Linguistics 203: Assignments
Week 9: November 20, 2002
Due: November 27, 2002
Readings:
Hale, Ken. 2001. Ulwa (Southern Sumu): the beginnings of a language research project. In Paul
Newman and Martha Ratliff (eds.) Linguistic Fieldwork. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge
University Press.
Hyman, Larry M. 2001. Fieldwork as a state of mind. In Paul
Newman and Martha Ratliff (eds.) Linguistic Fieldwork. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge
University Press.
field work assignment
Some default topics for field methods
Korean
phonetics/phonology: Korean stops are reported to have a 3-way contrast involving glottal state.
syntax: explore Korean suffixes for subjects and objects (and other categories?).
e.g. -nIn and -lIl (where “I” is barred [i]).
Sample sentence:
kI sonoyOn-nIn wIyu-lIl massi- ass- ta
the boy -subj mkr milk -obj mkr drink- past- assertion mkr
‘the boy drank milk’
Spanish
phonology: Hypocoristics (nicknames)
Type A hypocoristics (e.g. [(lé.o)] < [le.lo.(ká.dja)] 'Leocadia'
Type B hypocoristics (e.g. [(ká.ya)] < [le.o.(ká.dja)] 'Leocadia'
syntax
What are the different properties of the two types of restrictive relative clause in Spanish?
Type A, que:
El libro que leí es de Juan ‘the book that I read is John’s’
Type B, quien, el cual
El hombre con quien estaba hablando es ciego
or
El hombre con el cual estaba hablando es ciego
‘the man with whom I was talking is blind’
Russian
phonology
Voicing assimilation: which classes of segment assimilate and don’t assimilate, in which phonological and syntactic environments?
agreement and conjunction: examine cases in which the "logical" agreement doesn't hold:
e.g.
Neither you nor I am/are here
a new muffler and tires for my car (*a new tires)
a new jacket and shoes (*a new shoes)