11.119, Qs: Verbal Interrogatives, North & South Vietnamese

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Subject: 11.119, Qs: Verbal Interrogatives, North & South Vietnamese

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Date:  Thu, 20 Jan 2000 15:39:58 GMT
From:  "Lameen Souag" <lameens at hotmail.com>
Subject:  Verbal Interrogatives

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Date:  Tue, 18 Jan 2000 21:28:21 -0600
From:  Karl Reinhardt <remy at hal-pc.org>
Subject:  North and South Vietnamese

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

Date:  Thu, 20 Jan 2000 15:39:58 GMT
From:  "Lameen Souag" <lameens at hotmail.com>
Subject:  Verbal Interrogatives


Obviously, interrogatives can occur as nouns (what), adjectives
(which), adverbs (how), and even perhaps numerals (ikutu/nan- in
Japanese).  Does anyone out there know of a language with verbal
interrogatives (perhaps in a sentence like 'what are you doing?')?  If
there are none, does anyone know of a reason why there shouldn't be?

Thanks in advance,

Lameen Souag
lameens at hotmail.com


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

Date:  Tue, 18 Jan 2000 21:28:21 -0600
From:  Karl Reinhardt <remy at hal-pc.org>
Subject:  North and South Vietnamese

I have been asked to find out something about the differences between
North and South Vietnamese.  There is a suggestion that a US court
interpreter, from one area, mistranslated an accused person from
another, and because of misunderstanding the accused was given a stiff
sentence.  I would appreciate any relevant information.  I realize
that the whole question is very vague, but that is how I received it.
Due to others involved, if I could have a comparison in Spanish (e.g.,
Mexican and Argentinian Spanish, or Spanish and Catalan) I would be
grateful.  Technical discussion, such as individual correspondences,
would probably not help much.  Any statements about mutual
intelligibility would help, of course.

Thanks very much.
Karl

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