11.2435, Qs: Non-resultative/Non-Eng, Khmer Vowels
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Subject: 11.2435, Qs: Non-resultative/Non-Eng, Khmer Vowels
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Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 18:55:24 +0100
From: Jose-Luis Mendivil <jlmendi at posta.unizar.es>
Subject: Non English and non resultative
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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:56:44 +0000
From: "Robert R. Ratcliffe" <ratcliff at fs.tufs.ac.jp>
Subject: Khmer vowels
-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 18:55:24 +0100
From: Jose-Luis Mendivil <jlmendi at posta.unizar.es>
Subject: Non English and non resultative
Dear Editors and Linguist listers:
Some weeks ago I posted a query asking for examples from languages
that allow constructions such as:
John kicked the door open (transitive non causative verb)
Mary ran her trainers threadbare (intransitive verb)
I got very good examples -and a summary has been sent to the list.
My new query is complementary: Does the language you know/study/speak
disallow such constructions?
Spanish is a clear example:
*John pateó la puerta abierta
*Mary corrió sus zapatillas gastadas
(lit. translations of the english examples above)
Although resultative secondary predicates are allowed with 'causative' verbs:
La comida puso a Luis enfermo
lit. food made Luis sick
Thank you very much in advance. Of course, I will post a summary.
Best regards,
Jose-Luis.
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Prof. Dr. Jose-Luis Mendivil Giro
Dept. of General and Hispanic Linguistics
Universidad de Zaragoza
C/ Pedro Cerbuna, 12
50009 Zaragoza (Spain)
Phone: (+34) 976 761 000
Fax: (+34) 976 761 541
E-mail: jlmendi at posta.unizar.es
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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:56:44 +0000
From: "Robert R. Ratcliffe" <ratcliff at fs.tufs.ac.jp>
Subject: Khmer vowels
I just heard a talk by our Khmer (Cambodian) professor here, in which
she described a set of "constricted" or "narrow" vowels. She couldn't
tell me what these were phonetically, and I couldn't find any reference
to them (or to Khmer at all) in standard sources like Ladefoged &
Maddieson or Laver. The description made them sound like ATR vowels, but
when she pronounced them for me I heard something like creaky or breathy
voiced vowels. Does anyone know what they are, or can anyone refer me to
phonetic research on Khmer?
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Robert R. Ratcliffe
Associate Professor, Arabic and Linguistics,
Dept. of Linguistics and Information Science
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Asahi-machi 3-11-1,
Fuchu-shi, Tokyo
183-8534 Japan
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