6.13 Qs: Multimodal reference, Speech differences, Fonts, Sociology

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Subject: 6.13 Qs: Multimodal reference, Speech differences, Fonts, Sociology
 
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Date: Mon, 2 Jan 95 11:26:59 +0100
From: jussi at sics.se
Subject: multimodal discourse referents
 
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Date:         Tue, 03 Jan 95 11:43:12 MET
From: Monique Biemans (U249061%HNYKUN11.bitnet at HEARN.nic.SURFnet.nl)
Subject:      query: within-sex speech differences
 
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Date: Tue Jan  3 14:29:19 1995 (GMT + 0530)
From: doctor at parcom.ernet.in
Subject: FONT CONVERTOR SFP TO BDF FORMAT
 
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Date: Tue, 3 Jan 1995 10:31:15 -0600 (CST)
From: Steven Schaufele (fcosws at firefly.prairienet.org)
Subject: Q: Bibliographic search for sociology of language
 
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Date: Mon, 2 Jan 95 11:26:59 +0100
From: jussi at sics.se
Subject: multimodal discourse referents
 
Dear linguists,
 
Does anyone know of work -- studies, analyses -- in multimodal reference:
i. e. how words and picture interact and refer to each other in texts?
 
J
 
Jussi Karlgren                                          Jussi.Karlgren at sics.se
Sw Inst of Comp Sc (SICS)         Spr}kteknologi / Natural Language Processing
Box 1263, 164 28 Kista                 ph +46 8 752 15 00, fax +46 8 751 72 30
Stockholm, Sweden                    http://sics.se/~jussi/jussi-karlgren.html
 
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Date:         Tue, 03 Jan 95 11:43:12 MET
From: Monique Biemans (U249061%HNYKUN11.bitnet at HEARN.nic.SURFnet.nl)
Subject:      query: within-sex speech differences
 
 
For my Ph.d.-project on sociocultural determinants of male and
female speech I am looking for research on voice, speech, and
language differences between persons of the same sex, within
and between cultures. So far I only have a few references. Two
examples of the kind of research I am looking for are:
 
Drass, K. (1986). The effect of gender identity on conversation.
Social Psychology Quarterly, 49, 294-301.
In same-sex dyads the person with the more masculine gender identity
interrupted his/her conversation partner more than the person with the
more feminine gender identity.
 
Kahn, M. (1975). Arabic emphatics: the evidence for cultural
determinants of phonetic sex-typing. Phonetica, 31, 38-50.
The vowels of Arabic women have higher formant values than the
vowels of American women. The formant values of the vowels of Arabic
men are approximately the same as those of American men, so a
physical explanation for the difference seems not valid. The author
points to the possiblity of cultural variation.
 
A few other references I allready know of:
 
Gaudio, Rudolf P. (1994). Sounding gay: pitch properties in the
speech of gay and straight men. American Speech, 69, 30-57.
 
Bezooijen, R. van (1993). Fundamental frequency of Dutch women: an
evaluative study. Proceedings of the Third European Conference on
Speech Communication and Technology (Berlin), 2041-2044.
 
Loveday, L. (1981). Pitch, politeness and sexual role. Language and
Speech, 24, 71-89.
 
I would greatly appreciate any references on this topic. Please send
your reaction directly to me. If there is sufficient response, I will
post a summary.
 
Monique Biemans
e-mail: U249061 at VM.UCI.KUN.NL
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Date: Tue Jan  3 14:29:19 1995 (GMT + 0530)
From: doctor at parcom.ernet.in
Subject: FONT CONVERTOR SFP TO BDF FORMAT
 
Wanted :  A converter to convert HP sfp format fonts to X-windows bdf format.
          Any PC / Mac based utility to generate bdf font files from Postscript
          Type1 fonts will also do. Thanx.
Pls. Address to : pranab at parcom.ernet.in
In case there is a response to the request, I'll post a summary.
Thanks
 
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Date: Tue, 3 Jan 1995 10:31:15 -0600 (CST)
From: Steven Schaufele (fcosws at firefly.prairienet.org)
Subject: Q: Bibliographic search for sociology of language
 
 
I'm going to be teaching a course this spring on the sociology of
language, and i'm looking for some suggestions for extra background
reading materials, especially general discussions of the following
issues:
        bi-/multilingualism
        language planning, language policy
        language and gender, language and power
        the sociological ramifications of various writing systems
 
Any bibliographic suggestions gratefully received; i'll summarize for the
list.
 
Best,
Steven
 
Dr. Steven Schaufele
712 West Washington
Urbana, IL  61801
217-344-8240
fcosws at prairienet.org
 
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