9.541, Qs: "Ummm",Phonology,Tagalog/Ergativity,Sorbian

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-9-541. Tue Apr 7 1998. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 9.541, Qs: "Ummm",Phonology,Tagalog/Ergativity,Sorbian

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1)
Date:  Mon,  6 Apr 1998 20:38:12 -0700 (PDT)
From:  Nathan Inada <norman at fishnet.caltech.edu>
Subject:  "Ummm" and Such Usages ??

2)
Date:  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 10:50:28 +0200
From:  "beno" <beno at inetalex.ie-eg.com>
Subject:  CHILD PHONOLOGY DEV.

3)
Date:  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 15:17:51 -0500 (CDT)
From:  Maria Sheila Zamar <mzamar at niu.edu>
Subject:  Tagalog-ergativity

4)
Date:  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 15:40:13 -0500
From:  "Kyuchul Yoon" <kcyoon at ukans.edu>
Subject:  Need Native Speaker of Sorbian (Wendish)

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Mon,  6 Apr 1998 20:38:12 -0700 (PDT)
From:  Nathan Inada <norman at fishnet.caltech.edu>
Subject:  "Ummm" and Such Usages ??


Is there a term for the use of nonsense noises like "ummm..."  where
the speaker is more or less cluing the audience into the fact that
he/she intends to continue holding onto speakership but is pausing for
a while?

I tried looking around in the glossary on http://www.sil.org and it
seems like it would be one of the "moves" but I did not see anything
that seemed quite right.

Thanks for any help
nathan


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

Date:  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 10:50:28 +0200
From:  "beno" <beno at inetalex.ie-eg.com>
Subject:  CHILD PHONOLOGY DEV.


       I am writing my Ph.D thesis in " Study of the acquisition of
syllable structure in sentences of child".  I am looking for any study
discusses the phonological processes which occur in the acquisition of
syllable structure in child sentence . My study is about Egyptian
Arabic speaking children from 3 to 4 years .

    Would you please replay directly?

      Hanaa , S.



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

Date:  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 15:17:51 -0500 (CDT)
From:  Maria Sheila Zamar <mzamar at niu.edu>
Subject:  Tagalog-ergativity


I am a student of linguistics and would like to hear from people who
could enlighten me on the question of whether TAGALOG is an ergative
language or not. I have taken quite a number of linguistics courses
and have come across "conflicting" analyses. I'd like to hear from
other linguists. Thanks!

maria zamar


-------------------------------- Message 4 -------------------------------

Date:  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 15:40:13 -0500
From:  "Kyuchul Yoon" <kcyoon at ukans.edu>
Subject:  Need Native Speaker of Sorbian (Wendish)


My name is Joong-Sun Sohn. I am a PhD linguistics student at the
University of Kansas linguistics department. I am working on the
evolution of the reflexive in 23 European languages. I have found
native speakers of most of the languages. But I could not find a
Sorbian native speaker. If you kindly want to help me, please let me
know at sohn at ukans.edu. What you are supposed to is translate a list
of English simple sentences (like 'John washes hmself','The door is
opening') into Sorbian using the reflexive marking. I swear there is
no any politically sensitive sentences. I am checking if Sorbian can
use the reflexive marking in various types of clauses from 100% pure
linguistic perspective. I will send you the English sentence list
together with Czech and Slovak data to show how they did. If you need
special symbol characters, I will send you, too. From my experience,
it takes about two and a half hours. If you want to be paid for your
work, I will. We can talk about it. If you have any questions, just
feel free to e-mail me.

Joong-Sun

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