7.926, Qs: Conjugation, Artikulationsbasis, Pro-drop languages
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Subject: 7.926, Qs: Conjugation, Artikulationsbasis, Pro-drop languages
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Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 11:17:56 +0900
From: masuya at mxb.meshnet.or.jp (Yoshihiro Masuya)
Subject: Conjugation
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Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 01:31:37
From: bryan at gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp (Bryan Jenner)
Subject: Artikulationsbasis
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Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 10:27:10 +0200
From: bjarne.birkrem at iba.uio.no (Bjarne Birkrem)
Subject: Pro-drop languages
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Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 11:17:56 +0900
From: masuya at mxb.meshnet.or.jp (Yoshihiro Masuya)
Subject: Conjugation
Dear Linguists,
Japanese verb forms are determined chiefly according to the morpheme
which follows.
I will show you the conjugation of the verb *yomu* (to read).
*yom-a nai*: Ano ko wa hon o yoma nai.
not that child topicalization book(s) accusative
particle particle
(That child does not read books.)
*yom-i masu* (*masu* is a politer form to close a declarative sentence
with):
Ano ko wa yoku hon o yomi masu. (That child reads well.)
often
*yom-u* (form with which the unmarked declarative sentence or the
negative imperative sentence is closed):
Ano ko wa yoku hon o yomu. (That child reads well.)
Sonna hon wa yomu na. (*na*: particle for negative
imperative.)
such (Do not read such (a) book(s).)
*yom-u* (form standing before a noun qualified by the verb): Yoku hon
o yomu hito.
person(s)
((A) person(s) who read(s) well.)
*yom-e ba*: Motto hon o yome ba ii noni.
if good (*noni* expresses the speaker's
dissatisfaction.)
(If you/he/she, etc.(judged from the context) read(s) many more
books, it would be better for you, etc.)
*yom-e* (Imperative if this form closes the sentence): Motto hon o
yome. (Read more!)
*yom-oo* (*oo* is pronounced as a long monophthong and expresses the
speaker's intention): Hon o takusan yomoo. (Let's read many books.)
many
Is there any other language where the conjuated forms of a verb is
mainly determined by what follows it?
If any, and if anyone lets me know, I should be grateful.
When I am given information, I shall place a summary in THE LINGUIST.
Professor Yoshihiro Masuya <masuya at mxb.meshnet.or.jp>
Professor of English Linguistics and Phonetics.
Graduate School of Humantities & |
Institute for Language and Culture |RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Konan University |9-14, Tsukushi ga Oka 1 Chome
9-1, Okamoto 8 Chome |Kita-ku, KOBE 651-12
Higashinada-ku, KOBE 658 |Japan
Japan |
Tel: +81-78-431-4341. |Tel: +81-78-581-9958.
Fax: +81-78-435-2545. |Fax: +81-78-586-2101.
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Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 01:31:37
From: bryan at gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp (Bryan Jenner)
Subject: Artikulationsbasis
I am trying to locate a dissertation by Werner Vockerath, entitled
"Die deutsche und die englische Artikulationsbasis", published in
Greifswald, Germany in 1925 (!) If any of you have a copy in your
library or know where I might find one I would be very glad to hear
from you.
Bryan Jenner
Department of English
Kumamoto University, Japan
Fax/Phone (81)96-342-2614
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Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 10:27:10 +0200
From: bjarne.birkrem at iba.uio.no (Bjarne Birkrem)
Subject: Pro-drop languages
Dear fellow linguists!
I am doing research on the northern Middle English "personal pronoun
rule", whereby verbal suffixes in the present indicative plural were
"reduced" to -e or zero when the subject was a personal pronoun
immediately adjacent to the finite verb. In this connection I have
come across the term "pro-drop languages", but I have not yet been
able to locate any references to this. If any of you know something
about this term and where it is referred to, I should very much
appreciate the help. Thank you!
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