17.18, Qs: Bilingual Data Collection; Scalar Meaning of 'Any'

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Subject: 17.18, Qs: Bilingual Data Collection; Scalar Meaning of 'Any'

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1)
Date: 03-Jan-2006
From: Maria Bouba < mariab at dsl.pipex.com >
Subject: Bilingual Data Collection 

2)
Date: 31-Dec-2005
From: Jiang Yong < jiangyong at fudan.edu.cn >
Subject: Scalar Meaning of 'Any' 

	
-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:45:08
From: Maria Bouba < mariab at dsl.pipex.com >
Subject: Bilingual Data Collection 
 

Dear all,


I am interested in finding out about contemporary bibliography on the
methodology of Bilingual Data collection, in particular, for toddlers
12months+.

I would be grateful for any imfornation/references on bilingualism &
Language Acquisition and spontaneous speech data collection or for any
advice on this area.

Many thanks in advance,

Maria Bouba
mariab at dsl.pipex.com 

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition



	
-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:45:10
From: Jiang Yong < jiangyong at fudan.edu.cn >
Subject: Scalar Meaning of 'Any' 

	

Hi, I am a student in Fudan University in Shanghai, China. I'd like to know
why the word 'any' has the scalar meaning (even). Does its scalar meaning
come from the word itself (i.e. the lexical meaning) or from its
interaction with context? In addition, what drives the word to divide its
functions into f-c and p-s? I have read some papers and books about it, but
very puzzled.
   
Thank you all!
    
Best wishes for the new year!
    
Jiang Yong 

Linguistic Field(s): Semantics


 



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