"Describing Morphosyntax" questions and English example was Re: Help: Syntax

On Wednesday 24 July 2002 07:35, Muke Tever wrote:
> From: "JS Bangs" <jaspax@...>
> > Depending on how thorough you need to be, a book like Thomas Payne's
> > _Describing Morphosyntax_ could be invaluable to you. Check it out from
> > your local university library and see if it has what you need. Also, I
> > remember a URL that some members of this list posted a while ago
> > containing just an outline of the questions that he asks, with an example
> > for English.  Does anyone still have this URL? I have it downloaded for
> > offline reading, so I don't remember.
>
> I downloaded it also :-)   [But then I bought the book, so it's okay.
> Quite worthy.]
>
> Last I checked the page had gone 404.
> Off the top of my head, I think the URL was
> http://members.xoom.com/pc451/Conlang/questions.html
        Yes, that was my sad little site. I'm going to be starting a new site RSN,
probably in August, when I have a bit more time. The questions will also
reappear.

> This page hardly even hints at what's in the book (Even the list of
> questions doesn't cover everything that Payne covers...plus, of course, we
> dont get examples on the website).
        Indeed, buy the book. It's worth the $22. I created the questions page with
the assumption that the reader would have the book on hand and would be able
to refer to it in questionable cases. It's more of a template to creating
your own grammar, rather than a "how-to" like other pages. But it is a
template that needs the book to work well. Buy the book! (I should start
asking for royalties, considering how many times I have plugged this book! :)
        For an example in English (done by Thomas Payne himself) see
http://www.oregonsil.org/351/engram/.
        :Peter