14.2043, Qs: Eng Dialects; Contrast Licensing

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Subject: 14.2043, Qs: Eng Dialects; Contrast Licensing

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1)
Date:  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 15:40:28 -0400 (EDT)
From:  "William J. Rapaport" <rapaport at cse.Buffalo.EDU>
Subject:  "a whole nother thing"

2)
Date:  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 18:50:03 +0000
From:  Robert Kirchner <kirchner at ualberta.ca>
Subject:  contrast licensing in affixes

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

Date:  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 15:40:28 -0400 (EDT)
From:  "William J. Rapaport" <rapaport at cse.Buffalo.EDU>
Subject:  "a whole nother thing"

Has anyone ever commented on the idiom "that's a whole nother thing",
where the word "whole" is inserted inside the word "another"?  I've
heard this in New York City dialects (the one I grew up with; I've
said "a whole nother thing" all my life but only recently realized
how odd it is) and also in Australia.


William J. Rapaport
Associate Professor of Computer Science & Adjunct Professor of Philosophy
Member, Center for Cognitive Science
Associate Director, SNePS Research Group (SNeRG)

201 Bell Hall (office: 214 Bell)
University at Buffalo (SUNY)
Buffalo, NY 14260-2000
rapaport at cse.buffalo.edu



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

Date:  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 18:50:03 +0000
From:  Robert Kirchner <kirchner at ualberta.ca>
Subject:  contrast licensing in affixes

I would appreciate it if anyone could help me with the following
question: whom should I cite for the observation that languages
license a broader array of contrasts within roots than within affixes?

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