Enclisis, mesoclisis and inflection in Italo-Romance varieties: A minimalist analysis
This contribution addresses a central theme in morphological analysis, namely the relationship between clitics and inflectional elements. Important contributions on the point are due to Anderson (1992 - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive
LingBuzz > SyntaxDisc: Non-inflection or Group Inflection in Czech
Some types of group inflection in Czech (and closely related languages) are often discussed, e.g., vocative Pane 'Mr.' followed by an uninflected (as opposed vocative) name, e.g., Pane Novák alongside Pane Nováku (in the second, the name IS in the vocative). This seems to be the norm for many foreign names, e.g., my name never gets inflected when Czech speakers write to me. What I have NOT found any discussion of (but there may well be some) is what looks to me like the same phenomenon in the
The LINGUIST List > Discussions on Various TopicsDisc: KASHMIRI IN ARABIC AND DEVANAGARI SCRIPT
Hello, I am looking for data in Kashmiri script in Devanagari and Arabic scripts. Does anyone know of a site where I can find parallel data. If any one knows of a converter which transliterates Kashmiri in Arabic Script to Devanagari and vice-versa, that would be most welcome Thank you for your kind help. Please direct responses to raymond.doctor@gmail.com.
The LINGUIST List > Discussions on Various TopicsDisc: Flaps with bursts
Dear colleagues: I am not clear on whether canonical flaps have bursts or not. The literature does not seem to be clear on this. In my own data (Spanish flaps), I found that many tokens I categorized as flaps (versus approximant-like flaps) do show bursts (sometimes multiple bursts). I categorize flaps as approximant sounds according to their intensity difference and presence/absence of formant structure. To respond, please email dario@us.es.
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