9.447, Qs: Prosodic Transcription,Greek,Stress,Quebec Eng

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-9-447. Tue Mar 24 1998. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 9.447, Qs: Prosodic Transcription,Greek,Stress,Quebec Eng

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Date:  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 11:46:51 +0000
From:  Kristine Hasund <Kristine.Hasund at hia.no>
Subject:  Windows software for prosodic transcription

2)
Date:  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 11:01:00 EST
From:  Nestmag <Nestmag at aol.com>
Subject:  Greek

3)
Date:  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 16:44:11 -0500
From:  Jane Doe <Jane_Doe at Brown.edu>
Subject:  phonemic lexical stress

4)
Date:  Tue, 24 Mar 1998 10:05:16 +0100
From:  Stephen.Roti at lingue.unige.it
Subject:  Quebec English

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Date:  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 11:46:51 +0000
From:  Kristine Hasund <Kristine.Hasund at hia.no>
Subject:  Windows software for prosodic transcription

Dear fellow linguists,

Does anyone know of Windows software for prosodic transcription of audio
recorded material, i.e. software that has a spectogram function which can
assist in determining pitch movement in speech?

I would be very grateful if anyone can help me with this. I will of course
post a summary of the responses.

Kind regards,
Kristine Hasund

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Kristine Hasund
English dept.
University of Bergen
Tel: +47 38 14 20 37
Fax: +47 38 14 10 51
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Date:  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 11:01:00 EST
From:  Nestmag <Nestmag at aol.com>
Subject:  Greek


I am translating a German book (1805) that uses Greek names for trees and
other plants.  Three items I cannot trace are:

tinos
zizyphos
chirandos

These are Mediterranean trees or shrubs.  Can anyone help with identifying
these species?
Carl Skoggard


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Date:  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 16:44:11 -0500
From:  Jane Doe <Jane_Doe at Brown.edu>
Subject:  phonemic lexical stress

Hi,

I would like to know if there is any language(s) that makes use of
phonemic lexical stress extensively. In English there are very few pairs
of words that contrast only in lexical stress but does not involve any
segmental change (such as FORbear vs. forBEAR, from A. Cutler, 1986). I
wonder if any language exploits phonemic lexical stress as extensively
as phonemic tone is used in lexical tone languages. If there exists such
a language, is there any research on the role of lexical stress in
auditory word recognition in this language?

Thank you.

Chao-Yang Lee

E-mail: Chao-Yang_Lee at brown.edu


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Date:  Tue, 24 Mar 1998 10:05:16 +0100
From:  Stephen.Roti at lingue.unige.it
Subject:  Quebec English

Hi everyone,

I've got some research going on over
Quebec English, mainly from a lexical
point of view, with particular emphasis
on so-called gallicisms.
I would greatly appreciate whatever type
of information you might have both on the
topic in general and more specifically
on the above.

You may use my e-mail:

Stephen.Roti at lingue.unige.it
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Thank you.

All the best,

Stephen A. Roti

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