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OK, lexicographers and lexi-irregulars, here is a chance to make some
money this weekend. One of my former colleagues (who finished her
dissertation and moved on <sigh>) is looking for some
expertise. Her firm has moved up the deadlines; I think they need a
write-up no later than Tuesday at noon.<br><br>
Please don't reply to me or to the list; see her contact info embedded in
message. You have her permission and mine to x-post to other lists
or forward to interested colleagues.<br><br>
Sylvia Swift<br>
madonna@socrates.berkeley.edu <br>
(but they're migrating email support away from socrates, so my identity
is becoming<br>
kinoved@berkeley.edu)<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2 color="#000080"><i>Flamingo
International, a qualitative market research company, is seeking academic
perspectivesmost especially from graduate students-- in order to help us
learn about old, new, and/or emerging aspects of the word “play”, such as
the following:<br>
<ul>
<li>Etymology
<li>Emerging new strands of meaning
<li>Themes
<li>How it works in a broader sense in language (American English)
</ul> <br>
We invite social scientists in any discipline to show us how to
deconstruct “representations of ‘play’ to identify the residual, current
and emergent codes (i.e., those which are dying, those currently
dominating and latest generation emerging.” We welcome graduate
students and other scholars who might be interested in this
project. We would pay for a written report. The project is
urgent, so please reply as soon as possible to Kathryn Kaufmann at
<a href="mailto:kathy@flamingo-international.com">kathy@flamingo-international.com</a>
(tel. +1 415-227-1177).<br>
</i></font><font face="arial" size=2> <br>
</font><font face="verdana" size=1>785 Market Street</font><br>
<font face="verdana" size=1>Suite 1100</font><br>
<font face="verdana" size=1>San Francisco, California</font><br>
<font face="verdana" size=1>94103 USA<br>
</font> <br>
<font face="verdana" size=1><i>San Francisco - London - Singapore<br>
</i></font> <a href="http://www.flamingo-international.com/"><font size=1>www.flamingo-international.com</a><br>
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