3 - What is this type of "toy language" called?

Please send responses to markell at afterlife.ncsc.mil, and I promise to
post a summary, if applicable.

	ankthay ouyay eryvay uchmay,
	Markell West
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