7.739, Qs: Phoneme, Thai, Spelling, Address, References

Thu May 23 14:13:32 UTC 1996

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-7-739. Thu May 23 1996. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  164

Subject: 7.739, Qs: Phoneme, Thai, Spelling, Address, References

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Date:  Wed, 22 May 1996 15:05:27 +0200
From:  martinha at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Martin Haspelmath)
Subject:  Q: phoneme inventory size and word length

2)
Date:  Wed, 22 May 1996 09:09:08 EDT
From:  rakesh at utkux.utcc.utk.edu (Rakesh Bhatt)
Subject:  Thai phonology

3)
Date:  Wed, 22 May 1996 13:59:44 PDT
From:  vcspc005 at dewey.csun.edu (alan harris)
Subject:  unabomber, unibomber, unabomer???

4)
Date:  Thu, 23 May 1996 12:54:25 +0200
From:  plag at Papin.HRZ.Uni-Marburg.DE ("Ingo Plag")
Subject:  Query: Walinska de Hackbiel

5)
Date:  Thu, 23 May 1996 13:38:50 BST
From:  loperez at siur.unirioja.es (Lorena Perez)
Subject:  Erotic language studies

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Date:  Wed, 22 May 1996 15:05:27 +0200
From:  martinha at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Martin Haspelmath)
Subject:  Q: phoneme inventory size and word length

I have sometimes heard allegations concerning a correlation between
phoneme inventory size and word length, i.e. languages with large phoneme
inventories are supposed to have shorter words, whereas languages with
small phoneme inventories tend to have longer words. This seems to be
confirmed e.g. by French vs. Spanish, and even more dramatically by
Abkhaz (with its 90-odd phonemes and its many single-consonant roots)
versus Polynesian languages (which have small phoneme inventories and
many polysyllabic roots).
  Has anyone ever tested this claim on a representative
sample of languages?
  And has the claim ever appeared in print? I have not been able to find
a reference to it in the published literature.

Thanks for pointers (I'm also interested in related phenomena),
Martin Haspelmath
(Free University of Berlin)
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Date:  Wed, 22 May 1996 09:09:08 EDT
From:  rakesh at utkux.utcc.utk.edu (Rakesh Bhatt)
Subject:  Thai phonology

Dear friends,

  I've not had much luck finding references on Thai phonology. In
particular I'm interested in its syllable structure/phonotactics. Does
anyone know of work in this area?

Thanks,
Rakesh
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3)
Date:  Wed, 22 May 1996 13:59:44 PDT
From:  vcspc005 at dewey.csun.edu (alan harris)
Subject:  unabomber, unibomber, unabomer???

Q: What exactly is the correct spelling of "un?bom?er"  and why?  I have
seen at least four variants in four different journals and newspapers.

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Date:  Thu, 23 May 1996 12:54:25 +0200
From:  plag at Papin.HRZ.Uni-Marburg.DE ("Ingo Plag")
Subject:  Query: Walinska de Hackbiel

I was trying to reach Hanna Walinska de Hackbeil via her e-mail address as
given by the nameserver in Amsterdam (linguists at let.uva.nl). Unfortunately
the address is wrong. Does anyone have her correct e-mail address?

Many thanks in advance!

Ingo Plag
plag at mailer.uni-marburg.de
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Many thanks in advance!

Best wishes,
ingo Plag

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Dr. Ingo Plag
Institut fuer Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Philipps-Universitaet Marburg
Wilhelm-Roepke-Str. 6 D
D-35032 Marburg
Germany

Tel: 06421-285560
Fax: 06421-287020
e-mail: plag at mailer.uni-marburg.de

HOMEPAGE: http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~plag
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5)
Date:  Thu, 23 May 1996 13:38:50 BST
From:  loperez at siur.unirioja.es (Lorena Perez)
Subject:  Erotic language studies

I am a Phd student of Linguistics and I am currently working on an essay
on the erotic language of Lady Chatterley=B4s Lover (D.H. Lawrence). I wonder
if anybody on the list could give me any references on books dealing with
studies of the language of erotic works, or the language of erotism in
general.
Thanks in advance.
Lorena.

Lorena Perez Hernandez
University of La Rioja
Departamento de Filologias Modernas
Edificio Quintiliano
C/ La Ciguena,s/n
26004 Logrono,La Rioja
Spain
e-mail: loperez at dfm.unirioja.es
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