From gvk at CIACCESS.COM Sat Aug 1 02:57:49 1998 From: gvk at CIACCESS.COM (Gerald Vankoeverden) Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 22:57:49 -0400 Subject: Literal or metaphorical, fact or fiction? Message-ID: Alicia's questionnaire on metaphorical interpretations got me going on another wild tangent. Let's look at her first sentence "He is a car." Let's say we interpret this as a response to a question about a title from a Walt Disney movie, i.e. "Who is Herbie?". Then the metaphor is "a car". We are asked by the speaker to imagine a car as representing 'him.' But it can also be interpreted as though talking about a child playing at being a car or a someone who is so obsessed with cars that he does, thinks and talks about practically nothing else. In these two instances, the metaphor is "is a car", or 'being a car'. The speaker wants us to imagine "being a car" as representing the child or car-nut. In the case of the 'Herbie' interpretation, the metaphor is our abstract idea of a car. It is limited to the object of the sentence by itself. But in the latter two cases, the metaphor has been extended to include both the verb and object, both action and content. How does the speaker of the phrase "He is a car" influence us to decide whether to choose the limited metaphor or the longer one? What is interesting to me is the difference in intonation of saying "He is a car." In the 'Herbie' instance, the emphasis is on the subject and object: i.e. "'He' is 'a car'".; whereas in latter two instances, the emphasis is on the verb "is", i.e. "He 'is' a car.". In the first, its as though the subject and verb are put into the same unit, isolating the object. In the second, the subject is isolated out, with the verb joining with the object. (Of course, we could go one step further, and find an interpretation that will make the whole sentence -subject, verb and object- combine into one metaphor. This is what the highest poetry aspires to. But any attempt at it with such a prosaic line as "He is a car," would sound rather ridiculous.) Has anybody ever heard of classsifying metaphors by the extent to which they include the subject, verb and object? gerald From erhard.voeltz at UNI-KOELN.DE Tue Aug 4 08:33:23 1998 From: erhard.voeltz at UNI-KOELN.DE (Erhard Voeltz) Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 10:33:23 +0200 Subject: No subject Message-ID: F. K. Erhard Voeltz Institut für Afrikanistik Universität zu Köln Albertus-Magnus-Platz 50923 Köln Germany/Allemagne INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON IDEOPHONES (second notice) The Institut für Afrikanistik of the Universität zu Köln is convening an INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM on IDEOPHONES on January 25-27, 1999, here in Cologne. While the central theme of the symposium is ideophones in African languages, we are hoping to extend our investigation well beyond the geographical confines of that continent and are encouraging any contribution on any language or languages. Individuals interested in presenting a paper are encouraged to send an abstract to the above adress by the September 20th, 1998. Tel (49)221.470.4741 Fax (49)221.470.5158 From r.woolley at ZAZ.SERVICOM.ES Fri Aug 7 16:14:25 1998 From: r.woolley at ZAZ.SERVICOM.ES (Reuben Woolley) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 18:14:25 +0200 Subject: Compound Nominal Groups Message-ID: Dear Funknetters, Apologies if you receive this on another list. I'm studying the syntactic and semantic construction and relationships of compound nominal groups and ideational grammatical metaphor (nominalisation). I'm looking for relevant studies and descriptions within Systemic Functional Grammar. My study is based on medical English but I would be interested in analyses of CNGs in any genre and for any purpose (teaching, machine translation, etc.). I'll post a summary of the references I receive. I've already read: Halliday and Martin, 1992. "Writing Science: Literary and Discursive Power". London and Washington, D.C.: The Falmer Press. Halliday, MAK. 1994. "An Introduction to Functional Grammar". London: Arnold. Dubois, BL. 1981. "The Construction of Noun Phrases in Biomedical Journal Articles": in Hoedt, J. et al. "Pragmatics and LSP. Copenhagen. Chomsky, N. 1970. "Remarks on Nominalisation". in Jacobs, R. and Rosenbaum, P. (eds.) "Readings in Transformational Grammar". Waltham, Mass.: Ginn and Company. Ravelli, LJ. 1988. "Grammatical Metaphor: an Initial Analysis": in Steiner, EH and Veltman, R (eds.) "Pragmatics, Discourse and Text: Some Systematically-Inspired Approaches". New York and London: Pinter. Salager-Meyer, F. "The lexis of Fundamental Medical English: Classificatory Framework and Rhetorical Function". "Reading in Foreign Language, Vol.1/1. Salager-Meyer, F. 1985. "Syntax and Semantics of Compound Nominal Phrases in Medical English Literature: A Comparative Study with Spanish". "English for Specific Purposes Newsletter". Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela. Reuben Woolley c/ Almagro, 5 50004 Zaragoza, Spain e-mail: r.woolley at zaz.servicom.es From r.woolley at ZAZ.SERVICOM.ES Sat Aug 8 15:39:00 1998 From: r.woolley at ZAZ.SERVICOM.ES (Reuben Woolley) Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 17:39:00 +0200 Subject: Compound nominal groups Message-ID: Dear Funknetters, I'm reposting this because I made a daft mistake with the e-mail subject yesterday, I apologise if you have already received it on another list. I'm studying the syntactic and semantic construction and relationships of compound nominal groups and ideational grammatical metaphor (nominalisation). I'm looking for relevant studies and descriptions within Systemic Functional Grammar. My study is based on medical English but I would be interested in analyses of CNGs in any genre and for any purpose (teaching, machine translation, etc.). I'll post a summary of the references I receive. I've already read: Halliday and Martin, 1992. "Writing Science: Literary and Discursive Power". London and Washington, D.C.: The Falmer Press. Halliday, MAK. 1994. "An Introduction to Functional Grammar". London: Arnold. Dubois, BL. 1981. "The Construction of Noun Phrases in Biomedical Journal Articles": in Hoedt, J. et al. "Pragmatics and LSP. Copenhagen. Ravelli, LJ. 1988. "Grammatical Metaphor: an Initial Analysis": in Steiner, EH and Veltman, R (eds.) "Pragmatics, Discourse and Text: Some Systematically-Inspired Approaches". New YOrk and London: Pinter. Salager-Meyer, F. "The lexis of Fundamental Medical English: Classificatory Framework and Rhetorical Function". "Reading in Foreign Language, Vol.1/1. Salager-Meyer, F. 1985. "Syntax and Semantics of Compound Nominal Phrases in Medical English Literature: A Comparative Study with Spanish". "English for Specific Purposes Newsletter". Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela. Reuben Woolley c/ Almagro, 5 50004 Zaragoza, Spain e-mail: r.woolley at zaz.servicom.es From erhard.voeltz at UNI-KOELN.DE Thu Aug 13 10:14:26 1998 From: erhard.voeltz at UNI-KOELN.DE (Erhard Voeltz) Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 12:14:26 +0200 Subject: Symposium on Ideophones Message-ID: INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON IDEOPHONES (second notice) The Institut für Afrikanistik of the Universität zu Köln is convening an INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM on IDEOPHONES on January 25-27, 1999, here in Cologne. While the central theme of the symposium is ideophones in African languages, we are hoping to extend our investigation well beyond the geographical confines of that continent and are encouraging any contribution on any language or languages. Individuals interested in presenting a paper are encouraged to send an abstract to the adress below by September 20, 1998. F. K. Erhard Voeltz Institut für Afrikanistik Universität zu Köln Albertus-Magnus-Platz 50923 Köln Germany/Allemagne Tel (49)221.470.4741 Fax (49)221.470.5158 From pwd at RICE.EDU Sat Aug 22 21:19:20 1998 From: pwd at RICE.EDU (Philip W Davis) Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 16:19:20 -0500 Subject: Job description, Rice University Message-ID: Assistant Professor of Linguistics Rice University The Department of Linguistics, Rice University, is seeking to fill a tenure- track position in linguistics at the level of assistant professor beginning fall, 1999. The Ph.D. is required. We are seeking a person who has multiple capabilities. First, we desire someone whose primary focus is the social contextualization of language. The candidate should have an interest in teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on language & society and sociolinguistics. We also expect the successful candidate to share the orientation of the Department of Linguistics, which takes an integrative approach to language that is sensitive to functional and cognitive concerns. Fieldwork on a non-Indo-European language and an interest in language description and diachrony are pluses. Possible areas of expertise include sociolinguistics, pidgin and creole linguistics, and (con)textual analysis. We anticipate that the new faculty will interact with other programs such as Cognitive Sciences, Anthropology, Sociology, and the Center for the Study of Languages. Rice University is a private, selective institution with undergraduate and graduate strengths in science, engineering, the social sciences and the humanities. Rice places strong emphasis on research and excellence in classroom teaching. The normal course load is six hours per semester. Interviews will be held in January, 1999 at the LSA meeting in Los Angeles. For full consideration, applications including cover letter, CV, three names of references, and a representative writing sample must be received by November 15, 1998. Reply to: Faculty Search, Department of Linguistics MS23, Rice University, P.O.Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892. E-mail: ling at ruf.rice.edu. AA/EOE +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Philip W. Davis, Acting Chair e-mail: pwd at rice.edu Department of Linguistics MS23 tel: (713)527-6010 Rice University fax: (713)527-4718 6100 Main St. web: www.ruf.rice.edu/~pwd/index.html Houston, TX 77005 USA +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= From annes at HTDC.ORG Fri Aug 28 23:46:51 1998 From: annes at HTDC.ORG (Anne Sing) Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 13:46:51 -1000 Subject: Unique NLP Technology? Message-ID: As part of our due dilligence in researching our NLP work, I am looking to see if anyone has seen technology similar to that being offered (for Free) by our company at http://www.ergo-ling.com. The free dowload is called "ChatterBox" and it is intended for use with the 3-D animations that are available at that site. It is quite fun actually so if you enjoy "talking computers" you might want to take a look. The product allows you to chat with the animations in the following manner. You (or the designer) enter in information statements and then later you query the character for that information such as: my appointments are at 5 pm and 6 am your name is roswell you live in new york the man who has the gun lives in the park the tall dark stranger was killed by the man with gun the tall dark stranger was jogging through the park your fax number is 8085393924 John's web address is john.com when are my appointments? what is your name? what was the stranger doing? what is your fax number? what is john's web address? and so on. I would like to be know as accurately as possible if there are any other such products anywhere else either as a commercial product or research project. If so I would like to the url's or email addresses of those who make them. I will post a summary to the list. Phil Bralich ______________________________ Philip A. Bralich, Ph.D. President and CEO Ergo Linguistic Technologies 2800 Woodlawn Drive, Suite 175 Honolulu, HI 96822 Tel: (808)539-3920 Fax: (808)539-3924 bralich at hawaii.edu http://www.ergo-ling.com Philip A. Bralich, Ph.D. President and CEO Ergo Linguistic Technologies 2800 Woodlawn Drive, Suite 175 Honolulu, HI 96822 Tel: (808)539-3920 Fax: (808)539-3924 bralich at hawaii.edu http://www.ergo-ling.com Philip A. Bralich, President Ergo Linguistic Technologies 2800 Woodlawn Drive, Suite 175 Honolulu, HI 96822 tel:(808)539-3920 fax:(880)539-3924 From annes at HTDC.ORG Sat Aug 29 00:40:00 1998 From: annes at HTDC.ORG (Anne Sing) Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 14:40:00 -1000 Subject: Unique NLP: Address Correction Message-ID: The correct web address for this request is http://www.haptek.com Sorry for the confusion. >As part of our due dilligence in researching our NLP work, >I am looking to see if anyone has seen technology similar to >that being offered (for Free) by our company at >http://www.ergo-ling.com. The free dowload is called >"ChatterBox" and it is intended for use with the 3-D >animations that are available at that site. > >It is quite fun actually so if you enjoy "talking computers" >you might want to take a look. The product allows you to chat >with the animations in the following manner. > >You (or the designer) enter in information statements >and then later you query the character for that information >such as: > > my appointments are at 5 pm and 6 am > your name is roswell > you live in new york > the man who has the gun lives in the park > the tall dark stranger was killed by the man with > gun > the tall dark stranger was jogging through the park > your fax number is 8085393924 > John's web address is john.com > > when are my appointments? > what is your name? > what was the stranger doing? > what is your fax number? > what is john's web address? > >and so on. > > >I would like to be know as accurately as possible if there are >any other such products anywhere else either as a commercial >product or research project. If so I would like to the url's >or email addresses of those who make them. > >I will post a summary to the list. > >Phil Bralich > Philip A. Bralich, President Ergo Linguistic Technologies 2800 Woodlawn Drive, Suite 175 Honolulu, HI 96822 tel:(808)539-3920 fax:(880)539-3924 From gvk at CIACCESS.COM Sat Aug 1 02:57:49 1998 From: gvk at CIACCESS.COM (Gerald Vankoeverden) Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 22:57:49 -0400 Subject: Literal or metaphorical, fact or fiction? Message-ID: Alicia's questionnaire on metaphorical interpretations got me going on another wild tangent. Let's look at her first sentence "He is a car." Let's say we interpret this as a response to a question about a title from a Walt Disney movie, i.e. "Who is Herbie?". Then the metaphor is "a car". We are asked by the speaker to imagine a car as representing 'him.' But it can also be interpreted as though talking about a child playing at being a car or a someone who is so obsessed with cars that he does, thinks and talks about practically nothing else. In these two instances, the metaphor is "is a car", or 'being a car'. The speaker wants us to imagine "being a car" as representing the child or car-nut. In the case of the 'Herbie' interpretation, the metaphor is our abstract idea of a car. It is limited to the object of the sentence by itself. But in the latter two cases, the metaphor has been extended to include both the verb and object, both action and content. How does the speaker of the phrase "He is a car" influence us to decide whether to choose the limited metaphor or the longer one? What is interesting to me is the difference in intonation of saying "He is a car." In the 'Herbie' instance, the emphasis is on the subject and object: i.e. "'He' is 'a car'".; whereas in latter two instances, the emphasis is on the verb "is", i.e. "He 'is' a car.". In the first, its as though the subject and verb are put into the same unit, isolating the object. In the second, the subject is isolated out, with the verb joining with the object. (Of course, we could go one step further, and find an interpretation that will make the whole sentence -subject, verb and object- combine into one metaphor. This is what the highest poetry aspires to. But any attempt at it with such a prosaic line as "He is a car," would sound rather ridiculous.) Has anybody ever heard of classsifying metaphors by the extent to which they include the subject, verb and object? gerald From erhard.voeltz at UNI-KOELN.DE Tue Aug 4 08:33:23 1998 From: erhard.voeltz at UNI-KOELN.DE (Erhard Voeltz) Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 10:33:23 +0200 Subject: No subject Message-ID: F. K. Erhard Voeltz Institut f?r Afrikanistik Universit?t zu K?ln Albertus-Magnus-Platz 50923 K?ln Germany/Allemagne INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON IDEOPHONES (second notice) The Institut f?r Afrikanistik of the Universit?t zu K?ln is convening an INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM on IDEOPHONES on January 25-27, 1999, here in Cologne. While the central theme of the symposium is ideophones in African languages, we are hoping to extend our investigation well beyond the geographical confines of that continent and are encouraging any contribution on any language or languages. Individuals interested in presenting a paper are encouraged to send an abstract to the above adress by the September 20th, 1998. Tel (49)221.470.4741 Fax (49)221.470.5158 From r.woolley at ZAZ.SERVICOM.ES Fri Aug 7 16:14:25 1998 From: r.woolley at ZAZ.SERVICOM.ES (Reuben Woolley) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 18:14:25 +0200 Subject: Compound Nominal Groups Message-ID: Dear Funknetters, Apologies if you receive this on another list. I'm studying the syntactic and semantic construction and relationships of compound nominal groups and ideational grammatical metaphor (nominalisation). I'm looking for relevant studies and descriptions within Systemic Functional Grammar. My study is based on medical English but I would be interested in analyses of CNGs in any genre and for any purpose (teaching, machine translation, etc.). I'll post a summary of the references I receive. I've already read: Halliday and Martin, 1992. "Writing Science: Literary and Discursive Power". London and Washington, D.C.: The Falmer Press. Halliday, MAK. 1994. "An Introduction to Functional Grammar". London: Arnold. Dubois, BL. 1981. "The Construction of Noun Phrases in Biomedical Journal Articles": in Hoedt, J. et al. "Pragmatics and LSP. Copenhagen. Chomsky, N. 1970. "Remarks on Nominalisation". in Jacobs, R. and Rosenbaum, P. (eds.) "Readings in Transformational Grammar". Waltham, Mass.: Ginn and Company. Ravelli, LJ. 1988. "Grammatical Metaphor: an Initial Analysis": in Steiner, EH and Veltman, R (eds.) "Pragmatics, Discourse and Text: Some Systematically-Inspired Approaches". New York and London: Pinter. Salager-Meyer, F. "The lexis of Fundamental Medical English: Classificatory Framework and Rhetorical Function". "Reading in Foreign Language, Vol.1/1. Salager-Meyer, F. 1985. "Syntax and Semantics of Compound Nominal Phrases in Medical English Literature: A Comparative Study with Spanish". "English for Specific Purposes Newsletter". Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela. Reuben Woolley c/ Almagro, 5 50004 Zaragoza, Spain e-mail: r.woolley at zaz.servicom.es From r.woolley at ZAZ.SERVICOM.ES Sat Aug 8 15:39:00 1998 From: r.woolley at ZAZ.SERVICOM.ES (Reuben Woolley) Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 17:39:00 +0200 Subject: Compound nominal groups Message-ID: Dear Funknetters, I'm reposting this because I made a daft mistake with the e-mail subject yesterday, I apologise if you have already received it on another list. I'm studying the syntactic and semantic construction and relationships of compound nominal groups and ideational grammatical metaphor (nominalisation). I'm looking for relevant studies and descriptions within Systemic Functional Grammar. My study is based on medical English but I would be interested in analyses of CNGs in any genre and for any purpose (teaching, machine translation, etc.). I'll post a summary of the references I receive. I've already read: Halliday and Martin, 1992. "Writing Science: Literary and Discursive Power". London and Washington, D.C.: The Falmer Press. Halliday, MAK. 1994. "An Introduction to Functional Grammar". London: Arnold. Dubois, BL. 1981. "The Construction of Noun Phrases in Biomedical Journal Articles": in Hoedt, J. et al. "Pragmatics and LSP. Copenhagen. Ravelli, LJ. 1988. "Grammatical Metaphor: an Initial Analysis": in Steiner, EH and Veltman, R (eds.) "Pragmatics, Discourse and Text: Some Systematically-Inspired Approaches". New YOrk and London: Pinter. Salager-Meyer, F. "The lexis of Fundamental Medical English: Classificatory Framework and Rhetorical Function". "Reading in Foreign Language, Vol.1/1. Salager-Meyer, F. 1985. "Syntax and Semantics of Compound Nominal Phrases in Medical English Literature: A Comparative Study with Spanish". "English for Specific Purposes Newsletter". Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela. Reuben Woolley c/ Almagro, 5 50004 Zaragoza, Spain e-mail: r.woolley at zaz.servicom.es From erhard.voeltz at UNI-KOELN.DE Thu Aug 13 10:14:26 1998 From: erhard.voeltz at UNI-KOELN.DE (Erhard Voeltz) Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 12:14:26 +0200 Subject: Symposium on Ideophones Message-ID: INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON IDEOPHONES (second notice) The Institut f?r Afrikanistik of the Universit?t zu K?ln is convening an INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM on IDEOPHONES on January 25-27, 1999, here in Cologne. While the central theme of the symposium is ideophones in African languages, we are hoping to extend our investigation well beyond the geographical confines of that continent and are encouraging any contribution on any language or languages. Individuals interested in presenting a paper are encouraged to send an abstract to the adress below by September 20, 1998. F. K. Erhard Voeltz Institut f?r Afrikanistik Universit?t zu K?ln Albertus-Magnus-Platz 50923 K?ln Germany/Allemagne Tel (49)221.470.4741 Fax (49)221.470.5158 From pwd at RICE.EDU Sat Aug 22 21:19:20 1998 From: pwd at RICE.EDU (Philip W Davis) Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 16:19:20 -0500 Subject: Job description, Rice University Message-ID: Assistant Professor of Linguistics Rice University The Department of Linguistics, Rice University, is seeking to fill a tenure- track position in linguistics at the level of assistant professor beginning fall, 1999. The Ph.D. is required. We are seeking a person who has multiple capabilities. First, we desire someone whose primary focus is the social contextualization of language. The candidate should have an interest in teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on language & society and sociolinguistics. We also expect the successful candidate to share the orientation of the Department of Linguistics, which takes an integrative approach to language that is sensitive to functional and cognitive concerns. Fieldwork on a non-Indo-European language and an interest in language description and diachrony are pluses. Possible areas of expertise include sociolinguistics, pidgin and creole linguistics, and (con)textual analysis. We anticipate that the new faculty will interact with other programs such as Cognitive Sciences, Anthropology, Sociology, and the Center for the Study of Languages. Rice University is a private, selective institution with undergraduate and graduate strengths in science, engineering, the social sciences and the humanities. Rice places strong emphasis on research and excellence in classroom teaching. The normal course load is six hours per semester. Interviews will be held in January, 1999 at the LSA meeting in Los Angeles. For full consideration, applications including cover letter, CV, three names of references, and a representative writing sample must be received by November 15, 1998. Reply to: Faculty Search, Department of Linguistics MS23, Rice University, P.O.Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892. E-mail: ling at ruf.rice.edu. AA/EOE +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Philip W. Davis, Acting Chair e-mail: pwd at rice.edu Department of Linguistics MS23 tel: (713)527-6010 Rice University fax: (713)527-4718 6100 Main St. web: www.ruf.rice.edu/~pwd/index.html Houston, TX 77005 USA +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= From annes at HTDC.ORG Fri Aug 28 23:46:51 1998 From: annes at HTDC.ORG (Anne Sing) Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 13:46:51 -1000 Subject: Unique NLP Technology? Message-ID: As part of our due dilligence in researching our NLP work, I am looking to see if anyone has seen technology similar to that being offered (for Free) by our company at http://www.ergo-ling.com. The free dowload is called "ChatterBox" and it is intended for use with the 3-D animations that are available at that site. It is quite fun actually so if you enjoy "talking computers" you might want to take a look. The product allows you to chat with the animations in the following manner. You (or the designer) enter in information statements and then later you query the character for that information such as: my appointments are at 5 pm and 6 am your name is roswell you live in new york the man who has the gun lives in the park the tall dark stranger was killed by the man with gun the tall dark stranger was jogging through the park your fax number is 8085393924 John's web address is john.com when are my appointments? what is your name? what was the stranger doing? what is your fax number? what is john's web address? and so on. I would like to be know as accurately as possible if there are any other such products anywhere else either as a commercial product or research project. If so I would like to the url's or email addresses of those who make them. I will post a summary to the list. Phil Bralich ______________________________ Philip A. Bralich, Ph.D. President and CEO Ergo Linguistic Technologies 2800 Woodlawn Drive, Suite 175 Honolulu, HI 96822 Tel: (808)539-3920 Fax: (808)539-3924 bralich at hawaii.edu http://www.ergo-ling.com Philip A. Bralich, Ph.D. President and CEO Ergo Linguistic Technologies 2800 Woodlawn Drive, Suite 175 Honolulu, HI 96822 Tel: (808)539-3920 Fax: (808)539-3924 bralich at hawaii.edu http://www.ergo-ling.com Philip A. Bralich, President Ergo Linguistic Technologies 2800 Woodlawn Drive, Suite 175 Honolulu, HI 96822 tel:(808)539-3920 fax:(880)539-3924 From annes at HTDC.ORG Sat Aug 29 00:40:00 1998 From: annes at HTDC.ORG (Anne Sing) Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 14:40:00 -1000 Subject: Unique NLP: Address Correction Message-ID: The correct web address for this request is http://www.haptek.com Sorry for the confusion. >As part of our due dilligence in researching our NLP work, >I am looking to see if anyone has seen technology similar to >that being offered (for Free) by our company at >http://www.ergo-ling.com. The free dowload is called >"ChatterBox" and it is intended for use with the 3-D >animations that are available at that site. > >It is quite fun actually so if you enjoy "talking computers" >you might want to take a look. The product allows you to chat >with the animations in the following manner. > >You (or the designer) enter in information statements >and then later you query the character for that information >such as: > > my appointments are at 5 pm and 6 am > your name is roswell > you live in new york > the man who has the gun lives in the park > the tall dark stranger was killed by the man with > gun > the tall dark stranger was jogging through the park > your fax number is 8085393924 > John's web address is john.com > > when are my appointments? > what is your name? > what was the stranger doing? > what is your fax number? > what is john's web address? > >and so on. > > >I would like to be know as accurately as possible if there are >any other such products anywhere else either as a commercial >product or research project. If so I would like to the url's >or email addresses of those who make them. > >I will post a summary to the list. > >Phil Bralich > Philip A. Bralich, President Ergo Linguistic Technologies 2800 Woodlawn Drive, Suite 175 Honolulu, HI 96822 tel:(808)539-3920 fax:(880)539-3924