6.897, Qs: Nonreferential NP's, Burmese, Biographies

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-6-897. Tue Jun 27 1995. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  153
 
Subject: 6.897, Qs: Nonreferential NP's, Burmese, Biographies
 
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Date:  Tue, 27 Jun 1995 08:48:04 +0700
From:  t-simonc at microsoft.com (Simon Corston)
Subject:  Nonreferential NP's in English
 
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Date:  Wed, 21 Jun 1995 08:51:42 +0700
From:  Helge.Sandoy at nor.uib.no (Helge Sand y)
Subject:  Burmese
 
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Date:  Wed, 21 Jun 1995 18:34:36 +0200
From:  ursula.doleschal at WU-WIEN.AC.AT (ursula.doleschal)
Subject:  biographies of linguists
 
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Date:  Tue, 27 Jun 1995 08:48:04 +0700
From:  t-simonc at microsoft.com (Simon Corston)
Subject:  Nonreferential NP's in English
 
In a number of lgs (Roviana and Yup'ik Eskimo being the two in which I
have encountered this), nonreferential NP's are phonologically and/or
morphologically/syntactically incorporated into the vrb/verb
phrase/verb group.  Are there any similar structural clues which could
be used to identify nonreferential NP's in English?
 
My interest is in identifying nonreferential NP's in written English so
that a computer natural lg processing system would know not to set up
referents for them to serve as antecedents for subsequent anaphora
resolution.  Compounds (e.g. duck-shooting season) can I suppose be
treated superficially as single words, but what about things like 'lose
faith in', 'catch sight of'.  Of course, some criteria will involve
larger discourse issues, but it may be that it is possible to identify
at least some nonreferential NP's "cheaply", i.e. just by looking
within a clause and/or considering inherent lexical semantics.
 
I will summarize and post any replies to this list.
Regards, Simon Corston.
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Date:  Wed, 21 Jun 1995 08:51:42 +0700
From:  Helge.Sandoy at nor.uib.no (Helge Sand y)
Subject:  Burmese
 
Burmese pronunciation
Could somebody inform me what the Burmese pronunciation of the name
Myanmar is?
 
Helge Sandoy, University of Bergen
e-mail:
helge.sandoy at nor.uib.no
 
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Date:  Wed, 21 Jun 1995 18:34:36 +0200
From:  ursula.doleschal at WU-WIEN.AC.AT (ursula.doleschal)
Subject:  biographies of linguists
 
  Dear colleagues!
   I compile a biographical database about linguists.
   Unfortunately I don't know birth data, full names and countries of
he following persons dealing with lexicography and semantics:
 
 (Webster
 (*Robert
Agricola E.) [Erhard] (Germany)
Bach E.) [Emmon] (USA)
Bellert I.) [Irena] (Poland - Canada)
Be=08=B1nak H.) [Henri] (France? )
Bendix E.)
Broz=08=96 L.) (Czechia?)
Wehrle ?) (Germany)
Vint=08=D0eler O.) [Onufrie] (Rumania)
Jones K. S.) [K. Spark] (UK)
Dubois J.) [Jean] (France)
Zawadowski Leon) )Poland)
Josselson H.) [Harry H.] (USA?)
Casalis D.)
Casalis J.)
Katz J.J.) [Jerrold J.] (USA)
Kay M.) (UK)
Klimonov D.) (Germany)
Cliff N.)
Coyaud M.) [Maurice]
Kuchar=08=96 J.) (Czechia?)
Lagane R.) (France)
Lounsbury F.G.) [Floyd G.] (USA)
Levy N.)
Lindekens R.)
Leech G.N.) [Geoffrey N.] (UK)
Loriche R.)
Makris J.) [James]
Mantchev K.)
Masterman M.) (UK)
Matthiot M.) [Madeleine]
Niobey G.)
Parker-Rhodes A.F.) [Arthur Frederick]
Peltzer K.)
Rey-Debove J.) [Josette] (France)
Reum A.) [Albrecht]
Ross B.)
Rudskoger A.)
Staal T.F.)
Wilks Y.) [Yorick] (UK)
=46lavell J.H.) [John H.]
=46lavell Eleanor R.)
=46oote I.P.)
Heller L.G.)
Hiz=08=9A H.) [Henry]
Schenkel W.) (Gemany)
O~im H.) [Haldur] (Estonia)
Edmundson H.P.)
O=08=FFhmann S.)
Epstein M.N.)
Blinkenberg A.) [Andreas Peter Damsgaard] (1893-?)
Morris Ch.W.) [Charles William] (b. 1901-?)
Stern G.) [Gustav] (1882-?)
=46ilipec J.) [Josef] (=FD. 1915-?)
 
   Is it possible to learn some more information about these persons?
 
   Who can help me?
 
Ursula Doleschal&Sergej Krylov (ursula.doleschal at wu-wien.ac.at)
Institut f. Slawische Sprachen, Wirtschaftsuniv. Wien
Augasse 9, 1090 Wien, Austria
Tel.: ++43-1-31336 4115, Fax:  ++43-1-31336 744
 
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