13.2142, Qs: German Compounds, Verb Movement

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Subject: 13.2142, Qs: German Compounds, Verb Movement

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Date:  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 22:15:26 -0500
From:  "Gary H. Toops" <gary.toops at wichita.edu>
Subject:  Question: German compound forms

2)
Date:  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 12:09:49 +0000
From:  Anney Thorvaldsdottir <anney at hi.is>
Subject:  Verb movement in language acquisition

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

Date:  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 22:15:26 -0500
From:  "Gary H. Toops" <gary.toops at wichita.edu>
Subject:  Question: German compound forms


In German certain words exhibit more than one form when occurring as
an element in a compound word, e.g.:

Sprache:  SPRACHunterricht 'language instruction' vs.
           FremdSPRACHENunterricht 'foreign language instruction'
	  (Sprach vs. Sprachen)

Boot:     BOOTSverleih 'boat rental' vs.
           PaddelBOOTverleih 'paddle boat rental'
           (Boots vs. Boot)

Inland:   INLANDflug 'domestic flight' vs.
           INLANDSbrief 'domestic letter'
           (Inland vs. Inlands)

What, if anything, has been written about this phenomenon?  Is there a
standard explanation for these variations in compounding?

Gary H. Toops
Professor
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-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 12:09:49 +0000
From:  Anney Thorvaldsdottir <anney at hi.is>
Subject:  Verb movement in language acquisition

We are two students from Iceland and we are studying Icelandic as a
second language at the University of Iceland.

Does anyone have information of how verb movement works in Spanish and
Vietnamese or references concerning that? It's hard to get references
in Iceland.

Kind regards, Anney and Hildur

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