7.1267, Qs: Passive expletive, Text corpora, Gay/lesbian data

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-7-1267. Thu Sep 12 1996. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  119
 
Subject: 7.1267, Qs: Passive expletive, Text corpora, Gay/lesbian data
 
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Date:  Wed, 11 Sep 1996 09:30:42 EDT
From:  yjang at husc.harvard.edu (Youngjun Jang)
Subject:  Passive Expletive Constructions
 
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Date:  Wed, 11 Sep 1996 16:53:00 MDT
From:  lenz at mx300e.ids-mannheim.de
Subject:  Free text corpora
 
3)
Date:  Wed, 11 Sep 1996 14:01:44 PDT
From:  motohash at students.uiuc.edu (Motohashi Rieko)
Subject:  gay/lesbian data search
 
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Date:  Wed, 11 Sep 1996 09:30:42 EDT
From:  yjang at husc.harvard.edu (Youngjun Jang)
Subject:  Passive Expletive Constructions
 
Dear linguists,
I am collecting data about passive expletive constructions like (1) in
languages other than English/Icelandic/Scandinavian.
 
(1) a. *There has a book  been        put on the table.
    b.  There has         been a book put on the table.
    c. *There has         been        put a book on the table.
 
Is there anyone who knows some languages which behaves exactly like
English? If there is enough response, I will post the summary on the list.
Thanks.
 
Youngjun Jang
yjang at fas.harvard.edu
 
Dept of Linguistics
Harvard University
77 Dunster Str.
Cambridge, MA 02138
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Date:  Wed, 11 Sep 1996 16:53:00 MDT
From:  lenz at mx300e.ids-mannheim.de
Subject:  Free text corpora
 
	
	  Dear Linguists,
	
	  I put the following request to you on behalf of Dr. Teubert,
	  Institut fuer deutsche Sprache, Mannheim:
	  For research purposes we would need access to text corpora
	  of present day American English (e.g., ACL/DCI, Penn Tree-
	  bank or other). We know of the online service of LDC but
	  since we only need it for a very limited period of time it
	  would be useful to learn if anyone knows of sources that are
	  freely available, or can give us access to them. We are gra-
	  teful for any suggestions and help that you can give on this
	  matter.
	
	  Thank you very much for your assistance.
	
	  Best regards
	  Susanne Lenz
	
	
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Date:  Wed, 11 Sep 1996 14:01:44 PDT
From:  motohash at students.uiuc.edu (Motohashi Rieko)
Subject:  gay/lesbian data search
 
 
I'm beginning work on my diss. and am looking for any natural spoken
data from gay and/or lesbian speakers. Ideally I would like
conversations involving gay and lesbian couples, but settle for
whatever is available. Can you help me with this?
 
Thanks!
Susan Frenck
Department of Linguistics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
frenck at uiuc.edu
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