9.40, Qs: Nominative Langs, Sapir-Whorf, Imitation, Book

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Subject: 9.40, Qs: Nominative Langs, Sapir-Whorf, Imitation, Book

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1)
Date:  Sun, 11 Jan 1998 16:43:57 +0500 (GET)
From:  Temur Kutsia <temo at viam.hepi.edu.ge>
Subject:  Nominative Languages

2)
Date:  Sun, 11 Jan 1998 09:18:08 -0500
From:  labrecqd at cite.net (Dominique Labrecque)
Subject:  Sapir-Whorf Approach

3)
Date:  Sun, 11 Jan 1998 10:53:11
From:  "Dr. John Skoyles" <skoyles at globnet.co.uk>
Subject:  Imitation

4)
Date:  Sun, 11 Jan 1998 11:52:55 EST
From:  RSchwa6866 <RSchwa6866 at aol.com>
Subject:  Book

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Date:  Sun, 11 Jan 1998 16:43:57 +0500 (GET)
From:  Temur Kutsia <temo at viam.hepi.edu.ge>
Subject:  Nominative Languages

Do any of you know about active languages (in the sense of Sapir) that
developed from nominative type?

I have examples of nominative languages derived from active
(european), the ergatives derived from active (iranian), the active
from ergative (Bats) but have no example of active from nominative
type languages.

Are there any theoretical implications that does not allow such way of
development? I would really appreciate if you could offer me
references in this respect.

I'll try to post a summary afterwards.

Sincerely,

	Nino Amiridze
	Institute of Oriental Studies
	Tbilisi, Georgia


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Date:  Sun, 11 Jan 1998 09:18:08 -0500
From:  labrecqd at cite.net (Dominique Labrecque)
Subject:  Sapir-Whorf Approach


I am looking for some research that would have been done in the area
of algonquian languages lexicon, within the "Sapir-Whorf" approach.

Thank you.


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

Date:  Sun, 11 Jan 1998 10:53:11
From:  "Dr. John Skoyles" <skoyles at globnet.co.uk>
Subject:  Imitation


Imitation in spite of playing a critical role in vocabulary
acquisition has at present a 'cinderella' status in linguistics and
the speech sciences.  Recently, imitation has gained a new theoretical
importance as it seems to underlie the functioning of the homologous
areas of the Broca's and Wernicke's speech areas in the monkey (for
instance, Rizzolatti G, Fadiga L, Gallese V, Fogassi L. Premotor
cortex and the recognition of motor actions. Cognit Brain Res 1996; 3:
131-141.). Given this new importance, I would be interested in forming
contacts and perhaps a group to discuss theoretical and empirical
aspects of the relationship between imitation and language.

Dr. John Skoyles
skoyles at globalnet.co.uk
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~skoyles/index.htm.


-------------------------------- Message 4 -------------------------------

Date:  Sun, 11 Jan 1998 11:52:55 EST
From:  RSchwa6866 <RSchwa6866 at aol.com>
Subject:  Book


"I am looking for a second-hand book Speech Science Primer,
Physiology, Acoustics and Perception of Speech by Gloria J. Bordon and
Katherine S. Harris.

My name is Rosalie Schwartz. Please email me at RSchwa6866 at aol.com or
telephone 719-499-4455."

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