Date:  Fri, 23 Jan 1998 14:18:05 EST
From:  simon[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CVAX.IPFW.INDIANA.EDU
Subject: query re _want + (participle) use

Dear ADS-L members:

For an article on constructions with elliptical _want + participle_
(e.g. the car wants washed, the car wants washing, the car doesn't want
washed; the infant wants diapered, the infant doesn't want diapered), my
colleague Tom and Murray and I would like to hear from anyone who uses
such a construction or is in an area where such a construction is in
use.

In continuation of our work on elliptical need + p.p. (see Murray,
Frazer, Simon, _American Speech_ winter, 1996), we would also like to
hear from anyone familiar with negative need + past participle
(e.g. the car doesn't need washed, the dogs don't need fed).

Please contact me at
simon[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]cvax.ipfw.indiana.edu
or
simon[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ipfw.edu

Thanks,
Beth Simon
Assistant Professor, Linguistics and English
Indiana University Purdue University
simon[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]cvax.ipfw.indiana.edu