6.1546, Qs: Grammar structure, News group, Case

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-6-1546. Fri Nov 3 1995. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  103
 
Subject: 6.1546, Qs: Grammar structure, News group, Case
 
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Date:  Thu, 02 Nov 1995 13:48:52 PST
From:  waltdo at moonbase.wwc.edu (Douglas Walter)
Subject:  Alternative grammar structure
 
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Date:  Fri, 03 Nov 1995 15:59:15 PST
From:  claudia.brugman at stonebow.otago.ac.nz (claudia brugman)
Subject:  Q: groups for evolution/universals
 
3)
Date:  Thu, 02 Nov 1995 23:01:06 PST
From:  lindafor at violet.berkeley.edu (Linda Formichelli)
Subject:  Q: Instrumental Body Parts in Russian
 
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Date:  Thu, 02 Nov 1995 13:48:52 PST
From:  waltdo at moonbase.wwc.edu (Douglas Walter)
Subject:  Alternative grammar structure
 
I'm looking for any previous attempts at creating an alternative grammar
structure and word structure, more under the auspices of theoretical
linguistics.  I have looked into Esperanto and some of the other more
popular planned languages.  I'm looking specifically for languages that
employ more than one medium in communication (ie. visual & verbal).  If
you know where I might find such information, please let me know.
 
Thanks...
 
Douglas A Walter
waltdo at moonbase.wwc.edu
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Date:  Fri, 03 Nov 1995 15:59:15 PST
From:  claudia.brugman at stonebow.otago.ac.nz (claudia brugman)
Subject:  Q: groups for evolution/universals
 
Are there any newsgroups devoted to issues of human & biological /
linguistic evolution & the relationship of evolution to universals?  Back
to me.  Thanks.
 
Dr. Claudia Brugman
Linguistics Section,
School of Languages
University of Otago
PO Box 56
Dunedin, New Zealand
office:(64)(3) 479-8101
fax:   (64)(3) 479-8558
claudia.brugman at stonebow.otago.ac.nz
 
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Date:  Thu, 02 Nov 1995 23:01:06 PST
From:  lindafor at violet.berkeley.edu (Linda Formichelli)
Subject:  Q: Instrumental Body Parts in Russian
 
Dear Linguists,
 
I am researching the use of the instrumental case for the objects (?) of
verbs expressing motion of body parts in Russian, for example "maxat'
rukoj."  Specifically, I am looking into whether the body part is an
object, and if so, if it is syntactically the same as the direct object.  I
am also interested in the theta-roles of the arguments of such verbs.  The
only references I have been able to find which deal with these types of
verbs at all are Apresjan's _Leksicheskaja semantika_ and Wierzbicka's _The
Case for Surface Case_.  Also helpful for different ways of thinking about
the problem were Dowty's "Thematic Proto-Roles and Argument Selection" and
Hopper & Thompson's "Transitivity in Grammar and Discourse". and I would
appreciate references to any other current writings or thoughts on the
subject, dealing with Russian or any language with a similar problem.
 
Thanks,
 
Linda Formichelli
lindafor at violet.berkeley.edu
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