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2007-11-28T05:03:44Z

FpsPsf at 04:22, 12 April 2007

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 * [[Historical Evolution of Phonology]] - Language changes can be been looked at as 'sound changes', but this is just looking at the phonetic changes a language goes through.  There are problems with looking at historical change like this, as can be seen by theories of phonology, theories of how humans learn language, and thus how language is relearned by every person, and even by evidence from looking comparitively at certain languages and making an attempt to relate them historically.
 * The semantics of the phrases "not to mention" and "not so much (as)" and.. other things that I'll remember later and put here; thus the purpose of this being here.
-* The whole issue of translation of words with their uses.  Words to focus on: Russian ''быть'' & Kazakh ''бол-'', Russian ''лищный'' (and how it translates to English, along with the problems of doing that), English ''optional'' (and how it has two readings, similar to translations of лищный: "not required", and "not not necessarily unnecessary" ... ''"Using an explicit subject is optional--especially when..."''  This is "not required".  ''"Using an explicit subject is optional--even when..."'' hm..  well, I need to look at this more closely at some point).
+* The whole issue of translation of words with their uses.  Words to focus on: Russian ''быть''

Firespeaker: /* Language-Specific */ fixed symmetry

2006-02-27T03:18:48Z

Language-Specific: fixed symmetry

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	== Language-Specific ==		== Language-Specific ==
	* [[Is Yiddish an Eastern Germanic language?]] - I don't think so, but I'm gathering evidence for and against here.
	* [[The Weirdnesses of Yiddish Indirect Questions]] - Why they're strange, and an addressing of L2-acquisition issues that have to do with this.
	* [[X-mX Language Game]] in Russian (and Kazakh!) and its implications for Russian consonant clusters
	* The [truly?] asymetrical vowel harmony issue in Nez Perce
	=== Turkic ===		=== Turkic ===
	* Rederiving of Proto-Turkic		* Rederiving of Proto-Turkic
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	* [[Turkic_Sonority_Constraints\|Sonority constraints in Turkic languages]] — consonant assimilation and dissimilation (just gathering data here for now)		* [[Turkic_Sonority_Constraints\|Sonority constraints in Turkic languages]] — consonant assimilation and dissimilation (just gathering data here for now)
	* [[Turkic words that shouldn't be as they are]]		* [[Turkic words that shouldn't be as they are]]
			=== Other ===
			* [[Is Yiddish an Eastern Germanic language?]] - I don't think so, but I'm gathering evidence for and against here.
			* [[The Weirdnesses of Yiddish Indirect Questions]] - Why they're strange, and an addressing of L2-acquisition issues that have to do with this.
			* [[X-mX Language Game]] in Russian (and Kazakh!) and its implications for Russian consonant clusters
			* The [truly?] asymetrical vowel harmony issue in Nez Perce

	== Anthropology ==		== Anthropology ==

Firespeaker: fixed/merged categorisation of tk sonority constraints

2006-02-27T03:18:15Z

fixed/merged categorisation of tk sonority constraints

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	== Linguistics ==		== Linguistics ==
	* [[Turkic_Sonority_Constraints\|Sonority constraints in Turkic languages]] — just gathering data here for now
	* [[Historical Evolution of Phonology]] - Language changes can be been looked at as 'sound changes', but this is just looking at the phonetic changes a language goes through. There are problems with looking at historical change like this, as can be seen by theories of phonology, theories of how humans learn language, and thus how language is relearned by every person, and even by evidence from looking comparitively at certain languages and making an attempt to relate them historically.		* [[Historical Evolution of Phonology]] - Language changes can be been looked at as 'sound changes', but this is just looking at the phonetic changes a language goes through. There are problems with looking at historical change like this, as can be seen by theories of phonology, theories of how humans learn language, and thus how language is relearned by every person, and even by evidence from looking comparitively at certain languages and making an attempt to relate them historically.
	* The semantics of the phrases "not to mention" and "not so much (as)" and.. other things that I'll remember later and put here; thus the purpose of this being here.		* The semantics of the phrases "not to mention" and "not so much (as)" and.. other things that I'll remember later and put here; thus the purpose of this being here.
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	* Which of Kazakh's (and other Turkic languages') "cases" are actually cases, and which are postpositions		* Which of Kazakh's (and other Turkic languages') "cases" are actually cases, and which are postpositions
	* [[Kazakh Syntax Topics]]		* [[Kazakh Syntax Topics]]
	* [[Turkic ~~Sonority Constraints~~]] — consonant assimilation and dissimilation		* [[Turkic_Sonority_Constraints\|Sonority constraints in Turkic languages]] — consonant assimilation and dissimilation (just gathering data here for now)
	* [[Turkic words that shouldn't be as they are]]		* [[Turkic words that shouldn't be as they are]]

Firespeaker: /* Linguistics */ turkic sonority constraints, other minor fixes

2006-02-27T03:13:33Z

Linguistics: turkic sonority constraints, other minor fixes

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	== Linguistics ==		== Linguistics ==
			* [[Turkic_Sonority_Constraints\|Sonority constraints in Turkic languages]] — just gathering data here for now
	* [[Historical Evolution of Phonology]] - Language changes can be been looked at as 'sound changes', but this is just looking at the phonetic changes a language goes through. There are problems with looking at historical change like this, as can be seen by theories of phonology, theories of how humans learn language, and thus how language is relearned by every person, and even by evidence from looking comparitively at certain languages and making an attempt to relate them historically.		* [[Historical Evolution of Phonology]] - Language changes can be been looked at as 'sound changes', but this is just looking at the phonetic changes a language goes through. There are problems with looking at historical change like this, as can be seen by theories of phonology, theories of how humans learn language, and thus how language is relearned by every person, and even by evidence from looking comparitively at certain languages and making an attempt to relate them historically.
	* The semantics of the phrases "not to mention" and "not so much (as)" and.. other things that I'll remember later and put here; thus the purpose of this being here.		* The semantics of the phrases "not to mention" and "not so much (as)" and.. other things that I'll remember later and put here; thus the purpose of this being here.
	* The whole issue of translation of words with their uses. Words to focus on: Russian ''быть'' & Kazakh ''бол-'', Russian ''лищный'' (and how it translates to English, along with the problems of doing that), English ''optional'' (and how it has two readings, similar to translations of лищный: "not required", and "not not necessarily unnecessary" ... ''"Using an explicit subject is optional--especially when..."'' This is "not required". ''"Using an explicit subject is optional--even when..."'' hm.. well, I need to look at this more closely at some point).		* The whole issue of translation of words with their uses. Words to focus on: Russian ''быть'' & Kazakh ''бол-'', Russian ''лищный'' (and how it translates to English, along with the problems of doing that), English ''optional'' (and how it has two readings, similar to translations of лищный: "not required", and "not not necessarily unnecessary" ... ''"Using an explicit subject is optional--especially when..."'' This is "not required". ''"Using an explicit subject is optional--even when..."'' hm.. well, I need to look at this more closely at some point).
	** I wrote a paper on this as it relates to machine translation: [[Media:translation.pdf]].		** I wrote a paper on this as it relates to machine translation: [[Media:translation.pdf]].
	* Reduced vowels (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unstressed_vowel Wikipedia:Unstressed_vowel]), how they mess with metric systems (in terms of syllables and feet), how they are dealt with in terms of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimality_theory OT] ~~and~~ that theory that deals with filling in gaps between consonants with default vowels (and whose name I forget). American English (especially certain dialects, such as my own) and Kazakh are good languages to work with on this issue—Kazakh especially because it can be compared to Kyrgyz which behaves ~~entirely~~ differently in this respect. (In some ways, Ukrainian compared to Russian can be looked at the same way). I've begun gathering some data in English at [[JNW's_English#/ɩ/ (vs. /ə/ & /ɪ/)]].		* Reduced vowels (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unstressed_vowel Wikipedia:Unstressed_vowel]), how they mess with metric systems (in terms of syllables and feet), how they are dealt with in terms of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimality_theory OT] versus that theory that deals with filling in gaps between consonants with default vowels (and whose name I forget). American English (especially certain dialects, such as my own) and Kazakh are good languages to work with on this issue—Kazakh especially because it can be compared to Kyrgyz which behaves somewhat differently in this respect. (In some ways, Ukrainian compared to Russian can be looked at the same way?). I've begun gathering some data in English at [[JNW's_English#/ɩ/ (vs. /ə/ & /ɪ/)]].

	== Language-Specific ==		== Language-Specific ==

Firespeaker: /* Turkic */

2006-02-21T21:05:45Z

Turkic

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	* The phonological and syntactical oddities of Kazakh's question particle in comparison to, say, Uzbek		* The phonological and syntactical oddities of Kazakh's question particle in comparison to, say, Uzbek
	* Which of Kazakh's (and other Turkic languages') "cases" are actually cases, and which are postpositions		* Which of Kazakh's (and other Turkic languages') "cases" are actually cases, and which are postpositions
	* [[~~Interesting things in~~ Kazakh]]		* [[Kazakh Syntax Topics]]
	* [[Turkic Sonority Constraints]] — consonant assimilation and dissimilation		* [[Turkic Sonority Constraints]] — consonant assimilation and dissimilation
			* [[Turkic words that shouldn't be as they are]]

	== Anthropology ==		== Anthropology ==

Firespeaker: /* Turkic */

2006-02-17T13:51:59Z

Turkic

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	* Which of Kazakh's (and other Turkic languages') "cases" are actually cases, and which are postpositions		* Which of Kazakh's (and other Turkic languages') "cases" are actually cases, and which are postpositions
	* [[Interesting things in Kazakh]]		* [[Interesting things in Kazakh]]
			* [[Turkic Sonority Constraints]] — consonant assimilation and dissimilation

	== Anthropology ==		== Anthropology ==

Firespeaker: /* Turkic */

2005-08-03T16:31:42Z

Turkic

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	* The phonological and syntactical oddities of Kazakh's question particle in comparison to, say, Uzbek		* The phonological and syntactical oddities of Kazakh's question particle in comparison to, say, Uzbek
	* Which of Kazakh's (and other Turkic languages') "cases" are actually cases, and which are postpositions		* Which of Kazakh's (and other Turkic languages') "cases" are actually cases, and which are postpositions
			* [[Interesting things in Kazakh]]

	== Anthropology ==		== Anthropology ==

Firespeaker: /* Language-Specific */

2005-07-18T20:18:42Z

Language-Specific

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	* [[Is Yiddish an Eastern Germanic language?]] - I don't think so, but I'm gathering evidence for and against here.		* [[Is Yiddish an Eastern Germanic language?]] - I don't think so, but I'm gathering evidence for and against here.
	* [[The Weirdnesses of Yiddish Indirect Questions]] - Why they're strange, and an addressing of L2-acquisition issues that have to do with this.		* [[The Weirdnesses of Yiddish Indirect Questions]] - Why they're strange, and an addressing of L2-acquisition issues that have to do with this.
	* X-mX ~~language game~~ in Russian and its implications for Russian consonant clusters		* [[X-mX Language Game]] in Russian (and Kazakh!) and its implications for Russian consonant clusters
	* The [truly?] asymetrical vowel harmony issue in Nez Perce		* The [truly?] asymetrical vowel harmony issue in Nez Perce
	=== Turkic ===		=== Turkic ===

Firespeaker: /* Turkic */

2005-07-18T05:01:08Z

Turkic

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	* The form "qabağan" from the Kazakh verb ''qab-'' that should be "qabqan" (as with ''tab-'' › "tabqan")		* The form "qabağan" from the Kazakh verb ''qab-'' that should be "qabqan" (as with ''tab-'' › "tabqan")
	* How to determine the phoneme which word (verb, noun) roots in Kazakh "actually" end with when the final phoneme is a b/p(/w), ğ/q, g/k		* How to determine the phoneme which word (verb, noun) roots in Kazakh "actually" end with when the final phoneme is a b/p(/w), ğ/q, g/k
			* The phonological and syntactical oddities of Kazakh's question particle in comparison to, say, Uzbek
			* Which of Kazakh's (and other Turkic languages') "cases" are actually cases, and which are postpositions

	== Anthropology ==		== Anthropology ==

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	* The semantics of the phrases "not to mention" and "not so much (as)" and.. other things that I'll remember later and put here; thus the purpose of this being here.		* The semantics of the phrases "not to mention" and "not so much (as)" and.. other things that I'll remember later and put here; thus the purpose of this being here.
	* The whole issue of translation of words with their uses. Words to focus on: Russian ''быть''		* The whole issue of translation of words with their uses. Words to focus on: Russian ''быть''

			[[Category:Linguistics]]