LINGUIST List 9.1050

Sun Jul 19 1998

Qs: Lang Map, Phonology (2), Genitive

Editor for this issue: Martin Jacobsen <martylinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Mari Broman Olsen, Map of the world's languages
2. Gareth Gaskell, Phonological Clusters of Semantically Similar Words
3. Susan Fischer, Phonological Processing
4. J. Kingston Cowart, Shift Away from Genitive in English

Does anyone publish a wall-sized map of the worlds languages, or
language families?

Thanks.

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Mari Broman Olsen, Research Associate
University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
3141 A.V. Williams Building
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742

EMAIL: molsenumiacs.umd.edu
PHONE: (301) 405-6754	 FAX: (301) 314-9658
WEB: http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~molsen
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There are fairly well known clusters of similar sounding words that
also mean similar things, such as glimmer, glisten and glint or
sneeze, snort and snore. Does anyone know of any work carried out on
these clusters? I would be particularly interested to find out about
research looking at the prevalence of these clusters in the lexicon,
or their effects on new word formation, but any references to
linguistic or psycholinguistic research would be most welcome.

Thanks for your help,

Gareth Gaskell


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Does anyone know of literature that addresses the following question?

What phonological or phonetic features are more or less difficult to
perceive as the speed/compression of speech increases? I'll be glad
to summarize any responses for the list. TIA

Susan Fischer 
e-mail: fischerdirectory.rit.edu 
NTID/RIT phone: 1-716-475-6558 (v/TTY) 
fax: 1-716-475-6500
Dept. Of Applied Language & Cognition Research
52 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 14623-5604

There seems to have been a shift over the years away from the use of
the genitive in some English constructions.

PREVIOUS STANDARD PRACTICE: 
 "Your looking good in that blazer doesn't surprise me."

CURRENT COMMON PRACTICE:
 "*You* looking good in that blazer doesn't surprise me."

PREVIOUS STANDARD PRACTICE: 
 "We were happy with his getting good grades."

 CURRENT COMMON PRACTICE:
 "We were happy with *him* getting good grades."

Is there any research on this shift?

Have LINGUIST list members any comments with respect to it?

Sincerely

J. Kingston Cowart
San Diego, California
<jkcowartcari-net>