12.992, Qs: EFL/Children's Literature, Objects/Front & Back

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-12-992. Mon Apr 9 2001. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 12.992, Qs: EFL/Children's Literature, Objects/Front & Back

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1)
Date:  Mon, 09 Apr 2001 18:11:07
From:  "Sedat Çavdar" <sedat03 at hotmail.com>
Subject:  CHILDRENS' LITERATURE IN EFL

2)
Date:  Tue, 10 Apr 2001 11:43:56 +1000
From:  "Bill Palmer" <palmer_bill at hotmail.com>
Subject:  Objects with a front and a back.

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

Date:  Mon, 09 Apr 2001 18:11:07
From:  "Sedat Çavdar" <sedat03 at hotmail.com>
Subject:  CHILDRENS' LITERATURE IN EFL



Dear Linguists,

I am Sedat Cavdar, an English Teacher from Turkey. I reached to your address
on a web site. I am working  on a thesis about using Childrens' Literature
in language teaching. I kindly request you to inform if any resources for
related articles on the net and  I will be appreciated with your ideas.

Best Regards,

Sedat Cavdar




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

Date:  Tue, 10 Apr 2001 11:43:56 +1000
From:  "Bill Palmer" <palmer_bill at hotmail.com>
Subject:  Objects with a front and a back.



Dear listers

I'm currently looking for data on the way languages talk about notions like
'in front of' and 'behind' (or 'in back of'), and left/right.

I have read that in some Nilotic languages trees are treated as having an
intrinsic front and back. (The front is the side the tree leans away from.)
I have also read that in some languages objects like nails and peanuts are
treated as having intrinsic fronts and backs. (The pointed end of a nail and
the smaller end of a peanut are the fronts.) Unfortunately I no longer have
the relevant references.

I'm keen to here about languages that assign front and back to objects that
aren't assigned them in English.

Conversely, I'm keen to hear about languages that don't assign front/back to
objects that English does.

I'd also be grateful for any references on this kind of variation.

I'll post a summary.


Bill Palmer
Fellow
Dep't Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
University of Melbourne
palmer_bill at hotmail.com





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