11.1114, Qs: 17th/18th C English Dictionary,Suffixes -S & -T

[The LINGUIST Network]

LINGUIST List:  Vol-11-1114. Wed May 17 2000. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 11.1114, Qs: 17th/18th C English Dictionary,Suffixes -S & -T

Moderators: Anthony Rodrigues Aristar, Wayne State U.<aristar at linguistlist.org>
            Helen Dry, Eastern Michigan U. <hdry at linguistlist.org>
            Andrew Carnie, U. of Arizona <carnie at linguistlist.org>

Reviews: Andrew Carnie: U. of Arizona <carnie at linguistlist.org>

Associate Editors:  Ljuba Veselinova, Stockholm U. <ljuba at linguistlist.org>
		    Scott Fults, E. Michigan U. <scott at linguistlist.org>
		    Jody Huellmantel, Wayne State U. <jody at linguistlist.org>
		    Karen Milligan, Wayne State U. <karen at linguistlist.org>

Assistant Editors:  Lydia Grebenyova, E. Michigan U. <lydia at linguistlist.org>
		    Naomi Ogasawara, E. Michigan U. <naomi at linguistlist.org>
		    James Yuells, Wayne State U. <james at linguistlist.org>

Software development: John Remmers, E. Michigan U. <remmers at emunix.emich.edu>
                      Sudheendra Adiga, Wayne State U. <sudhi at linguistlist.org>
                      Qian Liao, E. Michigan U. <qian at linguistlist.org>

Home Page:  http://linguistlist.org/

The LINGUIST List is funded jointly by Eastern Michigan University,
Wayne State University, and donations from subscribers and publishers.


Editor for this issue: James Yuells <james at linguistlist.org>
 ==========================================================================

We'd like to remind readers that the responses to queries are usually
best posted to the individual asking the question. That individual is
then  strongly encouraged to post a summary to the list.   This policy was
instituted to help control the huge volume of mail on LINGUIST; so we
would appreciate your cooperating with it whenever it seems appropriate.

=================================Directory=================================

1)
Date:  Tue, 16 May 2000 09:43:14 -0400
From:  "Martin, Greg" <greg.martin at jnli.com>
Subject:  Looking for a 17th or 18th century English dictionary

2)
Date:  Wed, 17 May 2000 17:04:58 +0100
From:  William Edmondson <w.h.edmondson at cs.bham.ac.uk>
Subject:  Suffixation of -S and -T

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

Date:  Tue, 16 May 2000 09:43:14 -0400
From:  "Martin, Greg" <greg.martin at jnli.com>
Subject:  Looking for a 17th or 18th century English dictionary

Is there a 17th or 18th century English dictionary available[to sell/lend/or
give] ? I would prefer to get 18th century American (or Colonial) English.

Thanks.

Gregory R. Martin
IT - Jackson National Life
(517) 367-3398
greg.martin at jnli.com




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

Date:  Wed, 17 May 2000 17:04:58 +0100
From:  William Edmondson <w.h.edmondson at cs.bham.ac.uk>
Subject:  Suffixation of -S and -T

Hi.

I have a student who is interested to know whether or not the suffxation of '-s'
and '-t' in English (as in cats and walked) is unique to English.

Are there other languages which use one of these two suffixes, but not both?
Are there languages which use both?

The interest is in the sound, obviously enough, not the meaning, although we'd
like to know what the morphology is in all cases.  We'd like too know also
whether or not the sounds are conditioned by their environments in the same way
as in English.

Thanks

William Edmondson

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-11-1114