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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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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