10.445, Qs: Jamaican, Japanese, French, Boustrophedon

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Subject: 10.445, Qs: Jamaican, Japanese, French, Boustrophedon

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Date:  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:54:11 -0500
From:  Elena Tapia <TAPIAE at ECSUC.CTSTATEU.EDU>
Subject:  Jamaican English Oral Discourse

2)
Date:  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 15:56:29 -0000
From:  "orie fukutomi" <n9327544 at wlv.ac.uk>
Subject:  Zero Pronoun in Japanese

3)
Date:  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 09:43:31 -0500 (EST)
From:  Aimee Johansen <johansen at bu.edu>
Subject:  Quebec French syntax

4)
Date:  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 21:50:46 -0500
From:  Richard Sproat <rws at research.att.com>
Subject:  Boustrophedon Writing

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

Date:  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:54:11 -0500
From:  Elena Tapia <TAPIAE at ECSUC.CTSTATEU.EDU>
Subject:  Jamaican English Oral Discourse

Dear Linguists,

Could anyone point me to useful references on Jamaican English oral
discourse style?  I work with a well-educated, female administrator
who has a very circuitous way of discussing issues.  Additionally,
others have noted that it sometimes takes three hours (no
exaggeration) to "discuss a few points." I have said that her way of
communicating may simply be cross-culturally different.

	I'll post a summary.
	Thanks.
	Elena Tapia
	Eastern Connecticut State University
	Willimantic, CT


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

Date:  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 15:56:29 -0000
From:  "orie fukutomi" <n9327544 at wlv.ac.uk>
Subject:  Zero Pronoun in Japanese

I am currently working on Zero Pronoun in Japanese.  If you could send
me any information on this subject, it would be much appreciated.

Orie Fukutomi
University of Wolverhampton
in5758 at wlv.ac.uk


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

Date:  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 09:43:31 -0500 (EST)
From:  Aimee Johansen <johansen at bu.edu>
Subject:  Quebec French syntax


Does anyone know of a book giving an overview of the syntactic
differences between Standard French and Quebec French?  I've found
many articles on particular differences, but nothing that addresses
the general differences.

I will post a listing of the responses I receive.
Please respond to johansen at bu.edu
Thank you.

Aimee Johansen Alnet
johansen at bu.edu


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

Date:  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 21:50:46 -0500
From:  Richard Sproat <rws at research.att.com>
Subject:  Boustrophedon Writing


Does anyone know of an example of a boustrophedon script that does NOT
involve reversal or inversion of the face of the glyphs when the
direction of writing reverses?

Several sources suggest that such scripts existed, but I have only in
fact seen concrete examples of two kinds of boustrophedon script, both
of which involve reversal or inversion:

1) Scripts where the face of the individual glyphs is flipped across the
vertical access: several ancient Eastern  Mediterranean scripts,
including some versions of early Greek have this property.

2) One example -- Easter Island's rongorongo script -- where the glyphs
are rotated 180 degrees on adjacent lines.

So, I'd be interested if anyone can  point me to an example that does
not involve one of these two  types of inversion.


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