11.797, FYI: Summer: Lang in Context, Website/General Ling

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Subject: 11.797, FYI: Summer: Lang in Context, Website/General Ling

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1)
Date:  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 15:23:13 -0400
From:  Keith Johnson <kjohnson at ling.ohio-state.edu>
Subject:  Summer School/ Spoken Lang in Context - Ohio State Univ, USA

2)
Date:  Thu, 06 Apr 2000 14:50:52 -0400
From:  Bruce Nevin <bnevin at cisco.com>
Subject:  New Website: General Linguistics and more/ Zellig Harris

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

Date:  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 15:23:13 -0400
From:  Keith Johnson <kjohnson at ling.ohio-state.edu>
Subject:  Summer School/ Spoken Lang in Context - Ohio State Univ, USA

Second Notice
Updated information available on the website.
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Summer 2000 at Ohio State University

Spoken Language in Context: Methods and Models

During July of 2000, the Department of Linguistics at the
Ohio State University will be offering a unique combination
of short courses aimed at exploring spoken language, with a
particular focus on the empirical study of naturally-occurring
speech through various instrumental, quantitative, and analytic
means.  Scholars, researchers (industry or academic), and
students are invited to join us for an intense and rewarding
summer session.

Course offerings:
     Laboratory Phonology - Mary Beckman
     Quantitative Methods - Michael Broe
     Field Phonetics - Keith Johnson
     Historical Phonology - Brian Joseph & Richard Janda
     Practicum in English Intonation - Julia McGory
     The Pragmatics of Focus - Craige Roberts

For more information see the website:
http://ling.ohio-state.edu/SU2000


-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Thu, 06 Apr 2000 14:50:52 -0400
From:  Bruce Nevin <bnevin at cisco.com>
Subject:  New Website: General Linguistics and more/ Zellig Harris

Linguists may be interested in a new website,
http://informatics.cpmc.columbia.edu/zellig/

This web site is dedicated to the work of Zellig Harris in language,
grammar, and information, and explores current related research in
linguistics, computer science, mathematics, and philosophy of science.

Contents include:

Discussion forum
      Archive of all postings to Discussion List
      Send a new posting to the Discussion List
      Participant contact information
New Book
      Apropos of Zellig Harris
Reviews
      A grammar of English on mathematical principles
      Language and information
      The transformation of capitalist society
Resources
      Bibliography
      A Minimalist Program for Linguistics (review article)
Obituaries
      by Henry Hiz
      by Peter Matthews
      by Bruce Nevin

Other material is being added as it becomes available. For example,
the following reviews are not yet included:

      A theory of language and information
      The form of information in science

This site is maintained by Stephen Johnson
Department of Medical Informatics, Columbia University
<stephen.johnson at columbia.edu>



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