LINGUIST List 2.138

Monday, 15 Apr 1991

Qs: Pronouns, IPA font, Non-standard, Intuition

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  • , unless-clauses & compound pronouns
  • Evan Antworth, want IPA font for Windows
  • R.Hudson, Teaching/studying non-standard dialects
  • Richard Ogden, intuition

    Message 1: unless-clauses & compound pronouns

     Date: Fri, 12 Apr 91 20:28:00 -0400
    From: <FintelLINGUIST.umass.edu>
    Subject: unless-clauses & compound pronouns
    I would like to ask the people on this net for references on two different topics. If you think that your reply is of general interest you may want to post it, else you could send me personal e-mail.

    1. s IS '-I think there was a debate at some point about whether 'unless' is just another way to say 'if not', but has any of that ever surfaced? Is there work on corresponding items/constructions in other languages?

    2. Is there any (especially recent) work on the proper analysis of compound pronouns (or portmanteau quantifiers) like 'everyone', 'somebody', 'anywhere', etc.? I have found old-style analyses that posit a transformation of ARTICLE ATTACHMENT and there are short remarks by Abney who suggest a head-to-head movement analysis. Is there anything else out there? Anything about 'else' maybe, which is one of the things that make these items special?

    Any help would be much appreciated.

    Kai von Fintel, UMass Amherst, fintellinguist.umass.edu

    Message 2: want IPA font for Windows

     Date: Fri, 12 Apr 91 16:10:56 CDT
    From: Evan Antworth <evantxsil.lonestar.org>
    Subject: want IPA font for Windows
    A colleague is looking for an IPA font to use under MS Windows, specifically MS Word for Windows. Other postings have mentioned an IPA font for WordPerfect, but I assume that is no help. Does such a font exist (yet)?

    Evan Antworth evantxsil.lonestar.org

    Message 3: Teaching/studying non-standard dialects

     Date: Mon, 15 Apr 91 13:18:51 +0100
    From: R.Hudson <uclyrah%uk.ac.uclpucc.PRINCETON.EDU>
    Subject: Teaching/studying non-standard dialects
    Does anyone know of any school system in which speakers of non-standard dialects are taught about their own non-standard dialect, as well as about the standard one? I'm just finishing a book on grammar for English teachers in the UK, in which I advocate this, and I'd be interested to know of any precedents.

    Dick Hudson Dept of Phonetics and Linguistics, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT (071) 387 7050 ext 3152 home: (081) 340 1253

    Message 4: intuition

     Date: Mon, 15 Apr 91 9:35 GMT
    From: Richard Ogden <RAO1vaxb.york.ac.uk>
    Subject: intuition
    I would like to ask why 'intuitively' is a good way to present one's opinion (as Rick Woycik did in his message about his discussion with John Coleman). Isn't 'intuition' something that prejudices our opinions before we start, something which might just be a hindrance to our ability to find the most useful analysis? Isn't it just a way of avoiding a more rational approach? --- I'm not saying that imagination and hunches don't have a place in linguists' arguments, just that they are not enough in themselves to explain a position. Also what is intuitive to someone else is not necessarily intuitive to me, so I can't be convinced by 'intuitive' arguments. Please, someone, explain this to me!

    Richard Ogden

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