9.202, Qs: ASL as L2, Distinctive Feature, "papoose"

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-9-202. Tue Feb 10 1998. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 9.202, Qs: ASL as L2, Distinctive Feature, "papoose"

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1)
Date:  Tue, 10 Feb 1998 11:24:56 -0600 (CST)
From:  Megan Elizabeth Melancon <mmelan2 at tiger.lsu.edu>
Subject:  ASL as L2

2)
Date:  Tue, 10 Feb 1998 12:37:56 +0000
From:  MARC PICARD <picard at vax2.concordia.ca>
Subject:  Peripheral

3)
Date:  Tue, 10 Feb 1998 01:05:45 -0800 (PST)
From:  "Ilona M. Turner" <ilonamt at cats.ucsc.edu>
Subject:  definition of "papoose"

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Tue, 10 Feb 1998 11:24:56 -0600 (CST)
From:  Megan Elizabeth Melancon <mmelan2 at tiger.lsu.edu>
Subject:  ASL as L2

Dear Linguists,

Can anyone help me with references or publications about deaf children who
have parents who do not speak English?  The L1 of the child would be the
'other' language (i.e. Spanish), but the child would learn American Sign
Language at school, and thereby communicate by signing or spelling English
words. It seems a bit odd to refer to the primary communication method
(ASL) of a deaf person as his or her L2, but it would not be the
'mother-tongue' per se.

I'll post a summary if enough replies come in.  Please respond to my
e-mail address:  mmelan2 at tiger.lsu.edu

Many thanks,

Megan Melancon
Louisiana State University


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Date:  Tue, 10 Feb 1998 12:37:56 +0000
From:  MARC PICARD <picard at vax2.concordia.ca>
Subject:  Peripheral

I'm looking for information on the distinctive feature [peripheral]. So far
I've only seen it discussed in Lindau's (1978) LANGUAGE article "Vowel
features", and in Labov's (1994) PRINCIPLES OF LINGUISTIC CHANGE.
Does anybody know of any other references to this elusive feature?

Marc Picard


-------------------------------- Message 3 -------------------------------

Date:  Tue, 10 Feb 1998 01:05:45 -0800 (PST)
From:  "Ilona M. Turner" <ilonamt at cats.ucsc.edu>
Subject:  definition of "papoose"


Can anyone help me uncover the true definition of the English (via some
North American Indian language) word "papoose"?  I've heard two conflicting
versions: 1) a North American Indian infant or young child, and 2) a
wrapping or basket in which a mother carries a child on her back.  I've
found literary and pop-culture references supporting both definitions.
So I'd like to ask the members of this list which definition you ascribe
to in your own usage.  Also, I'm curious if anyone can tell me the origin of
this word's presence in American English, and if they can explain the
existence of the two definitions (each held as passionately and firmly as
the other by the opposing factions of my non-linguist friends whom I
polled about this matter).

Thanks for any help you can provide.

-Ilona Turner
ilonamt at cats.ucsc.edu

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