21.5072, Qs: Syntax: Vietnamese, Thai, and Laotian

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Subject: 21.5072, Qs: Syntax: Vietnamese, Thai, and Laotian

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Date: 22-Nov-2010
From: Mark Baltin [mark.baltin at nyu.edu]
Subject: Syntax: Vietnamese, Thai, and Laotian
 

	
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Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:38:44
From: Mark Baltin [mark.baltin at nyu.edu]
Subject: Syntax: Vietnamese, Thai, and Laotian

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Greetings,

I was wondering if any of you were native speakers of Vietnamese, 
Thai, or Laotian. If you are, could you tell me whether your language 
(please specify) has productive object ellipsis (i.e. can drop the object 
freely), as well as whether your language has copy-raising (as in 
English "John(i) looks like he(i)'s gonna win.").

This is for an NSF proposal that I am putting together and if you could 
furnish examples of each in your replies, I would be most grateful.

Thanks, 
Mark Baltin 

Linguistic Field(s): Syntax

Subject Language(s): Lao (lao)
                     Thai (tha)
                     Vietnamese (vie)




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