8.556, Qs: Extraposition, Education, Creole

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-8-556. Mon Apr 21 1997. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 8.556, Qs: Extraposition, Education, Creole

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Date:  Sat, 19 Apr 1997 17:57:25 -0700
From:  J-C Khalifa <jck at ricky.univ-poitiers.fr>
Subject:  it-extraposition

2)
Date:  Sat, 19 Apr 1997 19:36:15 -0400
From:  Jose Camacho <camacho at andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject:  Distance education in Linguistics

3)
Date:  Sun, 20 Apr 1997 12:44:44 -0400 (EDT)
From:  Fusionmail at aol.com
Subject:  Creole Dictionaries/Corpora -- CD-based or Online

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Date:  Sat, 19 Apr 1997 17:57:25 -0700
From:  J-C Khalifa <jck at ricky.univ-poitiers.fr>
Subject:  it-extraposition

I'm currently working on it-extraposition in English. Does anyone
know of any quantitative corpus work on the relative frequency of
extraposed vs non-extraposed constructions. We know that, for THAT and
FOR-TO complement clauses (i.e. that John should come is surprising / for
John to come would be surprising), the non-extraposed version is less
common than the extraposed one (it's surprising that John should come /
it would be surprising for John to come). Now, are there any
specific corpora of such material, and what are the relative frequencies
in contemporary English of either construction?
Thanks for your help.

Jean-Charles Khalifa


-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Sat, 19 Apr 1997 19:36:15 -0400
From:  Jose Camacho <camacho at andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject:  Distance education in Linguistics

Does anyone know of Ph.D programs in Linguistics or Applied
Linguistics that don't require the student to be present at the
university? Thanks,

Jose Camacho
Modern Languages Dept.
Baker Hall 160
Carnegie-Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
camacho at andrew.cmu.edu


-------------------------------- Message 3 -------------------------------

Date:  Sun, 20 Apr 1997 12:44:44 -0400 (EDT)
From:  Fusionmail at aol.com
Subject:  Creole Dictionaries/Corpora -- CD-based or Online


At present we are looking for an electronic dictionaries or corpora of
spoken West Indian Creoles -- Jamaican, being one in particular --
either online or in any other compact form (such as CD-ROM) whose
lexical items and definitions are readable directly in plain ASCII
texts (on which we can run standard UNIX search or data manipulation
commands).

If there is anything you may know of, or thinking of developing,
please contact.

Lastly, does anyone know of any recordings (on DAT, 1/4" reel, or C-sized
cassettes) of the same or similar sample data?

- Again, any help appreciated.


Fusionmail at aol.com

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