17.263, Qs: Multiple Wh-Questions; Collecting Proverbs

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Subject: 17.263, Qs: Multiple Wh-Questions; Collecting Proverbs

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1)
Date: 25-Jan-2006
From: Arthur Stepanov < stepanov at ling.uni-potsdam.de >
Subject: Multiple Wh-Questions 

2)
Date: 24-Jan-2006
From: M.-R. Fakhr-Rohani < fxr41 at yahoo.co.uk >
Subject: Questionnaire and Methods for Collecting Proverbs 

	
-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 10:39:51
From: Arthur Stepanov < stepanov at ling.uni-potsdam.de >
Subject: Multiple Wh-Questions 
 

Dear colleagues,

We at the University of Potsdam are studying cross-linguistic variation in
the ordering of wh-phrases in 'multiple' wh-questions such as, e.g. ''Who
bought what?''

We would like to kindly ask native speakers of the following languages to
give us their grammaticality judgments on a number of such sentences, by
filling in the on-line questionnaire at

http://www.ling.uni-potsdam.de/fogra3/new/

The target languages: 

Albanian
Bulgarian
Dutch
English
French
German
Georgian
Hindi
Icelandic
Italian
Lebanese Arabic
Persian
Polish
Russian
Vietnamese

The estimated time for completing the questionnaire is between 5-10 minutes. 

We are interested in a larger sample of respondents, so, if possible,
please pass this request to your colleagues or students who might also be
interested.

Research on these constructions is done as part of the Research Unit FOR
375 ''Conflicting Rules in Cognitive Science'' funded by the German
Research Foundation (DFG).

Many thanks,


Arthur Stepanov 

Linguistic Field(s): Syntax



	
-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 10:39:54
From: M.-R. Fakhr-Rohani < fxr41 at yahoo.co.uk >
Subject: Questionnaire and Methods for Collecting Proverbs 

	

Dear Linguists,
 
I am searching for a questionnaire as well as methods for collecting
proverbs from unwritten languages. Additinally, I need a classificatory
scheme to categorize proverbs.
 
I appreciate your kind and prompt help in this regard and hope to hear from
you soon.

Sincerely,

M.-R. Fakhr-Rohani 

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics


 



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