<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Jeremy,<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">I have just had a look at your book (Damp Squid). It will sure help me make my point, because many of the course specifications we teach in third world universities still take the imperialist view of English, having British English as a core. As an EFL teacher educator I feel I should make a case for Englishes, other than British English. However, the access to free well-compiled corpora is very difficult, thus the request to the list. I wanted to make my point in a clear manner and with as many discovery activities as possible.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Your book seems to present a Corpus Linguistics view of the English language in an accessible way to beginners, thus being likely to open the minds of even those most reluctant to do so and, pave the way to activities that aim at promoting changes long overdue in the manner most EFL teachers and college students see the English language and its varieties here in Brazil. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Thank you very much for your help,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Marcia<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV><BR><BR>--- Em <B>qua, 19/11/08, Marcia Veirano <I><marciaveirano@yahoo.com.br></I></B> escreveu:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">De: Marcia Veirano <marciaveirano@yahoo.com.br><BR>Assunto: Re: World Englishes: corpora list<BR>Para: "J BUTTERFIELD" <jeremybutterfield@btinternet.com><BR>Data: Quarta-feira, 19 de Novembro de 2008, 7:12<BR><BR>
<DIV id=yiv836188210>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top>
<DIV>Jeremy,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thank you very much indeed! :)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Marcia </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR>--- Em <B>qua, 19/11/08, J BUTTERFIELD <I><jeremybutterfield@btinternet.com></I></B> escreveu:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">De: J BUTTERFIELD <jeremybutterfield@btinternet.com><BR>Assunto: World Englishes: corpora list<BR>Para: marciaveirano@yahoo.com.br<BR>Data: Quarta-feira, 19 de Novembro de 2008, 6:29<BR><BR>
<DIV id=yiv225630187>
<STYLE type=text/css><!--#yiv836188210 #yiv225630187 DIV {margin:0px;}--></STYLE>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0060bf; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">
<DIV>Hello, Marcia</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The Oxford English Corpus contains substantial amounts of American, Irish, Australian and Canadian English, and if you approached Oxford University Press they might give you access. The relevant percentages for each are on p.4 of my book, Damp Squid, which you can view on Look Inside on Amazon.com. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Go here for some more information:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.askoxford.com/oec/?view=uk" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://www.askoxford.com/oec/?view=uk</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Jeremy</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR>
<HR SIZE=1>
Veja quais são os assuntos do momento no Yahoo! + Buscados: <A href="http://br.rd.yahoo.com/mail/taglines/mail/*http://br.maisbuscados.yahoo.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Top 10</A> - <A href="http://br.rd.yahoo.com/mail/taglines/mail/*http://br.maisbuscados.yahoo.com/celebridades/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Celebridades</A> - <A href="http://br.rd.yahoo.com/mail/taglines/mail/*http://br.maisbuscados.yahoo.com/m%C3%BAsica/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Música</A> - <A href="http://br.rd.yahoo.com/mail/taglines/mail/*http://br.maisbuscados.yahoo.com/esportes/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Esportes</A></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table><br>
<hr size=1>Veja quais são os assuntos do momento no Yahoo! + Buscados: <a href="http://br.rd.yahoo.com/mail/taglines/mail/*http://br.maisbuscados.yahoo.com/">Top 10</a> - <a href="http://br.rd.yahoo.com/mail/taglines/mail/*http://br.maisbuscados.yahoo.com/celebridades/">Celebridades</a> - <a href="http://br.rd.yahoo.com/mail/taglines/mail/*http://br.maisbuscados.yahoo.com/m%C3%BAsica/">Música</a> - <a href="http://br.rd.yahoo.com/mail/taglines/mail/*http://br.maisbuscados.yahoo.com/esportes/">Esportes</a>