18.825, Qs: Language Planning in Iran; Lexical Availability/Dominance

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Subject: 18.825, Qs: Language Planning in Iran; Lexical Availability/Dominance

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1)
Date: 17-Mar-2007
From: Samira Farwaneh < farwaneh at email.arizona.edu >
Subject: Language Planning in Iran 

2)
Date: 14-Mar-2007
From: Kim Potowski < kimpotow at uic.edu >
Subject: Lexical Availability/Dominance 

	
-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:32:14
From: Samira Farwaneh < farwaneh at email.arizona.edu >
Subject: Language Planning in Iran 
 


Dear Linguists,

I have been teaching for some time now a course on the languages and
societies of the middle East. A number of new publications have appeared on
the linguistic situation in Israel, Turkey and the Arab World, but for some
reason, I have not been able to locate current publications on the
linguistic situation in Iran, especially in the post-revolution period. I
would appreciate any information on publications or web sites pertaining to
this issue.

With many thanks and promise for a summary,
Samira Farwaneh
University of Arizona 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics


	
-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:32:20
From: Kim Potowski < kimpotow at uic.edu >
Subject: Lexical Availability/Dominance 

	

Is there any evidence to suggest that the first word people offer in a
picture naming exercise is, in fact, the word they tend to use more often?

In this specific case, the people are adult Spanish heritage speakers,
dominant in English but very proficient in Spanish.  They are being asked
to identify common everyday items in Spanish - eyeglasses, drinking straw,
sidewalk, swimming pool, etc.

Thanks for any citations. 

Linguistic Field(s): Lexicography
 




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