12.1579, Qs: Affix/Root Markedness, Bibliography of Berber

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Subject: 12.1579, Qs: Affix/Root Markedness, Bibliography of Berber

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Date:  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 12:40:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:  Adam Ussishkin <ussishki at ling.UCSC.EDU>
Subject:  Markedness in Affixes vs. Roots

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Date:  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 12:25:47 -0400 (EDT)
From:  John Alderete <jaldere1 at swarthmore.edu>
Subject:  Bibliography of Berber Linguistic Materials

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Date:  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 12:40:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:  Adam Ussishkin <ussishki at ling.UCSC.EDU>
Subject:  Markedness in Affixes vs. Roots

Dear linguists,
	
Do any of you know of any sources/references supporting the
ubiquitous generalization that within a language, affixes (and function
morphemes in general) tend to draw on phonologically less marked
segmental inventories (or phonological structures), while root morphemes
tend to draw on a superset of those segments (or include more marked
structures). For instance, it is well-known that although pharyngeal
consonants (which are relatively marked) are attested in Arabic, they
never appear in affixes in the language but occur only in root morphemes.

I would appreciate any input anyone has to offer. Please email me
directly at: ussishki at ling.ucsc.edu

Many thanks for your time and help,

Adam Ussishkin
		
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Adam Ussishkin
Department of Linguistics
Stevenson College
UC Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
USA


ussishki at ling.ucsc.edu
http://ling.ucsc.edu/~ussishki
	
	
	


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Date:  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 12:25:47 -0400 (EDT)
From:  John Alderete <jaldere1 at swarthmore.edu>
Subject:  Bibliography of Berber Linguistic Materials


Dear friends and colleagues,

We are constructing a bibliography of Berber linguistic materials. It is
intended primarily as a resource for linguistic research on Berber
languages, but it may have other uses (for example, research on Berber
literature and poetry). The current version of the bibliography, which has
roughly 900 entries, can be browsed and downloaded (various file format
types available) at:

http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/jaldere1/ling_jaldere1.html (under
'Recent Stuff')

We understand that there are many materials that we are not yet aware of,
and so we ask you to suggest additions to the reference list or
modifications to existing entries if they need to be updated. Also, please
forward this message to your colleagues who you feel can contribute more
suggestions.  Send all correspondence to:

alderete at ruccs.rutgers.edu

Thank you for your time,

-John Alderete
-Kyra Jucovy

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