10.1050, Qs: Clause Union, Comprehension, Grammaticalization

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-10-1050. Thu Jul 8 1999. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 10.1050, Qs: Clause Union, Comprehension, Grammaticalization

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1)
Date:  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 03:14:42 -0400
From:  Susi Wurmbrand <susi at alum.mit.edu>
Subject:  Restructuring

2)
Date:  Thu, 08 Jul 1999 11:05:24 -0700
From:  Kirk Hazen <khazen2 at wvu.edu>
Subject:  comprehension/production

3)
Date:  Sat, 03 Jul 1999 18:18:38 +0200
From:  Wolf-Christian Wagener <uzsqo7 at uni-bonn.de>
Subject:  Grammaticalization

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Date:  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 03:14:42 -0400
From:  Susi Wurmbrand <susi at alum.mit.edu>
Subject:  Restructuring

Dear linguists,

	I am compiling a bibliography on works on 'clause union' (Aissen &
Perlmutter 1976/1983) or 'restructuring' (Rizzi 1976/1978/1982) that will
be made availabe on the web. Since the topic (which involves issues like
clitic climbing, verb raising, long distance scrambling, long object
movement) has been of interest since the 70s, I might not be aware of all
the relevant articles (especially unpublished papers and papers in
conference proceedings or working papers). If you would like to be included
in the bibliography (and your article(s) do not appear in major journals)
please let me know the relevant references (either by e-mail to:
susi at alum.mit.edu or if you have a paper please send it to the address
below).

Many thanks,

-  Susi Wurmbrand.

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Susi Wurmbrand
Departement de linguistique, Groupe de recherche sur l'asymetrie
Universite du Quebec a Montreal
Case postale 8888, succursale Centre-Ville
Montreal, PQ. H3C 3P8
Canada

Phone: (514) 987-3000/4776#

Home page: http://web.mit.edu/susi/www/home.html
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Date:  Thu, 08 Jul 1999 11:05:24 -0700
From:  Kirk Hazen <khazen2 at wvu.edu>
Subject:  comprehension/production

Dear LINGUIST list:

Does anyone know if it is possible for people to be able to "fluently"
comprehend
a language but not be able to (somewhat) fluently produce it?

For example, I speak English and French, and although I can understand bits
of Italian I am mostly lost in the language.  Could someone acquire the
comprehension
of a language without acquiring the production in that language?

When speaking of dialects in a language, the standard belief is that a
person can
understand multiple dialects of the same language without necessarily having
the productive ability in those same dialects.

Thanks and I will post a summary.
Kirk

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Date:  Sat, 03 Jul 1999 18:18:38 +0200
From:  Wolf-Christian Wagener <uzsqo7 at uni-bonn.de>
Subject:  Grammaticalization

Dear subscribers,
currently I am working on my M.A. on grammaticalization. I am specially
interested in sociocultural factors which have an effect on the process
of grammaticalization. It would be very helpful for my if there would be
someone out there who could help me a little further. If you have a tip
for me, please mail to: uzsqo7 at uni-bonn.de
Thanks in advance,

Wolf-Christian Wagener
University of Bonn, Germany.

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