15.2895, Qs: English Dialects/Borrowing;Standardized Assessment

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LINGUIST List: Vol-15-2895. Wed Oct 13 2004. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 15.2895, Qs: English Dialects/Borrowing;Standardized Assessment

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1)
Date: 12-Oct-2004
From: Eve Townend < ega02elt at sheffield.ac.uk >
Subject: American English vocabulary in British English

2)
Date: 12-Oct-2004
From: Galia Hatav < ghatav at lin.ufl.edu >
Subject: Standardized Assessment Instrument


	
-------------------------Message 1 ----------------------------------
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 21:44:24
From: Eve Townend < ega02elt at sheffield.ac.uk >
Subject: American English vocabulary in British English

I am looking for a source of information that would provide me with a list of
American vocabulary that has been borrowed into the British English lexicon. A
list that gives dates for when the words first became present in British English
would be particularly useful.

Linguistic Field(s): Lexicography


	
-------------------------Message 2 ----------------------------------
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 21:44:26
From: Galia Hatav < ghatav at lin.ufl.edu >
Subject: Standardized Assessment Instrument

	
The Program in Linguistics at University of Florida was asked to
offer some measure of how to assess our majors upon completing
linguistics as an undergraduate.

We decided to do a little research and find out whether or not there are such
measures in other programs. Specifically, are there any standardized assessment
instrument for undergraduate linguistics majors in your department/program?

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics




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