14.759, Qs: Noun Compounds, Relative Clauses

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-14-759. Mon Mar 17 2003. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 14.759, Qs: Noun Compounds, Relative Clauses

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1)
Date:  Sat, 15 Mar 2003 17:04:05 +0000
From:  Florian Zellmayer <zellmayer at chello.at>
Subject:  Variable ordering in N+N compounds

2)
Date:  Sat, 15 Mar 2003 17:22:09 +0000
From:  Florian Zellmayer <zellmayer at chello.at>
Subject:  Definition of prototypical noun phrase

3)
Date:  Sat, 15 Mar 2003 23:48:28 +0100
From:  "Susanne Habla" <susanne-habla at chello.at>
Subject:  Prototypical relative clause

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

Date:  Sat, 15 Mar 2003 17:04:05 +0000
From:  Florian Zellmayer <zellmayer at chello.at>
Subject:  Variable ordering in N+N compounds

I'm searching for examples of N+N compounds from any language where
the following conditions hold. (1) The compound is a single word, not
a phrasal compound. (2) The compound has two members only (N1 and
N2). (3) The two members may appear in both orders possible
(i.e. N1+N2 and N2+N1) without any SUBSTANTIAL difference in
meaning. An example of such a case would look like /house-car/ or
/car-house/ for instance, both meaning ''garage''.


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

Date:  Sat, 15 Mar 2003 17:22:09 +0000
From:  Florian Zellmayer <zellmayer at chello.at>
Subject:  Definition of prototypical noun phrase

I'm interested in learning about what you consider a prototypical,
strongly grammaticalized noun phrase. I'd need your opinion to build
up a generally acceptable noun phrase prototype as a measuring and
comparative tool. What structural and distributional features should a
prototypical noun phrase have, in your opinion? What do you think
makes the noun phrase in a particular language strongly or weakly
grammaticalized? How would a language look like, so that you wold say,
it lacks a well differentiated, well grammaticalized noun phrase?

Many thanks in advance to everyone who takes the burden of ansering my
questions. I will post a summary of your answers.


-------------------------------- Message 3 -------------------------------

Date:  Sat, 15 Mar 2003 23:48:28 +0100
From:  "Susanne Habla" <susanne-habla at chello.at>
Subject:  Prototypical relative clause


Dear members of LINGUISTLIST,

I'm badly in need of learning about the opinions of as many linguists
as possible on the following topic: What do you consider a defining
characteristic of a prototypical, well grammaticalized relative
clause? Or, to put it the other way round, what features would you
expect the relative clause construction to have in a language, if
relative clauses are strongly grammaticalized in that language? I'd
need your opinions for assembling a generally acceptable relative
clause construction prototype -- that is, a list of features typical
for strongly grammaticalized relative clauses -- for measuring
purposes. For that purpose, I think, it's better to ask linguists
directly than to scan the literature. Please don't forget to add your
name to your response, so that I can cite you as (xxx 2003, pc).

Thank you in advance for your help, I'm looking forward to your answer.

(please respond to: zellmayer at chello.at, or to susanne-habla at chello.at)

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