7.244, Qs: Locating papers, Women & expletives, Regional Eng

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-7-244. Wed Feb 14 1996. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  119
 
Subject: 7.244, Qs: Locating papers, Women & expletives, Regional Eng
 
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Date:  Wed, 14 Feb 1996 14:43:47 GMT
From:  delacy at voyager.co.nz ("Paul de Lacy")
Subject:  Locating papers:Kager & Zec
 
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Date:  Wed, 14 Feb 1996 12:59:25 MST
From:  IDDLG at asuvm.inre.asu.edu (LETTICIA GALINDO)
Subject:  Women & Expletives
 
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Date:  Wed, 14 Feb 1996 15:07:12 CST
From:  burt at VAXA.CIS.UWOSH.EDU (Susan Meredith Burt)
Subject:  Q: warsh, Warshington
 
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Date:  Wed, 14 Feb 1996 14:43:47 GMT
From:  delacy at voyager.co.nz ("Paul de Lacy")
Subject:  Locating papers:Kager & Zec
 
Can someone please tell me where I can get copies of (i) Rene Kager's paper
'Stress in Windows' (ms. University of Utrecht)  and (ii) Draga Zec's 'Coda
Constraints and Conditions on syllable Weight' (ms. Cornell)?
 
Many thanks,
Paul de Lacy
University of Auckland, New Zealand.
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Date:  Wed, 14 Feb 1996 12:59:25 MST
From:  IDDLG at asuvm.inre.asu.edu (LETTICIA GALINDO)
Subject:  Women & Expletives
 
 
Recently in the STATE PRESS, a campus newspaper at Arizona State
University, a female reporter (urban, East Coast, Italian-American)
wrote of her experience s of being chastised for using expletives in a
bar setting and also for using an expletive in print.  As a
sociolinguist who has done some research among Chicanas and their use
of expletives (both in English and Spanish), I wrote a letter to the
editor making some observations about the double-standardness that
applies to expletive use and how many of my own students (both male/
female) still consider women who use these forms of expression as
being uneducated, low-class, and vulgar.  Since this incident, I have
been called to provide information on this topic with such questions
being raised as:
 
1. Are there empirical studies that have polled both males/females on
their attitudes towards expletive use in contemporary, American
society?
 
2. To what extent is there empirical scholarship that has examined
this topic on expletive use among females in the U.S.? other cultures?
in intra- group settings? in inter-group settings? as part of verbal
art/performance (e.g., joketellings, gossiping, bragging)?
 
I readily admit I don't have answers to these questions and therefore
would like to solicit input/citations as they pertain to this topic
and related issues.  Gracias....LETTICIA GALINDO/ARIZONA STATE
UNIVERSITY.
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Date:  Wed, 14 Feb 1996 15:07:12 CST
From:  burt at VAXA.CIS.UWOSH.EDU (Susan Meredith Burt)
Subject:  Q: warsh, Warshington
 
Dear Linguists,
 
My students have asked me the origin of regional pronunciations of
'wash' as 'warsh.'  Does anyone know when, where, how these regional
(?)  variants developed?  Is there any literature on this?  Please
respond to me directly, and I will post a summary to the list if there
is sufficient interest.
 
Many thanks,
 
Susan
 
Susan Meredith Burt
During the academic year:
Department of English
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
800 Algoma Blvd.
Oshkosh WI 54901 USA
internet: Burt at vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu
 
During January, June, July and August:
602 Normal Avenue
Normal, IL 61761
Internet: smburt at heartland.bradley.edu
 
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