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Portal:Linguists

2008-10-31T06:46:53Z

Malayalist: /* Japan */

This is the portal for living linguists (for dead linguists, see [[Portal:Biography]]). A simple list of linguists is found at [[:Category:LINGUIST]]. In this portal the linguists are arranged geographically (by their place of work).

=Africa=

==South Africa==

[[Roger Lass]]

=Europe=

==Belgium==

==Germany==

[[Holger Diessel]]

==Hungary==

==Italy==

==Netherlands==
[[Alexis Dimitriadis]]

==Russia==

==Sweden==
[[Östen Dahl]]

==United Kingdom==
[[Oliver Bond]]

=Asia=

==India==
[Andrewskutty. A. P]
[Subramanim. V.I]
[[Anvita Abbi]]

==India==
A.P.Andrewskutty[http://openlibrary.org/a/OL1999771Ah]

=North America=

==Canada==

==Mexico==

==United States==

[[Charles J. Fillmore]]

[[Carol Myers-Scotton]]

[[Scott Catledge]]

=Central and South America=

==Argentina==

==Brazil==

==Chile==

[[Category:En]]
[[Category:Portal|Linguists]]

Portal:Linguists

2008-10-31T06:40:04Z

Malayalist: /* India */

This is the portal for living linguists (for dead linguists, see [[Portal:Biography]]). A simple list of linguists is found at [[:Category:LINGUIST]]. In this portal the linguists are arranged geographically (by their place of work).

=Africa=

==South Africa==

[[Roger Lass]]

=Europe=

==Belgium==

==Germany==

[[Holger Diessel]]

==Hungary==

==Italy==

==Netherlands==
[[Alexis Dimitriadis]]

==Russia==

==Sweden==
[[Östen Dahl]]

==United Kingdom==
[[Oliver Bond]]

=Asia=

==India==
[Andrewskutty. A. P]
[Subramanim. V.I]
[[Anvita Abbi]]

==Japan==

=North America=

==Canada==

==Mexico==

==United States==

[[Charles J. Fillmore]]

[[Carol Myers-Scotton]]

[[Scott Catledge]]

=Central and South America=

==Argentina==

==Brazil==

==Chile==

[[Category:En]]
[[Category:Portal|Linguists]]

Anvita Abbi

2008-10-31T06:18:48Z

Malayalist: New page: http://www.andamanese.net/anvita.htm

http://www.andamanese.net/anvita.htm

Portal:Linguists

2008-10-31T06:13:00Z

Malayalist: /* India */

This is the portal for living linguists (for dead linguists, see [[Portal:Biography]]). A simple list of linguists is found at [[:Category:LINGUIST]]. In this portal the linguists are arranged geographically (by their place of work).

=Africa=

==South Africa==

[[Roger Lass]]

=Europe=

==Belgium==

==Germany==

[[Holger Diessel]]

==Hungary==

==Italy==

==Netherlands==
[[Alexis Dimitriadis]]

==Russia==

==Sweden==
[[Östen Dahl]]

==United Kingdom==
[[Oliver Bond]]

=Asia=

==India==
Andrewskutty. A. P
Anvita Abbi
Subramanim. V.I

==Japan==

=North America=

==Canada==

==Mexico==

==United States==

[[Charles J. Fillmore]]

[[Carol Myers-Scotton]]

[[Scott Catledge]]

=Central and South America=

==Argentina==

==Brazil==

==Chile==

[[Category:En]]
[[Category:Portal|Linguists]]

A.P. Andrewskutty

2008-10-30T07:05:50Z

Malayalist: New page: Prof. A.P. Andrewskutty, former Prof. and Head, Department of Linguistics, University of Kerala expired on Ist Novemebr 2004 while he was in service.

Prof. A.P. Andrewskutty, former Prof. and Head, Department of Linguistics, University of Kerala expired on Ist Novemebr 2004 while he was in service.

Null morpheme

2008-10-30T07:03:32Z

Malayalist: New page: In morpheme-based morphology, a null morpheme is a morpheme that is realized by a phonologically null affix (an empty string of phonological segments). In simpler terms, a null morpheme is...

In morpheme-based morphology, a null morpheme is a morpheme that is realized by a phonologically null affix (an empty string of phonological segments). In simpler terms, a null morpheme is an "invisible" affix. It's also called zero morpheme; the process of adding a null morpheme is called null affixation, null derivation or zero derivation. The concept was first used over two thousand years ago by Pāṇini in his Sanskrit grammar. (Some linguists object to the notion of a null morpheme, since it sets up (they say) an unverifiable distinction between a "null" or "zero" element, and nothing at all.)

The null morpheme is represented as either the figure zero (0), the empty set symbol ø, or its variant Ø.

Examples in English include hiatus and co-operation.

The existence of a null morpheme in a word can also be theorized by contrast with other forms of the same word showing alternate morphemes. For example, the singular number of English nouns is shown by a null morpheme that contrasts with the plural morpheme -s.

cat = cat + -Ø = ROOT ("cat") + SINGULAR
cats = cat + -s = ROOT ("cat") + PLURAL
In addition, there are some cases in English where a null morpheme indicates plurality in nouns that take on irregular plurals.

sheep = sheep + -Ø = ROOT ("sheep") + SINGULAR
sheep = sheep + -Ø = ROOT ("sheep") + PLURAL
Also, a null morpheme marks the present tense of verbs in all forms but the third person singular:

(I) run = run + -Ø = ROOT ("run") + PRESENT: Non-3rd-SING
(He) runs = run + -s = ROOT ("run") + PRESENT: 3rd-SING
According to some linguists' view, it's also a null morpheme that turns some English adjectives into verbs of the kind of to clean, to slow, to warm. Null derivation, also known as conversion if the word class changes, is very common in English.

In languages that show the above distinctions, it's quite common to employ null affixation to (not) mark singular number, present tense and third persons (English is unusual in its marking of the third person singular with a non-zero morpheme, by contrast with a null morpheme for others). It's also frequent to find null affixation for the least-marked cases (the nominative in nominative-accusative languages, and the absolutive in ergative-absolutive languages).

In most languages of the world these are the affixes that are realized as null morphemes. But in some cases roots may also be realized as these. For instance, Russian word вы-Ø-ну-ть (vynut', to take out) consists of one prefix (вы-), one zero root (-Ø-), one suffix (-ну-), and one postfix (-ть) [1].

A basic radical element plus a null morpheme is not the same as an uninflected word, though usage may make those equal in practice.

Glottopedia:Biographical articles

2008-10-29T07:45:51Z

Malayalist: /* Other languages */

'''Biographical articles''' ([[:Category:BIOG]]) are a [[Glottopedia:Article types|type of article]] that discusses the life and work of past linguists. (Note that articles on [[Glottopedia:Linguists|living linguists]] are a separate article type.)

All articles should have the same structure: They consist of up to six sections, which always have the same headings and occur in the same order. Only the first section (Introduction) is obligatory.

The following sections are envisaged at the moment:

'''Introduction''' (contains the name, the birth and death dates, and a brief characterization of the linguist)

'''Life''' (career stages etc.)

'''Contribution''' (description of the most important contributions to linguistics)

'''Links''' (e.g links to obituaries or other websites)

'''Works''' (list of most important publications; a full list can be added on a subpage, cf. [[James D. McCawley]])

'''References''' (references to papers etc. about the person, especially obituaries)

===Other languages===
* German [[Glottopedia:Biographische Artikel]]

[[Category:En]]
[[Category:Guideline|Biographical articles]]
Prof. A.P. Andrewskutty, former Prof. and Head, Department of Linguistics, University of Kerala. He was specialised in Syntax. Wrote and Taught widly on Malayalam syntax. Dr.A.P. Andrewskutty expired on Ist Novemebr 2004 while he was delivering a lecture.