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Re: creole languages

morcusporcus@... — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:36:03 GMT

Yes, like other pidgins & creoles Krio has serial verbs, and this may well be a feature arising from the special circumstances of their origins. But this does

Re: creole languages

david_89793 — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:50:55 GMT

I do not have an opinion on weather serial verb constructions say anything about innate grammatical capacity (ability). But on the question of the origins of

creole languages

M NEWBROOK — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:16:54 GMT

It should be noted that by no means all linguists accept Bickerton's nativist interpretation of the creole data. For a rival view, see for instance Geoffrey

Creole languages

david_89793 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:36:44 GMT

I just finished a very good autobiography which interweaves the subject of Creole languages. Derek Bickerton "Bastard Tongues; A Trailblazing Linguist Finds

To Rich/ on Chadic languages

david_89793 — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:55:03 GMT

I am interested in this area, of Chadic languages, though I don't have time to specialize in this area. I have data on the Biu Mandara group and the Plateau

I'm online... not sure how to show that I'm not off

Elizabeth — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:52:39 GMT

I just posted about the importance of reliability/validiy in the educational community and I'm online, even though it shows otherwise... does anyone know how I

Importance of validity and reliability in assessment for the educati

elizabethrogers76 — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:34:01 GMT

Hi. I'm writing an exam on the importance of validity and reliability is assessment, especially in the educational community at large. I have a fairly good

Re: tamil

morcusporcus@... — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:37:30 GMT

Oh, I see! Sorry, I didn't think internal diversification within Dravidian was the issue, rather Dravidian vs IE. [Of course, there are other S. & Central

Re: tamil

Rick McCallister — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:55:47 GMT

Check Comrie's book on World Languages to be sure but I think the gist is that Tamil separated out from common Dravidian before the others split into Telegu,

Re: approach to search for remote evidence of language contact/ etym

morcusporcus@... — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:18:56 GMT

I want to emphasise again that although Ruhlen is highly qualified his views on these and related matters are shared only by a TINY minority of historical

tamil

morcusporcus@... — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:13:19 GMT

Re: 'Tamil seems to be the oldest spoken language of India today; it is known or believed to be older than Sanskrit'. What is the definition, in this context,

approach to search for remote evidence of language contact/ etymolog

david_89793 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:43:45 GMT

Basically the approach to search for remote evidence of language contact is to form paradigms and search various languages for recurrent forms, this paradigm

digital dictionaries of south asia

david_89793 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:18:26 GMT

digital dictionaries of south asia http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/ Tamil seems to be the oldest spoken language of India today; it is known or believed

Re: Historical Chart

douglas richey — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:14:49 GMT

David, very helpful that will keep me busy for awhile. Doug ... From: David L Subject: [Historical Linguistics] Re: Historical Chart

Re: Historical Chart

David L — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:49:34 GMT

This should help get you started: Maps of language families of the World http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/languagefamilies.html Languages of the World