6.1251, Qs: Synt.tree terminology, Poolshark, Braille IPA, Baby-talk

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-6-1251. Fri Sep 15 1995. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  114
 
Subject: 6.1251, Qs: Synt.tree terminology, Poolshark, Braille IPA, Baby-talk
 
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Date:  Wed, 13 Sep 1995 19:54:26 MDT
From:  r.hudson at linguistics.ucl.ac.uk (Richard Hudson)
Subject:  mothers and daughters
 
2)
Date:  Wed, 13 Sep 1995 22:01:40
From:  katz at uniserve.com (Mack Bud)
Subject:  Poolshark
 
3)
Date:  Thu, 14 Sep 1995 11:01:54 EDT
From:  debyj at gusun.acc.georgetown.edu (Jeff Deby)
Subject:  Braille IPA
 
4)
Date:  Thu, 14 Sep 1995 19:43:48 PDT
From:  nicoju at IMAP2.ASU.EDU
Subject:  baby-talk
 
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Date:  Wed, 13 Sep 1995 19:54:26 MDT
From:  r.hudson at linguistics.ucl.ac.uk (Richard Hudson)
Subject:  mothers and daughters
 
Another question about kinship terms, but this time about theoretical
syntax. Does anyone know why we talk about relations in a phrase-structure
tree in terms of mothers, daughters, etc?
 
a. Why not fathers, sons, etc? Or parents, children, etc?
 
b. Why these terms at all, given that syntactic `daughters' are *parts* of
their `mothers'? Is it just because of the family tree model?
 
c. If it is family trees that are behind the metaphor, why aren't we worried
by the fact that everyone has *two* parents?
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Date:  Wed, 13 Sep 1995 22:01:40
From:  katz at uniserve.com (Mack Bud)
Subject:  Poolshark
 
I wondering where the word poolshark originated before Friday
any help will be greatly appreciated.
               Thanks,
                Mack Bud
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Date:  Thu, 14 Sep 1995 11:01:54 EDT
From:  debyj at gusun.acc.georgetown.edu (Jeff Deby)
Subject:  Braille IPA
 
 
I seem to recall a question about a Braille version of IPA sometime in
the last year, and only now that it's become relevant for me do I wish I had
paid attention to the answer, if one was posted.  If anyone is aware of
Braille versions of the IPA, I'd be grateful if (s)he would drop me a
line to let me know where I can find a copy of it.
 
Jeff Deby
Georgetown University
debyj at gusun.georgetown.edu
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4)
Date:  Thu, 14 Sep 1995 19:43:48 PDT
From:  nicoju at IMAP2.ASU.EDU
Subject:  baby-talk
 
 
Dear linguists,
 
I need information about ALL which concerns baby-talk: prosody, discourse
analysis, grammar, psycholinguistics, pedagogy, etc... Thank you for
sending your references, I will send a summary to the list.
 
Julie Nicole
Departement of languages et literature
Arizona State University
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