8.855, Qs: Unergatives, Pronoun, Latin

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Subject: 8.855, Qs: Unergatives, Pronoun, Latin

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Date:  Fri, 6 Jun 1997 16:57:53 +1000
From:  Stuart.Robinson at anu.edu.au (Stuart Robinson)
Subject:  Distribution of Unergatives (S=A) and Unaccusatives (S=O)

2)
Date:  Sat, 7 Jun 1997 09:17:14 +0100 (BST)
From:  R J Stevenson <Rosemary.Stevenson at durham.ac.uk>
Subject:  Query:  Connectionist models of prnoun interpretation

3)
Date:  Thu, 5 Jun 1997 16:18:10 +0800
From:  alanden at cyllene.uwa.edu.au (Alan Dench)
Subject:  Q. null anaphora in Latin

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Date:  Fri, 6 Jun 1997 16:57:53 +1000
From:  Stuart.Robinson at anu.edu.au (Stuart Robinson)
Subject:  Distribution of Unergatives (S=A) and Unaccusatives (S=O)

I was wondering whether anyone knew whether unergatives (S=A) or
unaccusatives (S=O) are predominant among ambivalent verbs in
particular languages.  For example, all transitive roots in Tzotzil
are ambivalent, belonging to the unaccusative (S=O) type (with one
unergative (S=A) exception).  Is this typical or atypical?  Can anyone
recommend some references on this topic?  I will post a summary.

Regards,
Stuart Robinson

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Stuart Robinson <Stuart.Robinson at anu.edu.au>
Linguistics Department
Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200


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Date:  Sat, 7 Jun 1997 09:17:14 +0100 (BST)
From:  R J Stevenson <Rosemary.Stevenson at durham.ac.uk>
Subject:  Query:  Connectionist models of prnoun interpretation



I am trying to find connectionist models of pronoun interpretation and
would be very glad to hear about any examples you may know of.  It
would also be very helpful to know whether a given model computes the
pronoun-antecedent relation on the spot or whether it retrieves a
pre-stored relation from memory.

If you send responses to me, I will summarise them for the list.
Thanks in advance.

Rosemary Stevenson


-------------------------------- Message 3 -------------------------------

Date:  Thu, 5 Jun 1997 16:18:10 +0800
From:  alanden at cyllene.uwa.edu.au (Alan Dench)
Subject:  Q. null anaphora in Latin

>>From Luke Yates
Centre for Linguistics
University of Western Australia

***  NULL ANAPHORA IN CLASSICAL LATIN  ***

I'm examining null anaphora in Classical Latin for
my Honours thesis at the University of Western Australia.
I'll be drawing data from the Classical Latin corpus of Julius Caesar
         ( i.e. the 'Gallic' and 'Civil Wars' )
My study will include but not be restricted to null subjects.

I'm particularly interested in the morpho-syntactic status
of Latin verbal inflections and null arguments and
the relationship between them.
The role of inflectional affixes in identification and licensing
within Latin is highly relevant.

I would be very grateful for pointers to resources or contacts

        re: null anaphora in Latin.

Replies can be sent to me via Alan Dench at:

        adench at cyllene.uwa.edu.au

and I will post a summary of responses.

Thank you,

Luke Yates

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