14.235, Qs: Double Valency-Changing, Hurtful Epithets

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Subject: 14.235, Qs: Double Valency-Changing, Hurtful Epithets

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1)
Date:  Wed, 22 Jan 2003 09:28:44 +0000
From:  Sasha Podobriaev <podobr at rambler.ru>
Subject:  Double valency-changing

2)
Date:  Mon, 20 Jan 2003 09:18:52 -0800
From:  Pamela Munro <munro at ucla.edu>
Subject:  Hurtful Epithets

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

Date:  Wed, 22 Jan 2003 09:28:44 +0000
From:  Sasha Podobriaev <podobr at rambler.ru>
Subject:  Double valency-changing

Hi, guys!

I am a student of Linguistics at Moscow State University. My research
concerns double valency-changing markers (like double causative or
double applicative) in the languages of the world.

Actually, I've got some observations of double passive (it seems to be
typologically rare!) in Balkar (a turkic language) - that is the
result of the work with the native speakers during the expedition this
summer.

The point is that I lack data about double valency-changing in the
other languages. I suppose, that typological studies like this could
be of great importance for the better understanding of the nature of
valency-changing processes.

So, if you've got some data or you know someicles concerning this
matter, please post it all to podobr at rambler.ru

                    sincerely yours,
                    Sasha Podobriaev


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Date:  Mon, 20 Jan 2003 09:18:52 -0800
From:  Pamela Munro <munro at ucla.edu>
Subject:  Hurtful Epithets

I am preparing a one-unit undergraduate linguistics seminar on the
meaning and use of hurtful epithets for people based on ethnicity,
gender, sexual orientation, handicap, religion, etc., as well as
associated words like epithetic verbs. (This is always one of the most
provocative areas for students to explore in my classes on slang, and
discussing these things tends to open students' minds to things they'd
never thought of before about usage.) I want to put together a
collection of brief first-person accounts of reactions to such words,
including words the ordinary person doesn't associate with such groups
(there is a large literature on "nigger", of course, but words like
"gyp" and "dummy" are different), and would be very grateful for
suggestions about items to include. Short excerpts from works of
literature or nonfiction would be fine.

Thanks for your help.

Pam Munro

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Pamela Munro
Professor, Department of Linguistics, UCLA
UCLA Box 951543
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1543 USA
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/linguistics/people/munro/munro.htm

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