11.2621, Qs: Spectrography/Voiceprints, Playground Language

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Subject: 11.2621, Qs: Spectrography/Voiceprints, Playground Language

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Date:  Thu, 30 Nov 2000 09:19:52
From:  "Robert Inglis" <robertinglis at hotmail.com>
Subject:  Spectrography/Voiceprint analysis

2)
Date:  Thu, 30 Nov 2000 17:36:24 +0000
From:  Dick Hudson <dick at linguistics.ucl.ac.uk>
Subject:  Playground language

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

Date:  Thu, 30 Nov 2000 09:19:52
From:  "Robert Inglis" <robertinglis at hotmail.com>
Subject:  Spectrography/Voiceprint analysis

Hi:

This is just to follow up on a posting that I made a short while ago
regarding speech analysis software, and the response was terrific.  I'm on
the right foot now; however, I have a few, technical questions left related
to this subject - in particular, to do with sound spectrography and
voiceprint analysis.  I think I need to get a private discourse going to
clear things up, so I'm asking if anyone is knowledgeable and willing to
answer some of my pressing questions?  Please email back to me at the
address below.  Thank you.

Regards,
Robert Inglis
robertinglis at hotmail.com



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Date:  Thu, 30 Nov 2000 17:36:24 +0000
From:  Dick Hudson <dick at linguistics.ucl.ac.uk>
Subject:  Playground language


Dear Colleague,
One of my students is studying the 'playground language' used by children
in her old primary school, with a view to discovering how far the
traditions have changed over time and how far they are similar to
traditions in other local schools and in other regions. She's looking at
the range of linguistic patterns covered by Opie and Opie in "The Lore and
Language of Schoolchildren", e.g.:
# truce terms (pax, croggies, ...)
# counting-out rhymes (one potato, two potato, ..)
# skipping rhymes
# claims (bags I ...)

Can anyone suggest any literature on this topic, either in UK or elsewhere
(not necessarily in English)? We've tried searching the obvious databases
using the obvious key words (e.g. playground language) but found nothing.

If there's a significant response I'll summarise back to the lists on which
I've broadcast this message.
	Dick Hudson


Richard (= Dick) Hudson

Phonetics and Linguistics, University College London,
Gower Street, London WC1E  6BT.
+44(0)20 7679 3152; fax +44(0)20 7383 4108;
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/dick/home.htm

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