6.770, Qs: Creoles, Nasalisation, Fonts, References

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-6-770. Sun 04 Jun 1995. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines: 135
 
Subject: 6.770, Qs: Creoles, Nasalisation, Fonts, References
 
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Date: Wed, 31 May 1995 18:19:48 -0200 (GRNLNDDT)
From: hiho at guarany.cpd.unb.br (hildo honorio do couto)
Subject: Creoles
 
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Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 11:24:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: robert boivin (r26670 at er.uqam.ca)
Subject: degemination & nasalisation
 
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Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 10:22:31 -0700
From: tshannon at garnet.berkeley.edu
Subject: 18th century fonts?
 
4)
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 13:35:28 -0700
From: Jeffrey Kaplan (jkaplan at sciences.sdsu.edu)
Subject: References
 
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Date: Wed, 31 May 1995 18:19:48 -0200 (GRNLNDDT)
From: hiho at guarany.cpd.unb.br (hildo honorio do couto)
Subject: Creoles
 
Dear sirs,
I'd like do seize upon this oportunity to ask you if there are
people interested in creole languages in Korea. If yes, could you
please forward him\her\them my e.mail? Many thanks.
Hildo Couto.
 
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Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 11:24:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: robert boivin (r26670 at er.uqam.ca)
Subject: degemination & nasalisation
 
 
Members of the linguist list,
     A few months ago I asked for your help in finding cases of
spontaneous vowel nasalisation. I was quite satisfied with the answers I
got, so here I am again, asking for your expertise.  My field of study is
always nasalisation but, this time, in regard with gemination.
     It has been attested in a few languages, in diachrony or synchrony,
that consonant degemination lead to a sequence (nasal + C).
 
  ex.:  Coptic:         rebbeka --) renbeka      "woman's name"
        Gurage:         gagga   --) ganga        "tendon"
 
     Does anyone know of any other examples presenting similarities?  I
would like to find examples of this kind with either consonants or vowels
gemination.
     Of course, any other kind of spontaneous nasalisation interest me.
Feel free to send any kind of information.
        I will summarize for the list.
        Thank you,
                        Robert Boivin
                        Universite du Quebec a Montreal
                        r26670 at er.uqam.ca
 
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Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 10:22:31 -0700
From: tshannon at garnet.berkeley.edu
Subject: 18th century fonts?
 
 
I'm trying to find a font, preferrably a PostScript one,
which looks like those found in 18th century English
(and/or American) books such as Noah Webster's "Disser-
tations on the English Language." Besides having the
look of an older Times or Schoolbook type, it also
has a couple of unusual letters, specifically the
long s (looks like an (f) without the bar going
all the way through or else the IPA symbol for
"esh", but without the curly-cue on the tail) and
an overarching ligature hook between (c) and <t>,
something like (c^t). I'd prefer not to have to
create these symbols myself, so anyone with
information on obtaining such a font is asked
to write to me directly ASAP. Thanks.
 
tom shannon
professor, germanic linguistics
uc berkeley
 
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Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 13:35:28 -0700
From: Jeffrey Kaplan (jkaplan at sciences.sdsu.edu)
Subject: References
 
A paper some colleagues and I are finishing up for publication in a law review
makes passing reference to two facts which are familiar to linguists but will
be new information to legal scholars.  Legal scholars tend to be very concerned
about authority; they like to have a citation for almost everything.  Can
someone give me references to articles or books in which the following two
phenomena are described (more or less authoritatively)?
 
1.  Double modals in the American southeast
 
2.  Use, in the Boston area, by pre-teen children, of a variety of the _so aux
0_ construction which contains a meaningless negative element:  _you like tuna
and so don't I_
 
My co-authors and I will be very grateful for any help anyone can give us on
this matter.  Please respond directly to me (jkaplan at sciences.sdsu.edu or
jkaplan at mail.sdsu.edu).   I'll post a summary.  Thanks very much.
 
Jeff Kaplan
 
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