LINGUIST List 5.1399

Tue 06 Dec 1994

Qs: COBUILD, Noun Incorp., Ancient Chinese, Clitic doubling

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  • Jose M. Castano DNI 13679711, COBUILD
  • Jose M. Castano DNI 13679711, Query Noun Incorporation Lang.
  • , Ancient Chinese: 2 Qs
  • Rocio Jimenez, query about clitic doubling

    Message 1: COBUILD

     Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 18:57:41 -COBUILD
    From: Jose M. Castano DNI 13679711 <jc1odc.uba.ar>
    Subject: COBUILD


    LINGUIST LIST

    I am interested in getting information about COLLINS COBUILD in machine readable format. Also information of e-mail address of Collins or anybody responsible for COBUILD project would be most helpfull.

    Thank you.

    Jose M. Castano

    e-mail: jc1ozorzal.dc.uba.ar

    Fac. de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Buenos Aires Argentina.

    Message 2: Query Noun Incorporation Lang.

     Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 18:29:57 -Query Noun Incorporation Lang.
    From: Jose M. Castano DNI 13679711 <jc1odc.uba.ar>
    Subject: Query Noun Incorporation Lang.


    TO: LINGUIST

    I would be most grateful to receive information about which kind of agreement (Subject or Object) morphemes have (particular) languages with Noun Incorporation. Also bibliographic information (other than) Baker: Incorporation is wellcome.

    Thank you.

    Jose M. Castano e-mail jc1ozorzal.dc.uba.ar

    Fac. Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Message 3: Ancient Chinese: 2 Qs

     Date: Tue, 6 Dec 94 23:14:34 CSTAncient Chinese: 2 Qs
    From: <Woodsprosuunx.ucc.okstate.edu>
    Subject: Ancient Chinese: 2 Qs


    I have two related questions about ancient Chinese.

    i) We know that Chinese characters were taken to Japan sometime between the 2nd and 8th centuries AD. I have read that Chinese scholars took with them the Analects of Confucius, and maybe the Qian Zi Wen (Thousand Character Book). Does anyone know if this is a commonly accepted view, and if so, where I could get a copy of the Qianziwen? I am looking at differences between cognitive categories of noun classifiers in Chinese and Japanese, and need to know in what form, if any, noun classifiers were passed on to the Japanese by the ancient scholars.

    ii) I am investigating the Chinese ba(3) construction and need examples of the use of ba(3) as an instrumental marker. Norman, J (1988) has pne example in his "Chinese" (Cambridge Uni Press). He says that in later Buddhist translations there are expressions of the form "ba qian mai yao" (hold money buy medicine). Does anyone out there know the source of thi expression or where I can find others like it?

    Thank you very much for your attention, Paul Woods English Dept Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK USA email: woodsprosuunx.ucc.okstate.edu

    Message 4: query about clitic doubling

     Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 12:24:54 -query about clitic doubling
    From: Rocio Jimenez <rjimenezmailbox.syr.edu>
    Subject: query about clitic doubling


    Dear Netters, I am working in a paper on clitic doubling in Romance languages, especially in Spanish. I am trying to analize if they are base-generated in the pre-verbal position or end up there via movement. Can anyone refer me to some literatue on this topic?. Also, I'd really appreciate some more data in Spanish and in Rumanian. Please, reply directly to me. Thanks in advance.

    Rocio Jimenez--Linguistics--Syracuse University. rjimenezmailbox.syr.edu.