6.639, Qs: Small talk, Dialectology, Conjunction, Mediation

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-6-639. Thu 04 May 1995. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines: 141
 
Subject: 6.639, Qs: Small talk, Dialectology, Conjunction, Mediation
 
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Date:         Wed, 03 May 95 19:57:58 EDT
From: Julie Nicole (NICOJU at VM1.ulaval.ca)
Subject:      small talk
 
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Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 19:45:41 +0200 (MET DST)
From: "Xulio C. Sousa Fernandez" (fgxsousa at usc.es)
Subject: Dialectology
 
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Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 12:39:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: Christopher Culy (culy at Csli.Stanford.EDU)
Subject: Conjunction questions
 
4)
Date: Wed, 3 May 1995 14:40:28 -0500 (CDT)
From: William Davies (wdavies at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu)
Subject: Language of Mediation
 
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Date:         Wed, 03 May 95 19:57:58 EDT
From: Julie Nicole (NICOJU at VM1.ulaval.ca)
Subject:      small talk
 
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Dear readers
 
My research group wants informations concerning "small talk".  Is there books
or articles concerning precisely this subject?  Our bibliographical search is
actually vain.
 
Thank you
 
Julie Nicole
Universite Laval
 
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Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 19:45:41 +0200 (MET DST)
From: "Xulio C. Sousa Fernandez" (fgxsousa at usc.es)
Subject: Dialectology
 
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 I am currently working on a dialectology project (Atlas Linguistico
Galego). I have two helps: a database (Access 2.0, Microsoft) and a
mapping program (MapInfo 3.0). Any information can you give me about
others projects or software programs would be greatly appreciated.
 
Thanks in advance
 
Xulio Sousa
Dept. Filoloxia Galega
Fac. de Filoloxia
USC, Santiago de Compostela
Galicia, Spain
E-mail: fgxsousa at uscmail.usc.es
 
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Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 12:39:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: Christopher Culy (culy at Csli.Stanford.EDU)
Subject: Conjunction questions
 
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Hi all,
 
A quick couple questions about conjunction.
 
First, are there languages which allow for conjunction to be done by
simple juxtaposition with no conjunction at all? I'm particularly
interested in conjunction of independent clauses (excluding things like:
Pat having left, we're free to say what we want)
 
Second, are there counterexamples to the following claim:
 
If two or more sentences are conjoined with conjunction(s), then a
conjunction will occur adjacent to either the first element, the last
element, or both.
 
This would predict that we might find the following types:
 
X X X C X
X X X X C
C X X X X
X C X X X
 
but not :
X X C X X
 
Please reply to me personally, and I will summarize for the List.
 
Thanks in advance.
 
Chris
culy at csli.stanford.edu
 
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Date: Wed, 3 May 1995 14:40:28 -0500 (CDT)
From: William Davies (wdavies at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu)
Subject: Language of Mediation
 
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I have a student who is interested in exploring the language of
mediation, something I know absolutely nothing about.  I would appreciate
any leads I can  get regarding articles and books that she can consult.
Thanks very much.
 
Bill Davies
University of Iowa
william-davies at uiowa.edu
 
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