From claire.bowern at yale.edu Wed Feb 9 17:21:11 2011 From: claire.bowern at yale.edu (Claire Bowern) Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 12:21:11 -0500 Subject: Accent maintenance question Message-ID: Hi all, I'm trying to track down a paper for a student of mine who's working on language contact. It's about research into fluent second language speakers (particularly French speakers learning English) who deliberately keep some L1 features in their English. The example I remember is using [z] instead of [ð] (e.g. pronouncing 'the' as 'za'). The underlying reason seems to be so that 1) they won't be taken as native English speakers and considered rude or stupid if they make an error with an idiom or register, and 2) so that they can signal some of their French identity in their English. That is, the speakers in question are quite capable of producing interdental fricatives, but they choose not to. This is highly relevant for the linguistic outcomes of language contact and language shift, which is why I'm posting here. The source of this observation is escaping me so far. Can anyone point me in the direction of work on this topic, or other similar phenomena in other languages? All the best, Claire -- ----- Claire Bowern Associate Professor Department of Linguistics Yale University 370 Temple St New Haven, CT 06511 North American Dialects survey: http://pantheon.yale.edu/~clb3/NorthAmericanDialects/ _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From pompei at uniroma3.it Tue Feb 15 22:36:42 2011 From: pompei at uniroma3.it (Anna Pompei) Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:36:42 +0100 Subject: Linguistics and Classical Conference Message-ID: Please find attached the program of the International Conference on Linguistics and Classical Languages, that will be held in Rome, February 17th-19th 2011. Best regards, Anna Pompei -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Brochure.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 361862 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From kemmer at rice.edu Wed Feb 16 07:06:01 2011 From: kemmer at rice.edu (Suzanne Kemmer) Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 01:06:01 -0600 Subject: One-year lecturer position Rice Univ: Laboratory phonetics & phonology Message-ID: The Department of Linguistics at Rice University is now accepting applications for a lecturer position in laboratory phonetics and phonology. The successful applicant will be asked to teach courses in both of these areas, an introductory linguistics course, and may teach additional courses in his or her subject area. This is a one-year appointment, and the course load is four courses for that year. Deadline for receipt of applications is March 25, 2011. Ph.D. is required by time of appointment; position start date is July 1, 2011. We especially welcome applications from researchers who share the department's interest in approaching language from a usage-based perspective with solid empirical grounding in primary data, especially approaches of a cognitive, social-interactional, and/or functional nature. See also our departmental web site at http://ling.rice.edu. Application materials include: cover letter, CV, teaching statement, sample of written work, and names and contact information for three references. Past teaching evaluations and/or information about course topics the applicant could teach are also welcome but not required at this time. Rice University is committed to affirmative action and equal opportunity in education and employment. Rice does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or veteran status. Rice University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Address for Applications: Search Committee Department of Linguistics, MS-23 Rice University 6100 Main Street Houston, TX 77005 USA _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From horst.simon at kcl.ac.uk Thu Feb 17 00:03:45 2011 From: horst.simon at kcl.ac.uk (Simon, Horst) Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:03:45 +0000 Subject: jobs in historical linguistics of german - free university berlin Message-ID: [APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING] dear colleagues, please take note of the following job opportunities and inform potential candidates. i am happy to provide further information on the jobs: horst ########### An der Freien Universitaet Berlin sind zwei MitarbeiterInnenstellen im Bereich der deutschen Sprachgeschichte (Arbeitsgruppe Prof. Horst Simon) ausgeschrieben. Fachbereich Philosophie und Geisteswissenschaften Institut für Deutsche und Niederländische Philologie 2 Stellen Wiss. Mitarbeiterin / Wiss. Mitarbeiter zur Promotion mit 1/2-Teilzeitbeschäftigung befristet für 4 Jahre E 13 TV-L FU Aufgabengebiet: - Durchführung von Lehrveranstaltungen im Bereich Germanistische Linguistik (synchron und diachron) - Mitarbeit an Forschungsprojekten im Bereich der Historischen Linguistik Einstellungsvoraussetzungen: Abgeschlossenes Hochschulstudium im Fach Linguistik (Master oder gleichwertiger Abschluss) Erwünscht: - Forschungsschwerpunkt im Bereich der Historischen Linguistik des Deutschen - Vertrautheit mit modernen Ansätzen der Linguistik und Kenntnis aktueller Grammatiktheorien Es wird Gelegenheit zur Promotion gegeben. Bewerbungen sind mit aussagekräftigen Unterlagen bis zum 07.03.2011 unter Angabe der Kennziffer WM 1/11 zu richten an die Freie Universität Berlin Fachbereich Philosophie und Geisteswissenschaften Institut für Deutsche und Niederländische Philologie Frau Jule Winner Habelschwerdter Allee 45 14195 Berlin (Dahlem) Die offizielle Stellenanzeige findet sich auf folgender Seite (nach 'Linguistik' suchen!): -------------------- Dr Horst Simon until 31/3/2011: Department of German & Centre for Language, Discourse and Communication King¹s College London Strand London, WC2R 2LS United Kingdom phone: +44 (0) 20 7848 2113 fax: +44 (0) 20 7848 2089 email: horst.simon at kcl.ac.uk http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/depts/german/staff/horstsimon.html _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From scat at cfl.rr.com Sat Feb 19 19:05:47 2011 From: scat at cfl.rr.com (Scott Catledge) Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:05:47 -0500 Subject: non-resident graduate programs Message-ID: Does anyone know of any online/distance learning graduate programs in historical Romance linguistics? Scott Catledge -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From claire.bowern at yale.edu Wed Feb 9 17:21:11 2011 From: claire.bowern at yale.edu (Claire Bowern) Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 12:21:11 -0500 Subject: Accent maintenance question Message-ID: Hi all, I'm trying to track down a paper for a student of mine who's working on language contact. It's about research into fluent second language speakers (particularly French speakers learning English) who deliberately keep some L1 features in their English. The example I remember is using [z] instead of [?] (e.g. pronouncing 'the' as 'za'). The underlying reason seems to be so that 1) they won't be taken as native English speakers and considered rude or stupid if they make an error with an idiom or register, and 2) so that they can signal some of their French identity in their English. That is, the speakers in question are quite capable of producing interdental fricatives, but they choose not to. This is highly relevant for the linguistic outcomes of language contact and language shift, which is why I'm posting here. The source of this observation is escaping me so far. Can anyone point me in the direction of work on this topic, or other similar phenomena in other languages? All the best, Claire -- ----- Claire Bowern Associate Professor Department of Linguistics Yale University 370 Temple St New Haven, CT 06511 North American Dialects survey: http://pantheon.yale.edu/~clb3/NorthAmericanDialects/ _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From pompei at uniroma3.it Tue Feb 15 22:36:42 2011 From: pompei at uniroma3.it (Anna Pompei) Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:36:42 +0100 Subject: Linguistics and Classical Conference Message-ID: Please find attached the program of the International Conference on Linguistics and Classical Languages, that will be held in Rome, February 17th-19th 2011. Best regards, Anna Pompei -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Brochure.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 361862 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From kemmer at rice.edu Wed Feb 16 07:06:01 2011 From: kemmer at rice.edu (Suzanne Kemmer) Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 01:06:01 -0600 Subject: One-year lecturer position Rice Univ: Laboratory phonetics & phonology Message-ID: The Department of Linguistics at Rice University is now accepting applications for a lecturer position in laboratory phonetics and phonology. The successful applicant will be asked to teach courses in both of these areas, an introductory linguistics course, and may teach additional courses in his or her subject area. This is a one-year appointment, and the course load is four courses for that year. Deadline for receipt of applications is March 25, 2011. Ph.D. is required by time of appointment; position start date is July 1, 2011. We especially welcome applications from researchers who share the department's interest in approaching language from a usage-based perspective with solid empirical grounding in primary data, especially approaches of a cognitive, social-interactional, and/or functional nature. See also our departmental web site at http://ling.rice.edu. Application materials include: cover letter, CV, teaching statement, sample of written work, and names and contact information for three references. Past teaching evaluations and/or information about course topics the applicant could teach are also welcome but not required at this time. Rice University is committed to affirmative action and equal opportunity in education and employment. Rice does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or veteran status. Rice University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Address for Applications: Search Committee Department of Linguistics, MS-23 Rice University 6100 Main Street Houston, TX 77005 USA _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From horst.simon at kcl.ac.uk Thu Feb 17 00:03:45 2011 From: horst.simon at kcl.ac.uk (Simon, Horst) Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:03:45 +0000 Subject: jobs in historical linguistics of german - free university berlin Message-ID: [APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING] dear colleagues, please take note of the following job opportunities and inform potential candidates. i am happy to provide further information on the jobs: horst ########### An der Freien Universitaet Berlin sind zwei MitarbeiterInnenstellen im Bereich der deutschen Sprachgeschichte (Arbeitsgruppe Prof. Horst Simon) ausgeschrieben. Fachbereich Philosophie und Geisteswissenschaften Institut f?r Deutsche und Niederl?ndische Philologie 2 Stellen Wiss. Mitarbeiterin / Wiss. Mitarbeiter zur Promotion mit 1/2-Teilzeitbesch?ftigung befristet f?r 4 Jahre E 13 TV-L FU Aufgabengebiet: - Durchf?hrung von Lehrveranstaltungen im Bereich Germanistische Linguistik (synchron und diachron) - Mitarbeit an Forschungsprojekten im Bereich der Historischen Linguistik Einstellungsvoraussetzungen: Abgeschlossenes Hochschulstudium im Fach Linguistik (Master oder gleichwertiger Abschluss) Erw?nscht: - Forschungsschwerpunkt im Bereich der Historischen Linguistik des Deutschen - Vertrautheit mit modernen Ans?tzen der Linguistik und Kenntnis aktueller Grammatiktheorien Es wird Gelegenheit zur Promotion gegeben. Bewerbungen sind mit aussagekr?ftigen Unterlagen bis zum 07.03.2011 unter Angabe der Kennziffer WM 1/11 zu richten an die Freie Universit?t Berlin Fachbereich Philosophie und Geisteswissenschaften Institut f?r Deutsche und Niederl?ndische Philologie Frau Jule Winner Habelschwerdter Allee 45 14195 Berlin (Dahlem) Die offizielle Stellenanzeige findet sich auf folgender Seite (nach 'Linguistik' suchen!): -------------------- Dr Horst Simon until 31/3/2011: Department of German & Centre for Language, Discourse and Communication King?s College London Strand London, WC2R 2LS United Kingdom phone: +44 (0) 20 7848 2113 fax: +44 (0) 20 7848 2089 email: horst.simon at kcl.ac.uk http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/depts/german/staff/horstsimon.html _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From scat at cfl.rr.com Sat Feb 19 19:05:47 2011 From: scat at cfl.rr.com (Scott Catledge) Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:05:47 -0500 Subject: non-resident graduate programs Message-ID: Does anyone know of any online/distance learning graduate programs in historical Romance linguistics? 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