7.561, FYI: Lang Conf List, Labov Lecture, Literacy & spelling reform

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-7-561. Mon Apr 15 1996. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  113
 
Subject: 7.561, FYI: Lang Conf List, Labov Lecture, Literacy & spelling reform
 
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Date:  Sun, 14 Apr 1996 20:00:45 EDT
From:  royfcoch at clark.net ("Roy F. Cochrun")
Subject:  Updates to Language Conference List
 
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Date:  Mon, 15 Apr 1996 08:29:48 CDT
From:  robertsr at ext.missouri.edu
Subject:  Labov Lecture
 
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Date:  Mon, 15 Apr 1996 12:25:40 -0000
From:  C.J.Gledhill at aston.ac.uk (Chris Gledhill)
Subject:  Literacy and spelling reform.
 
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1)
Date:  Sun, 14 Apr 1996 20:00:45 EDT
From:  royfcoch at clark.net ("Roy F. Cochrun")
Subject:  Updates to Language Conference List
 
 
The language conference list located on the WWW at URL
http://www.clark.net/pub/royfc/confer.html has been updated with over
100 new conferences since the 1 March edition.
 
The list includes conferences for anyone interested in any aspect of
natural language: linguists, translators, interpreters, teachers of
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Date:  Mon, 15 Apr 1996 08:29:48 CDT
From:  robertsr at ext.missouri.edu
Subject:  Labov Lecture
 
 
                    "Why Are American Dialects Diverging?"
 
     William Labov of the University of Pennsylvania will present a public
     lecture on the subject of dialect divergence at the 11th annual Peter
     Tamony Memorial Lecture on American Language at the University of
     Missouri-Columbia on Thursday, April 25th.  Dr. Labov's talk will be
     held at 4:15 in Ellis Library Auditorium and will be followed by a
     public reception at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection.  Dr.
     Labov, an internationally recognized scholar, has been professor of
     linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania since 1971 and director
     of its Linguistics Laboratory since 1976.
 
     The lecture series is named in honor of Peter Tamony of San Francisco
     whose voluminous collection of slang and colloquialism citations were
     donated to the Western Historical Manuscript Collection in 1985.  This
     year's lecture, in addition, recognizes the receipt of the archives of
     the Linguistic Society of America by the Western Historical Manuscript
     Collection.
 
     For further information contact Nancy Lankford at Western Historical
     Manuscript Collection, 23 Ellis Library, University of Missouri,
     Columbia, Missouri  65201; phone (573) 882-6028; e-mail
     whmc at ext.missouri.edu
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Date:  Mon, 15 Apr 1996 12:25:40 -0000
From:  C.J.Gledhill at aston.ac.uk (Chris Gledhill)
Subject:  Literacy and spelling reform.
 
 
Those interested in issues of literacy and orthography or spelling
standardization may be interested in the Journal of the Simplified Spelling
Society. The latest issue (1995/2) includes the following reviews and
articles:
 
A survey of English Spelling - Roger Mitton
Othrography vs Literacy: Findings of the IEA - Christopher Upward
Spelling reform in the low countries - Harry Cohen
The Dictionnaire Historique de l'Orthographe francaise - Susan Baddeley
German reform: two years in twighlight. - trans. Margot McCaffrey
Handwriting and its relationship to spelling reform - Patrick Groff
Finding, developing and testing materials for spelling reform - Valerie Yule
The 20th centrury Japanese writing system. Reform and change - Chris Seeley
The Ethiopic writing system: a profile - Tom Bloor
 
Further information available on www:
http://www.les.aston.ac.uk/simplspel.html
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