12.399, Qs: English Loan Words in Chinese, Polish Passive

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Subject: 12.399, Qs: English Loan Words in Chinese, Polish Passive

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Date:  Wed, 14 Feb 2001 11:13:29 -0500 (EST)
From:  Rulai LI <li7 at mailbox.sc.edu>
Subject:  Query: OT analysis of resyllabification of English loan word into          Chinese

2)
Date:  Wed, 14 Feb 2001 18:08:12 +0100 (NFT)
From:  "Andrea Sanso'" <sanso at server.humnet.unipi.it>
Subject:  passive in polish

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

Date:  Wed, 14 Feb 2001 11:13:29 -0500 (EST)
From:  Rulai LI <li7 at mailbox.sc.edu>
Subject:  Query: OT analysis of resyllabification of English loan word into          Chinese

Dear LinguistList Members,
I am doing a research on the resyllabification process of borrowing(loaning)
English words into Chinese under the framework of Optimailaty Theory. I am kind
of short of reference.  If you could provide me some reference with related
topic or methodology, I would be extremely appreciative.
I will post a summary if there is enough response.

Thanks
Rulai Li

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Rulai Li
Linguistics Program,
University of South Carolina
E-mail: li7 at mailbox.sc.edu


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

Date:  Wed, 14 Feb 2001 18:08:12 +0100 (NFT)
From:  "Andrea Sanso'" <sanso at server.humnet.unipi.it>
Subject:  passive in polish

Dear linguists,

I came across the two following passive sentences in Polish:

(1) Dwoch naszych znajomych zostalo arestowanych
    two-GEN our neighbors-GEN become-PAST-3SG-N arrested-PL-GEN
(2) Dwaj naszi znajomy zostali zamordowany
    two-NOM our neighbors-NOM become-PAST-3PL assassinated-NOM-PL

The formal differences between the two sentences are clear enough. I was
wondering whether there are differences in use between the two sentences
(e.g. in patient topicality: is the GEN-marked patient topicalized in
sentences such as (1)?).

Any suggestions or comments are welcome. I will post a summary to the
list.

Best,

Andrea Sanso'



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