9.1513, Qs: Diphthong, Tone acquisition, Unaccusativity

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Subject: 9.1513, Qs: Diphthong, Tone acquisition, Unaccusativity

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Date:  Wed, 28 Oct 1998 14:03:25 +0000
From:  Joaquim [** iso-8859-1 charset **] Brand\227ode Carvalho <jbrandao at ext.jussieu.fr>
Subject:  Swedish diphthongization

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Date:  Wed, 28 Oct 1998 10:42:02 +1000
From:  sean.zhu at anu.edu.au
Subject:  First langauge tone acquisition

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Date:  Thu, 29 Oct 1998 16:54:17 -0800
From:  Bert Peeters <Bert.Peeters at utas.edu.au>
Subject:  Unaccusativity

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Date:  Wed, 28 Oct 1998 14:03:25 +0000
From:  Joaquim [** iso-8859-1 charset **] Brand\227ode Carvalho <jbrandao at ext.jussieu.fr>
Subject:  Swedish diphthongization

I know that in Malmoe (and Lund?) Swedish long vowels undergo
diphthongization according to the following pattern (E = mid low front
vowel,  = mid high rounded front vowel) :

(a) /i:/ > [ei], /e:/ > [Ee], etc.
(b) /y:/ > [y], /:/ > [oe]
(c) /u:/ > [eu], /o:/ > [Eo], etc.

Can someone tell me what occurs with the long 'inrounded' u of standard
Swedish? Does it exist in these dialects, and does it also undergo the
above diphthongization? If so,
(1) is 'inroundness' preserved in the diphthong nucleus ?
(2) what is the off-glide?

Thank you very much for your help.


Joaquim Brandao de Carvalho
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Date:  Wed, 28 Oct 1998 10:42:02 +1000
From:  sean.zhu at anu.edu.au
Subject:  First langauge tone acquisition


I am wondering if readers could recommend research on tone acquisition
by children. I'm quite interested in this area but only know that Li &
Thompson did some pioneering work twenty years ago. Any help with the
information on the sources would be appreciated. I will post a summary
if I get enough responces.

sean zhu



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Date:  Thu, 29 Oct 1998 16:54:17 -0800
From:  Bert Peeters <Bert.Peeters at utas.edu.au>
Subject:  Unaccusativity

I have started to look at unaccusativity in a broad range of
typologically different languages, to try and improve on what
others have said regarding its semantics. Would those who know
of languages that are said to have unaccusative verbs please
tell me which verbs are (or can be) unaccusative, and why these
verbs (rather than others) are deemed to be unaccusative? It does
not matter which language(s) you work on or know of (accusative
or ergative, fixed word order or non-configurational...), all
information (including if at all possible references to the
literature) is welcome.

Thanks to all. I'll summarize if there is sufficient interest.

Bert Peeters

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Dr Bert Peeters - School of English & European Languages and Literatures
University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-82, Hobart TAS 7001, Australia
Tel.: +61 (0)3 6226 2344 / Fax.: +61 (0)3 6226 7631
E-mail: Bert.Peeters at utas.edu.au
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