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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Van:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> slling-l-bounces@majordomo.valenciacc.edu
[mailto:slling-l-bounces@majordomo.valenciacc.edu] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Namens </span></b>Paul Cowley<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Verzonden:</span></b> donderdag 13 november
2008 13:18<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Aan:</span></b> SLLING-L<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Onderwerp:</span></b> [SLLING-L] OBO - Bencie
Woll & Verena Krausneker</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Dear collegues,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>The biggest
resource on languages on the web - ethnologue, <a href="http://">http://</a> <a
href="www.ethnologue.com/">www.ethnologue.com/</a> - unfortunately contains some
totally outdated information on national sign languages - in some cases even
serious errors. My efforts over the past years to convince ethnologue that they
must check and correct the entries on SLs have had no effect.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>So I think we
should take action. Together with Bencie Woll I have come up with the following
plan:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>We will collect a
list of errors to support our point.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>We will contact
ethnologue with that list and provide contact persons that they can use as
ressources.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>For this we need
your help:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Please be so kind
and take 5-10 Minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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none'><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext'>Find
the Sign Language that you are expert for: </span></font><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'><a href="http://">http://</a><a
href="www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=90008">www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=90008</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>2. Read the short
info provided.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>3. Send an email
to ME DIRECTLY (verena.krausneker@univie.ac.at) with the following info:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Name of sign
language in Ethnologue that you checked.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Other names and
abbreviation used for that sign language.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Major errors in
the entry (and if you wish further comments on the entry).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Name and email
address of one appropriate contact person for that SL.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>thank you very
much,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>verena krausneker<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>(Dept. of Linguistics, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Vienna</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>)</span></font><font size=2
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