11.2386, Qs: Irish English Corpora,Understanding of POS

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Subject: 11.2386, Qs: Irish English Corpora,Understanding of POS

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Date:  Fri, 03 Nov 2000 10:46:04 +0100
From:  Marc Fryd <Marc.Fryd at mshs.univ-poitiers.fr>
Subject:  Irish English Corpora

2)
Date:  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 11:47:59 -0500
From:  Mark_Mandel at dragonsys.com
Subject:  Native Speakers' Understanding of POS

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

Date:  Fri, 03 Nov 2000 10:46:04 +0100
From:  Marc Fryd <Marc.Fryd at mshs.univ-poitiers.fr>
Subject:  Irish English Corpora

Hi,
Does anyone know of any freely available corpora of Irish English?


Marc Fryd
UMS 842/EA1226 FORELL
Universite de Poitiers, Faculte des Lettres et des Langues,
95, avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers, France

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

Date:  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 11:47:59 -0500
From:  Mark_Mandel at dragonsys.com
Subject:  Native Speakers' Understanding of POS

Is there any literature on how well native speakers understand the
definitions of parts of speech, as they're commonly taught in schools, and
how well they are able to apply them? I'm interested only in open classes
such as "noun" and "verb", and in speakers who *have* been to school, let's
say at least tenth grade (approx. age 16) and therefore have presumably
been exposed to these concepts and definitions. I *don't* mean how well the
kind of person who posts to this list understands them!

Even if you have anecdotal evidence, such as from asking such questions in
a survey, I'd be interested in it. I will summarize to the list if there's
interest.

   Mark A. Mandel : Dragon Systems, a Lernout & Hauspie company
          Mark_Mandel at dragonsys.com : Senior Linguist
 320 Nevada St., Newton, MA 02460, USA : http://www.dragonsys.com
                     (speaking for myself)

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