From noel at RUCA.UA.AC.BE Wed Jun 5 22:33:54 1996 From: noel at RUCA.UA.AC.BE (Dirk Noel) Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 22:33:54 METDST Subject: contents Functions of Language 3,1 (1996) Message-ID: Subscribers to this list might be interested to know that the first issue of the third volume of the journal Functions of Language is now available. Contents: William McGregor: Arguments for the category of verb phrase John Myhill: _Can_ and future meaning Rick Floyd: Experience, certainty and control, and the direct evidential in Wanka Quechua questions Clare Painter: Learning about learning: Construing semiosis in the pre-school years Reviews Ruth A. Berman and Dan Isaac Slobin (eds.) Relating Events in Narrative: A Crosslinguistic Developmental Study (Elena Lieven); Wallace Chafe. Discourse, Consciousness, and Time: The Flow and Displacement of Conscious Experience in Speaking and Writing (Judy Delin); Jane A. Edwards and Martin D. Lampert (eds.) Talking Data: Transcription and Coding in Discourse Research (Paul ten Have); Rita Nolan. Cognitive Practices: Human Language and Human Knowledge (Hubert Cuyckens); Cecile L. Paris. User Modelling in Text Generation (John A. Bateman) More information on the journal can be obtained through the Functions of Language home page: http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~dnoel/folhome.html Alternatively, you can contact dirk.noel at rug.ac.be (on editorial matters) or [Anke] delooper at benjamins.nl (for subscription info). From tpayne at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU Tue Jun 11 15:22:54 1996 From: tpayne at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU (Thomas E Payne) Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 08:22:54 -0700 Subject: "Successful" Grammars Message-ID: Dear Linguists I have been asked to do an annotated bibliography of "successful" reference grammars. Can you help me my letting me know of any grammars you have looked at lately that you consider to be "successful"? By succsesful I mean ones that actually accomplish what a reference grammar is supposed to accomplish, namely make complex information about a language accessible to educated readers who don't necessarily know anything about that language. In particular, I am interested in very recent grammars of minority or indigenous languages. If you have time to mention what you like and dislike about each grammar, that would be helpful as well. I will post the results on FUNKNET, and of course will cite all who contribute. Thanks for your help. Tom Payne Oregon From Orgetorix at INFOAVE.NET Wed Jun 12 02:57:33 1996 From: Orgetorix at INFOAVE.NET (Matt Wagers) Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 22:57:33 -0400 Subject: DIERESIS Message-ID: Do you consider it important to use this punctuation? So seldom do you see it with coo (=F6)rdination or zoo (=F6)logy anymore. ---------------------------------------------- Matt Wagers Orgetorix at InfoAve.Net http://www.tripod.com/~Orgetorix/ ---------------------------------------------- From tomlin at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU Tue Jun 18 22:52:30 1996 From: tomlin at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU (Russell S. Tomlin) Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 15:52:30 -0700 Subject: visiting position in linguistics, University of Oregon Message-ID: Appended below please find an announcement for a late replacement search for a visiting assistant professor of linguistics at the University of Oregon. Please direct inquiries to Prof. D. Payne (dlpayne at oregon.uoregon.edu) rather than to the list. --Russ Tomlin Professor & Head Department of Linguistics University of Oregon _________________________________________________________________ Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics, University of Oregon The Department of Linguistics at the University of Oregon seeks applications for a full-time Visiting Assistant Professor beginning September 15, 1996. This fixed term, non-tenure-related appointment runs for the academic year 1996-97. Salary is in the mid to upper thirties with full benefits. The Linguistics Department of Oregon enjoys a long tradition of work within the functionalist tradition, concentrating in descriptive work and field work and in empirical work on language use, discourse, and language acquisition. We invite applications from qualified individuals in any research specialization who can fit well within the Department's general functional-typological orientation. Since the opening fills a teaching gap for faculty on leave, the candidate must show evidence of considerable teaching skill, especially at the undergraduate level. Qualifications * PhD or ABD in linguistics Duties * Teach full time in undergraduate and graduate linguistics * Engage in research in linguistics * Participate in Department life as an active member Please submit a letter of application, vita, and three letters of reference to: Search Committee University of Oregon Department of Linguistics 233 Straub Hall Eugene, OR 97403 The search committee will begin review of completed files on July 18 and continue until an appointment is made. AA/EO/ADA institution committed to cultural diversity. From noel at RUCA.UA.AC.BE Wed Jun 5 22:33:54 1996 From: noel at RUCA.UA.AC.BE (Dirk Noel) Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 22:33:54 METDST Subject: contents Functions of Language 3,1 (1996) Message-ID: Subscribers to this list might be interested to know that the first issue of the third volume of the journal Functions of Language is now available. Contents: William McGregor: Arguments for the category of verb phrase John Myhill: _Can_ and future meaning Rick Floyd: Experience, certainty and control, and the direct evidential in Wanka Quechua questions Clare Painter: Learning about learning: Construing semiosis in the pre-school years Reviews Ruth A. Berman and Dan Isaac Slobin (eds.) Relating Events in Narrative: A Crosslinguistic Developmental Study (Elena Lieven); Wallace Chafe. Discourse, Consciousness, and Time: The Flow and Displacement of Conscious Experience in Speaking and Writing (Judy Delin); Jane A. Edwards and Martin D. Lampert (eds.) Talking Data: Transcription and Coding in Discourse Research (Paul ten Have); Rita Nolan. Cognitive Practices: Human Language and Human Knowledge (Hubert Cuyckens); Cecile L. Paris. User Modelling in Text Generation (John A. Bateman) More information on the journal can be obtained through the Functions of Language home page: http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~dnoel/folhome.html Alternatively, you can contact dirk.noel at rug.ac.be (on editorial matters) or [Anke] delooper at benjamins.nl (for subscription info). From tpayne at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU Tue Jun 11 15:22:54 1996 From: tpayne at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU (Thomas E Payne) Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 08:22:54 -0700 Subject: "Successful" Grammars Message-ID: Dear Linguists I have been asked to do an annotated bibliography of "successful" reference grammars. Can you help me my letting me know of any grammars you have looked at lately that you consider to be "successful"? By succsesful I mean ones that actually accomplish what a reference grammar is supposed to accomplish, namely make complex information about a language accessible to educated readers who don't necessarily know anything about that language. In particular, I am interested in very recent grammars of minority or indigenous languages. If you have time to mention what you like and dislike about each grammar, that would be helpful as well. I will post the results on FUNKNET, and of course will cite all who contribute. Thanks for your help. Tom Payne Oregon From Orgetorix at INFOAVE.NET Wed Jun 12 02:57:33 1996 From: Orgetorix at INFOAVE.NET (Matt Wagers) Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 22:57:33 -0400 Subject: DIERESIS Message-ID: Do you consider it important to use this punctuation? So seldom do you see it with coo (=F6)rdination or zoo (=F6)logy anymore. ---------------------------------------------- Matt Wagers Orgetorix at InfoAve.Net http://www.tripod.com/~Orgetorix/ ---------------------------------------------- From tomlin at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU Tue Jun 18 22:52:30 1996 From: tomlin at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU (Russell S. Tomlin) Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 15:52:30 -0700 Subject: visiting position in linguistics, University of Oregon Message-ID: Appended below please find an announcement for a late replacement search for a visiting assistant professor of linguistics at the University of Oregon. Please direct inquiries to Prof. D. Payne (dlpayne at oregon.uoregon.edu) rather than to the list. --Russ Tomlin Professor & Head Department of Linguistics University of Oregon _________________________________________________________________ Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics, University of Oregon The Department of Linguistics at the University of Oregon seeks applications for a full-time Visiting Assistant Professor beginning September 15, 1996. This fixed term, non-tenure-related appointment runs for the academic year 1996-97. Salary is in the mid to upper thirties with full benefits. The Linguistics Department of Oregon enjoys a long tradition of work within the functionalist tradition, concentrating in descriptive work and field work and in empirical work on language use, discourse, and language acquisition. We invite applications from qualified individuals in any research specialization who can fit well within the Department's general functional-typological orientation. Since the opening fills a teaching gap for faculty on leave, the candidate must show evidence of considerable teaching skill, especially at the undergraduate level. Qualifications * PhD or ABD in linguistics Duties * Teach full time in undergraduate and graduate linguistics * Engage in research in linguistics * Participate in Department life as an active member Please submit a letter of application, vita, and three letters of reference to: Search Committee University of Oregon Department of Linguistics 233 Straub Hall Eugene, OR 97403 The search committee will begin review of completed files on July 18 and continue until an appointment is made. AA/EO/ADA institution committed to cultural diversity.