12.378, Qs: German Dialects, Subcategorization in MP

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Subject: 12.378, Qs: German Dialects, Subcategorization in MP

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Date:  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 14:40:24 -0500
From:  maike engelhardt <mengelha at wvu.edu>
Subject:  German dialects and language attitude

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Date:  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 12:52:20 +0000 (GMT)
From:  Dan Everett <Dan.Everett at man.ac.uk>
Subject:  Lexical/Functional Subcategorization in MP

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Date:  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 14:40:24 -0500
From:  maike engelhardt <mengelha at wvu.edu>
Subject:  German dialects and language attitude

We are two graduate students at the West Virginia University
currently working on a paper on German dialects in the East and West
and the resulting language attitudes. Taking Stefan Raab's
"Maschendrahtzaun" and the concurrent success and ridiculing of East
German dialect speakers we are interested in any kind of work done in
the field of German dialtects since the reunification in 1990.
Please reply individually and we will be happy to post a summary to the list.
Thank you very much!

Maike Engelhardt
mengelha at wvu.edu
Astrid Muender
amuender at wvu.edu





Maike Engelhardt
Department of Foreign Languages
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV


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

Date:  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 12:52:20 +0000 (GMT)
From:  Dan Everett <Dan.Everett at man.ac.uk>
Subject:  Lexical/Functional Subcategorization in MP

Can anyone supply me with some clear references on the issue of functional
categories selecting lexical categories (rather than the other way around)
in the Minimalist Program? For example, has anyone proposed that T could
select V? (Or, alternatively, that T could select v which would then
select V?) Or is there consensus within the theory that Vs select T and
never the other way?

Perhaps there is an obvious answer there somewhere which I have
missed. But I would like to know if there is any ongoing work on this, as
well as any older references which I might have missed.

Thanks very much,

Dan Everett
University of Manchester

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