LINGUIST List: Vol-5-885. Sat 13 Aug 1994. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines: 134 Subject: 5.885 Qs: Case grammar, German lexicon, Endangered langs, Tlingit Moderators: Anthony Rodrigues Aristar: Texas A&M U. Helen Dry: Eastern Michigan U. Asst. Editors: Ron Reck -------------------------Directory------------------------------------- 1) Date: Sun, 7 Aug 1994 08:39:28 -0500 (CDT) From: pedersen@seas.smu.edu (Ted Pedersen) Subject: Case Grammar 2) Date: Mon, 08 Aug 94 13:06:00 GMT From: Annette McElligott * Subject: Lexicon Required 3) Date: Thu, 11 Aug 94 18:17:47 EST From: "George Fowler h(317)726-1482 o(812)855-2829" Subject: Query: bibliography on endangered languages? 4) Date: 12 Aug 1994 10:58:56 U From: "Mohr Bob" Subject: Tlingit, Tsimsian, Haida -------------------------Messages-------------------------------------- 1) Date: Sun, 7 Aug 1994 08:39:28 -0500 (CDT) From: pedersen@seas.smu.edu (Ted Pedersen) Subject: Case Grammar I am trying to teach myself a few things about Case Grammar. I've got a copy of Fillmore's "A Case for Case" and am wondering if things have changed much with Case Grammar since the late 1960's (when this paper appeared). If so, where could I go to find out what the state of the art is? I've noticed many folks have their own set of cases. Here's one that I found in Knight and Rich's Artificial Intelligence textbook that seems pretty good. Any comments on this collection of cases? Agenitive - instigator of the action (usually animate). Instrument - cause of the event or object used in causing the event (usually inanimate). Dative - entity affect by the action (usually animate). Factitive - object or being resulting from the event. Locative - place of the event. Source - place from which something moves. Goal - place to which something moves. Beneficiary - being on whose behalf the event occurred (usally animate). Time - time at which an event occurred. Object - entity that is acted upon or that changes. Thanks, Ted --- * Ted Pedersen pedersen@seas.smu.edu * * Department of Computer Science and Engineering, * * Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275 (214) 768-2126 * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Date: Mon, 08 Aug 94 13:06:00 GMT From: Annette McElligott * Subject: Lexicon Required Can anyone assist with the following: I am looking for a German lexicon that contains a word, its root form, syntactic category, and word senses. Thanks in advance, Annette McElligott, CSIS Dept., University of Limerick, Ireland. Tel: +353-61-333644 Ext. 5024 Fax: +353-61-330876 Email: mcelligotta@ul.ie -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) Date: Thu, 11 Aug 94 18:17:47 EST From: "George Fowler h(317)726-1482 o(812)855-2829" Subject: Query: bibliography on endangered languages? This fall I am teaching a course for freshmen, in a new series of analytical thinking and writing courses at my university, entitled "Endangered Languages". I made up a course packet last spring with generally accessible readings on various aspects of that topic (impact of bilingual education on dwindling minority languages, impact of mass media, relation to national politics, impact of a written language, case studies of the last speaker of a language, and a survey of the problems of various geographic areas--Africa, N. America, S. America, etc.). I was going through the packet the other day, before taking it to a Xeroxing store, and found myself much less satisfied with what I had compiled than I was last spring when I first put it together. Therefore, despite the ridiculously late date, I wanted to ask Linguist subscribers if they have any suggestions for reading materials that would add to a course of this sort. Of special interest are non-specialist writings, but I can also excerpt from more specialized or less accessible materials. I would be most grateful if anyone knows of any published bibliographies in this area. If there is significant interest in this, I'd be happy to post a summary, and could also report on how the course goes once I've taught it. George Fowler GFowler@Indiana.Edu [Email] Dept. of Slavic Languages (812) 855-2829 [office] Ballantine 502 (317) 726-1482 [home] Indiana University (812) 855-2624/-2608/-9906 [dept.] Bloomington, IN 47405 USA (812) 855-2107 [dept. fax] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) Date: 12 Aug 1994 10:58:56 U From: "Mohr Bob" Subject: Tlingit, Tsimsian, Haida Any information or pointers to work (being) done on the above Amer-Indian languages would be appreciated. Bob Mohr -------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINGUIST List: Vol-5-885.