11.190, Qs: MacArthur Inventory, AngloRomany, "A couple"?

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Subject: 11.190, Qs: MacArthur Inventory, AngloRomany, "A couple"?

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Date:  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 16:47:51 +0100
From:  Schrammel Barbara <barbara.schrammel at kfunigraz.ac.at>
Subject:  MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory

2)
Date:  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:36:23 +0100
From:  Uri Tadmor <mpg at pacific.net.id>
Subject:  AngloRomany, Sri Lankan Malay

3)
Date:  Mon, 28 Jan 1980 19:54:52 -0800
From:  Tom Fitzsimmons <tjfitz at iol.ie>
Subject:  "A couple" or "A couple of"?

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Date:  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 16:47:51 +0100
From:  Schrammel Barbara <barbara.schrammel at kfunigraz.ac.at>
Subject:  MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory

Dear linguists,

I´m working on a thesis about early lexical development which will
contain empirical work. I want to elicit data through
1. the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory
2. testing 30 Austrian children cross-sectionally

As I am working with German speaking children I am wondering whether
there is a  German version of the MacArthur inventory. Does anybody know
about a translation of the inventory and where to get it? Are there any
other adequate inventories on early lexical development (in German)
available?  Are there any inventories for cross-sectional studies on
early lexical development available (German or English)? I´m thankful
for your answers!

Yours,
Peter Marschik

Peter Marschik
Department of Linguistics
University of Graz, Austria
email: peter.marschik at kfunigraz.ac.at


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Date:  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:36:23 +0100
From:  Uri Tadmor <mpg at pacific.net.id>
Subject:  AngloRomany, Sri Lankan Malay

I would be grateful for any information about texts, papers, or any
other available materials on AngloRomany and Sri Lankan Malay.

Thanks!

Uri Tadmor
uri at pacific.net.id


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Date:  Mon, 28 Jan 1980 19:54:52 -0800
From:  Tom Fitzsimmons <tjfitz at iol.ie>
Subject:  "A couple" or "A couple of"?

I seem to notice that many people in North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and
maybe Wisconsin, say "a couple" rather than "a couple of" when
constructing a sentence like "There are a couple of lines left to
finish."  This would be rendered:  "There are a couple lines left to
finish."

Tom Fitzsimmons.

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