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Re: Word Lists-- The Bongo-Bongo sentences en ingles

From:Alex Fink <a4pq1injbok_0@...>
Date:Wednesday, June 25, 2003, 14:16
Juan A. Alonso wrote:

>Incidentally, wouldn't it be a god idea to systematize a little bit the >sentences to be included in the corpus? I know that the criteria to use for >that may not be easy to find, but I think that a "poutpourrie" of sentences >would not vbe of much use for the conlang community.
Are you talking about my collection? So far, I don't have much of a criterion at all. I have simply been picking suitable-looking sentences from the list. It would be useful if there were some order or structure to my list, granted; but I'm sort of partial to having a 'potpourri', in that I would like to collect those sentences that translate in a particularly interesting manner and there may not be a good or pertinent ordering for them.
>I would suggest to use different configurations of thematic relations for >the sentences [i.e. AGENT + VERB, PATIENT + VERB, EXPERIMENTER + VERB, AGENT >+ VERB + PATIENT, etc.]. The reason is that thematic relations are kept >across languages, even though the may be realized through different >syntactic structures.
It would be a good idea to include some straightforward examples of various patterns of thematic relations in my corpus. As usual, suggestions will be appreciated. Alex