7.1406, Qs: Dream vs. nightmare, Ling judgements, _real_

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-7-1406. Wed Oct 9 1996. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  131
 
Subject: 7.1406, Qs: Dream vs. nightmare, Ling judgements, _real_
 
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Date:  Mon, 07 Oct 1996 13:25:07 +0200
From:  rene.schneider at dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM (Rene Schneider)
Subject:  Query: dreams vs. nightmares
 
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Date:  Mon, 07 Oct 1996 12:25:55 BST
From:  James.Thomas at cl.cam.ac.uk (James Thomas)
Subject:  HELP: judgements required
 
3)
Date:  Tue, 08 Oct 1996 18:28:29 BST
From:  iaevi at usc.es (elisa vazquez iglesias)
Subject:  Real again
 
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Date:  Mon, 07 Oct 1996 13:25:07 +0200
From:  rene.schneider at dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM (Rene Schneider)
Subject:  Query: dreams vs. nightmares
 
Dear linguists,
 
I would like to put a request on the lexical and semantical
motivation for the concepts of <dream> vs. <nightmare>.  Although
there is a strong relationship between the two concepts, they often
have different etymologies and differ in their lexical realization,
e.g. 'sue~no' vs. 'pesadilla' (spanish)
     'r^eve' vs. 'cauchemar' (french).
The german wordpair 'Traum' vs. 'Albtraum/Alptraum' makes a light
exception, as '(Alb)-traum' indicates explicitly the relationship of
being a subclass of 'Traum'.
 
I would appreciate it if someone could send me
a) as many examples for these wordpairs in different languages,
esp. non-indoeuropean languages,
b) the etymologies of the words,
c) the cultural knowledge that is needed to understand the
linguistic motivation for these words.
 
Please send me your answers privately and I will send a summary to
the list.
 
Thanks a lot in advance for your help
 
Rene' Schneider
 
 
Rene' Schneider
Text Understanding Systems
Daimler-Benz Research and Technology
D-89013 Ulm
e-mail: rene.schneider at dbag.ulm.DaimlerBenz.COM
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Date:  Mon, 07 Oct 1996 12:25:55 BST
From:  James.Thomas at cl.cam.ac.uk (James Thomas)
Subject:  HELP: judgements required
 
I'd be grateful if you could spare 20 minutes to
complete a questionnaire of linguistic judgements.
 
The process is anonymous and the results will be
used in my research (I hope).
 
The questionnaire is available for both table and
non-table browsers at:
 
   http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/jrt1003/formtest.html
 
Please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested,
especially non-linguists!
 
thanks for your time,
james
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Date:  Tue, 08 Oct 1996 18:28:29 BST
From:  iaevi at usc.es (elisa vazquez iglesias)
Subject:  Real again
 
 
This is a call to English speakers from the south-coast of the US
 
A week ago, I posted a query on the list about the usage of "real" and
"really" in English-speaking countries. I am very grateful to those
who answered. I promise I will post a summary of my research as soon
as I reach some conclusions.
 
For now, I am still interested in the possible interpretations that
can be given to a sentence such as
 
		He is not just REAL sick.
 
If you remember, Charlie Rowe was able to narrow down his search to
coastal US. Picking up where he left off, my next question is whether
coastal Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina and perhaps Alabama,
Louisiana (i.e the Deep South) exhibit this trait as well.
 
Thank you very much in advance.
 
		Elisa Vazquez Iglesias
		Universidad de Santiago
		Spain
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