10.1820, Qs: Lang Attitudes, GB Lexicon in Mandarin

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-10-1820. Mon Nov 29 1999. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 10.1820, Qs: Lang Attitudes, GB Lexicon in Mandarin

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Date:  Sat, 27 Nov 1999 05:05:36 PST
From:  "sean wilcox" <srwilco at hotmail.com>
Subject:  "Gatekeeper" Language Attitude

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Date:  Sun, 28 Nov 1999 22:34:49 -0500
From:  Tom Emerson <Tree at basistech.com>
Subject:  GB Lexicon in Mandarin

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Date:  Sat, 27 Nov 1999 05:05:36 PST
From:  "sean wilcox" <srwilco at hotmail.com>
Subject:  "Gatekeeper" Language Attitude


I am currently working on my MA thesis dealing with language
attitudes.  I was curious if anyone had any ideas where I might find
information on recent studies done assessing language attitudes of
"gatekeepers."  Studies which utilize either a semantic differential
questionnaire or a matched guise technique would be extremely helpful.
If there are enough responses, I will submit a summary.  I will also
add whatever resources I have found on my own.  Thanks in advance.

Sean Wilcox
MA Student-TESOL
Portland State University
srwilco at hotmail.com


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Date:  Sun, 28 Nov 1999 22:34:49 -0500
From:  Tom Emerson <Tree at basistech.com>
Subject:  GB Lexicon in Mandarin

Greetings,

I am starting an investigation into the structure of the Mandarin Lexicon
within the GB framework and have had little luck finding any existing
research in this area. Indeed, the only reference I have in my collection
currently is

@Book{He:1996:IGB,
  author =    {He, Yuanjian},
  title =     {An Introduction to Government-Binding Theory in {C}hinese
Syntax},
  publisher = {The Edwin Mellen Press},
  year =      {1996}
}

and this specifically avoids issues related to the lexicon. I am especially
interested in the projection of measure words and the interaction between
the plural suffix -men with classifier expressions.

Please respond privately and I will summarize to the list.

Thanks in advance,

	-tree

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Tom Emerson                                          Basis Technology Corp.
Language Hacker                                    http://www.basistech.com


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