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Aspects of Yaghnobi Grammar – Thesis Finished! « The Yaghnobi
In December of last year I submitted my MA thesis, Aspects of Yaghnobi Grammar to the graduate school of the University of Oregon and it has been accepted. You can read or download it here: Aspects of Yaghnobi Grammar – Thesis Finished!
Draft of Aspects of Yaghnobi Grammar « The Yaghnobi
I’ve posted a draft of my MA thesis, Aspects of Yaghnobi Grammar, on the Yaghnobi blog. I welcome any comments or suggestions. I will be submitting a final draft to the University of Oregon graduate school in a week and a half.
Posted in language documentation, Syntax, Yaghnobi
Formatting LSA Style Linguistic Data Citations in Microsoft Word
Academic papers in the field of linguistics are often written folowing LSA style, which is the style used in Language, the journal of the Language Society of America. One of the aspects of style that is fairly unique to linguistics writing is the way linguistic data is presented. The following quatation is from the Language style sheet:
7. NUMBERED EXAMPLES, RULES, AND FORMULAS
a. Type each numbered item on a separate indented line with the number in parentheses; indent after the number; use lowercase letters to group sets of related items:(2) a. Down the hill rolled the baby carriage.
b. Out of the house strolled my mother’s best friend.b. In the text, refer to numbered items as 2, 2a, 2a,b, 2(a- c).
The Problem
One of the problems I run into when writing long papers, is keeping the numbered examples synchronized with my references to them in the text of the paper. If I add an example, remove an example, or change their order, then I have to go through the whole paper and update the references.
Language Documentation & Conservation – Online Journal « Living Languages
A new free, peer-reviewed linguistics journal was announced in this post on Living Languages:
The e-journal Language Documentation & Conservation (LD&C) was launched last month by the University of Hawai‘i Press to journal endangered language issues.
Tajik Persian Complex Predicates
Persian complex predicates are of particular interest because their semantics are often idiosyncratic and their structure frequently deviates from general rules of Persian syntax. In spite of these peculiarities, Persian complex predicates are not a marginal part of the language. They form an open, productive class, and are more common than simple verbs. Continue reading
Posted in Construction Grammar, Persian, Syntax, Tajik
New Book: What Counts as Evidence in Linguistics?
I just read an announcement for a new book: What Counts as Evidence in Linguistics, Edited by Martina Penke and Anette Rosenbach, and published this year by John Benjamins. According to the description of the book on the LingusitList, this book focuses on the innateness debate and shows how formal and functional approaches to linguistics have different perspectives on linguistic evidence. The three guiding questions for this volume are: What type of evidence can be used for innateness claims (or UG)?; What is the content of such innate features (or UG)?; and, How can UG be used as a theory guiding empirical research?
This book will be on my list of books to read after I finish my MA Thesis.
Posted in book review, Functional Linguistics, Linguistics
2nd Annual Endangered Language Programme Workshop
The NWO (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research) Endangered Language Research Programme (ELP) will hold its 2nd International Workshop September 7, 2007, at the University of Amsterdam. The theme of the workshop is Language Description and Linguistic Typology. The keynote speakers will be Dr Peter Austin (SOAS, London), and Dr Claire Moyse-Faurie (CNRS-LACITO, Paris). Read more at: NWO – Invitation to the 2nd International ELP Workshop, September 7, 2007 .
Land Beyond the River, by Monica Whitlock « Birds’ Books
Birds’ Books just posted a review of Monica Whitlock’s Land Beyond the River,
An informative journalistic description of the social and political developments in Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan during the 20th century.
The book gives accounts of the turbulent, and unfortunately often violent, recent events in the region such as:
unrest and revolution in Bukhara in the second decade of the 20th century, the Tajik civil war and its resolution in the 1990s, and ongoing displacement of Tajiks due to war, forced migration, and other hardships.
Read the review at: Land Beyond the River, by Monica Whitlock « Birds’ Books
Posted in Afghanistan, book review, Central Asia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Overview of Yaghnobi grammar « The Yaghnobi
I posted a copy of my handout on Yaghnobi grammar on The Yaghnobi blog. Read it here: Overview of Yaghnobi grammar « The Yaghnobi
Posted in Linguistics, Yaghnobi