9.677, Qs: 'of'-NP,Precursor-Wm Jones,Loanword,Inuktitut

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Subject: 9.677, Qs: 'of'-NP,Precursor-Wm Jones,Loanword,Inuktitut

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Date:  Thu, 7 May 1998 14:37:17 +0800 (SST)
From:  "Vivienne Fong" <ellfongf at leonis.nus.edu.sg>
Subject:  'of'-NP Preposing in Partitive Constructions

2)
Date:  Fri, 8 May 1998 18:57:11 -0400 (EDT)
From:  manaster at umich.edu
Subject:  Q: A Precursor of Sir Wm Jones

3)
Date:  Fri, 8 May 1998 19:05:37 -0400 (EDT)
From:  manaster at umich.edu
Subject:  Origin of the Concept of Loanword

4)
Date:  Fri, 8 May 1998 14:06:48 -0500 (CDT)
From:  Hilary Adrienne Young <hilaryy at ruf.rice.edu>
Subject:  Inuktitut Spatial Terms

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Thu, 7 May 1998 14:37:17 +0800 (SST)
From:  "Vivienne Fong" <ellfongf at leonis.nus.edu.sg>
Subject:  'of'-NP Preposing in Partitive Constructions

I am looking for references to past work that dealt with the preposing
of 'of'- and 'out of'-NPs in partitive constructions, similar to
examples below:

(1A) 	Two out of the three cats were wounded.
	Out of the three cats, two were wounded.

(1B) 	Two out of three cats were wounded.
	Out of three cats, two were wounded.

(2A)	Two of the three cats were wounded.
	Of the three cats, two were wounded.

(2B)	Two of three cats were wounded.
	* Of three cats, two were wounded.


I'd be most grateful for any leads, and will post a summary.

Thanks in advance,
Vivienne Fong

Dept of English Language and Literature
National University of Singapore
10 Kent Ridge Crescent
Singapore 119260

ellfongf at leonis.nus.edu.sg


-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Fri, 8 May 1998 18:57:11 -0400 (EDT)
From:  manaster at umich.edu
Subject:  Q: A Precursor of Sir Wm Jones

I seem to recall that someone long before Jones had teh idea that
modern related languages come from (proto)languages now long dead, but
cannot recall the reference.  Could someone help me out.


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

Date:  Fri, 8 May 1998 19:05:37 -0400 (EDT)
From:  manaster at umich.edu
Subject:  Origin of the Concept of Loanword

Does anybody know who first realized that there is a difference
between borrowed and inherited vocabulary?


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

Date:  Fri, 8 May 1998 14:06:48 -0500 (CDT)
From:  Hilary Adrienne Young <hilaryy at ruf.rice.edu>
Subject:  Inuktitut Spatial Terms


I was hoping someone out there could help me with my research.  I'm
beginning a project on Inuktitut spatial terms and am looking for any
resources that might be useful.  In particular, I'll be exploring the
'in front of'/'behind' relation in a Cognitive Grammar framework.

I have Spalding's Inuktitut grammar, Fortescue's West Greenlandic
grammar, Denny's article on spatial deixis, and I know of Cornillac's
'Systematiqye des contructions lexicales en inuktitut', Paillet's
'Deixis et representation de l'espace en Inuktitut' and Lowe's 'De
l'espace au temps en Inuktitut'.

If anyone knows of other resources on spatial terms in eastern arctic
languages (or related), I'd appreciate hearing from you.

Finally, if anyone knows Michael Fortescue's e-mail address, could
they please pass it on to me.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Hilary Young
Rice University
hilaryy at ruf.rice.edu

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