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<DIV> Thanks for initiating this great effort to bring people of diverse range of interest together in this virtual space. Let me briefly introduce myself to all of you. Hi, I am Anupam Das; a doctoral student in Linguistics at Indiana University, Bloomingtion. I am from Kolkata (previously Calcutta)- an eastern Indian Metropoliton. I am proficient in Bangla (Bengali), English, Hindi, and Sanskrit to various degrees. My research interest rotates within Sociolinguistics, Computer Mediated Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics. Currently I am emplyed as Graduate Assistant in a project called Quest Atlantis funded by NSF. The project is investigating padagogical issues of kids aged between 9-14 yrs old. QA is an online learning environments for the kids.</DIV>
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<DIV>I hope this information will give you some idea who I am. If you want to learn more about me just shooot me. I enjoy talking to friends online. I must mention that I enjoy your posting and before it's too late I shall be participating in your discussion actively.</DIV>
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<DIV>regards,</DIV>
<DIV>Anupam.</DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Linnea Micciulla <polyglot@BU.EDU></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Hi everyone,<BR><BR>Given the apparent diversity of people who have signed up on this list, I<BR>thought it might be interesting to see where we are from and what our<BR>interests are. Based on the e-mail addresses of CDA-Discuss list members<BR>(and personal contact), it looks like we have people on this list from the<BR>following countries:<BR><BR>Brazil, Canada, China, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Romania, Sweden, Syria,<BR>Turkey, UK, US, New Zealand, and quite possibly a few others<BR><BR>On the one hand, I don't want anyone to feel obliged to participate if you<BR>would rather just follow the conversation - on the other hand, this seems<BR>like a tremendous opportunity to share a variety of perspectives from all<BR>over the globe, and I would hate to waste it!<BR><BR>So please introduce yourself! Where are you from? Are you a student /<BR>professor / other? Is your background
linguistics / journalism / rhetoric /<BR>something else? What is your interest in CDA? And, what I'm REALLY curious<BR>about - if not through me, how did you find out about this list?<BR><BR>I'm a doctoral candidate at Boston University. I've really been all over<BR>the map with my linguistic interests - first computational linguistics, then<BR>phonology, now CDA. I still don't know what my dissertation topic will be;<BR>I'm working full time while going to school, so I'm going through the PhD<BR>very slowly! I find CDA compelling... and important. I think it is a path<BR>towards not only understanding how discourses can ultimately produce<BR>suffering, but perhaps also towards developing methods of countering these<BR>harmful discourses.<BR><BR>Hope to hear from you soon!<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>Linnea<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR>Anupam Das<br>2602,East Gate Lane<br>Park Doral,Apt#2D<br>Bloomington,<br>IN-47408<br>Ph:001-812-337-0450<p>
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