18.1907, Qs: Socioling Instead of FL Study; Intonation and Musical Melody

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Subject: 18.1907, Qs: Socioling Instead of FL Study; Intonation and Musical Melody

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1)
Date: 23-Jun-2007
From: Karen Williams < kwilliams at mercyhurst.edu >
Subject: Sociolinguistics Instead of FL Study 

2)
Date: 22-Jun-2007
From: Aniruddh Patel < apatel at nsi.edu >
Subject: Intonation and Musical Melody in Song

 

	
-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:01:33
From: Karen Williams < kwilliams at mercyhurst.edu >
Subject: Sociolinguistics Instead of FL Study 
 


Is anyone aware of any information available online or in print regarding
the use of sociolinguistics or ''language awareness'' courses as
alternatives for college foreign language study? I am hoping to make a case
for my in-progress sociolinguistics textbook based on its potential for
filling the gap in programs that are dropping their foreign language
requirements. Thanks in advance for any input. 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics


	
-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:01:37
From: Aniruddh Patel < apatel at nsi.edu >
Subject: Intonation and Musical Melody in Song 

	

Dear Linguist List,

We are doing a study looking at the relationship between the speech
intonation contours of song lyrics (when spoken as text) and the musical
melody to which those lyrics were set in song.

If anyone is aware of prior work (especially empirical work) on this topic,
we would be grateful for references.  We are aware that there has been a
fair amount of work on this question in tone languages, but we are
particularly interested in research on intonation languages, especially
English and French.

Thanks,

Ani Patel 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     General Linguistics
                     Phonology
 




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