6.63 Qs: Lg & Culture; Greek L1; Lingua Franca; English interrogatives

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-6-63. Tue 17 Jan 1995. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines: 147
 
Subject: 6.63 Qs: Lg & Culture; Greek L1; Lingua Franca; English interrogatives
 
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Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 23:30:59 -0500 (CDT)
From: ASHELDON at vx.cis.umn.edu
Subject: Q:  A text for a Language & Culture course?
 
2)
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 12:16:47 GMT+1000
From: Susanne.Dopke at arts.monash.edu.au
Subject: Greek L1 acquisition
 
3)
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 95 14:47:37 +0100
From: gramkow at hum.auc.dk (Karsten Gramkow)
Subject: Lingua Franca
 
4)
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 15:58:19 +0100
From: renie at cfdvax.univ-bpclermont.fr
Subject: interrogative
 
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Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 23:30:59 -0500 (CDT)
From: ASHELDON at vx.cis.umn.edu
Subject: Q:  A text for a Language & Culture course?
 
 
Does anyone have suggestions for a text or readings for
a Language & Culture course, at the upper division level,
which has no prerequisites? (If your reply can have a 5 1/2 inch
right-hand margin, I'd be much obliged.)
 
Amy Sheldon
ASHELDON at VX.CIS.UMN.EDU
 
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Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 12:16:47 GMT+1000
From: Susanne.Dopke at arts.monash.edu.au
Subject: Greek L1 acquisition
 
Does anyone know of any studies regarding the acquisition
of Modern Greek as a first language? Please send any references you can
think of - even old ones. The publications don't have to be in
English. I'll be happy to post a summary.
Thanks,
Susanne Dopke
Linguistics
Monash University
Clayton VIC 3168
Australia
 
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Date: Tue, 17 Jan 95 14:47:37 +0100
From: gramkow at hum.auc.dk (Karsten Gramkow)
Subject: Lingua Franca
 
 
Dear colleagues,
 
As part of my research setup I am supposed to work abroad for some months
within the next year or so. That is fine, and it suits me well. However,
there is one major obstacle: so far, I have met or exchanged mail with only
a handful of people (or even less, perhaps) who do research in
internationally used lingua franca English.
My main interest is, through conversation analysis or an adaptation hereof,
to investigate how two non-native speakers manage to understand each other,
i.e., how they cooperate and secure the 'ordinariness' of the interaction.
 
Does anyone share this interest, and would anyone be willing to exchange
ideas and perhaps data via the electronic media, not to mention consider
helping me with ideas of where in the world it would be possible to learn,
discuss, do research, etc, in the field ?
 
Sincerely,
 
Karsten Gramkow
 
Karsten Gramkow
Centre for Languages and Intercultural Studies
Aalborg University
Havrevangen 1
DK - 9000 Aalborg
Denmark
ph.:   +45 98 15 42 11, ext. 6229
fax:    +45 98 16 65 66
e-mail:   gramkow at hum.auc.dk
 
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Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 15:58:19 +0100
From: renie at cfdvax.univ-bpclermont.fr
Subject: interrogative
 
Hi,
 
as a native speaker of French, I need your opinion (as many of you
are speakers of English or American) about some forms of questions
in English.  I've come across the following sentence:
 
Why is it that (people are never happy) ?
 
which looks a lot like the French:
 
Pourquoi est-ce que (les gens ne sont jamais contents)?
 
Can you ask a question in the same way with:what,who,when,where or how ?
 
What is it that you said/are saying?
Who is it that you met/are meeting?
When is it that you met/are meeting her?
How is it that you did/do this?
Where is it that you were/are?
 
Sorry if this question sounds trivial to you.
It is quite important for me to have your judgement on it.
 
Thanks for your help,
 
Delphine Renie
 
email: renie at cicc.univ-bpclermont.fr
 
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