14.1955, Qs: Disfluency; Dictionary Presentation

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-14-1955. Fri Jul 18 2003. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 14.1955, Qs: Disfluency; Dictionary Presentation

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1)
Date:  Wed, 16 Jul 2003 11:13:27 -0500 (CDT)
From:  Stefano Bertolo <bertolo at cyc.com>
Subject:  disfluency questions

2)
Date:  Thu, 17 Jul 2003 18:59:12 +0000
From:  Bruno Maroneze <bmaroneze at bol.com.br>
Subject:  dictionary presentation of derived words

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

Date:  Wed, 16 Jul 2003 11:13:27 -0500 (CDT)
From:  Stefano Bertolo <bertolo at cyc.com>
Subject:  disfluency questions

Being completely ignorant of what I understand to be a vast
literature on the subject of disfluency, I'd like to ask four
questions on disfluency:

a) is there a phonology of disfluency? I.e. (putting aside
   repetition of words) a theory that explains why "um" and "er"
   are common disfluencies while "grtsknmab" is not?

b) is there a syntax of disfluency? I.e. to give a completely
   fictional example, a theory that would predict the occurrence
   of a sequence such as

	um, um, er...

   and rule out the occurrence of a sequence such as

	er, um, er, um, ...

c) is there a semantics of disfluency? Conceivably, this
   could include a theory of disfluencies as epistemic/evidential
   operators on the expressions over which they take scope (if
   such a notion is possible) or directly express a state of mind such
   as confusion, indecision, shame, etc...

d) to what extent are these theories cross-linguistic?

Thank you in advance for any pointer. I will summarize and
post if I receive a sufficiently large number of replies.

	Best,

	Stefano Bertolo



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

Date:  Thu, 17 Jul 2003 18:59:12 +0000
From:  Bruno Maroneze <bmaroneze at bol.com.br>
Subject:  dictionary presentation of derived words

Dear linguists,
	In English language dictionaries, derived words are generally
indicated after the primitive word's definition (except when the
derived word's meaning is not the sum of the meanings of its
parts). An example from the ''English Dictionary Concise Edition''
(Geddes & Grosset, 1999):

nomad n one of a people or tribe who move in search of pasture; a
wanderer. - nomadic adj.

	This, as far as I know, is a tradition only in English
language lexicography. I wish to know when this tradition began (in
which lexicographical work), and if there are dictionaries in other
languages which also present derived words this way.
	I will be glad to post a summary of the responses.

Best regards,
Bruno O. Maroneze
Graduate Student - University of Sao Paulo - Brazil

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