[Corpora-List] corpus linguistics

[Va1radi Tama1s]

Dear Antoinette,

Let me cast another (enthusiastic) vote for the thread to continue.
I share the view that the discussion addresses issues that should be
of central concern to corpus linguists  -- or any linguist, for that
matter.

Tamás
> 
> Antoinette,
> Let me endorse Yorick's and others' comments that openness in 
> dialogue is a FAR more important value than the potential that 
> someone's attention might be taken for the microsecond it requires to 
> look at the Subject line.  Even if i were to ignore this most 
> interesting discussion, it would constitute a microscopic portion of 
> the email I receive and don't read, either because its spam or 
> because my time and interests vary from time to time.
> 
> Please let those who complain, do so publicly.
> Thanks,
> Bob Parks
> 
> At 2:50 PM +0100 9/14/07, Yorick Wilks wrote:
> >Antoinette
> >The problem with the Freeman-Sowa debate is that it actually was 
> >about corpus linguistics because Rob F has a view of how to extract 
> >patters and significance from corpora
> >that got tangled up with VERY abstract concepts. But those who cannot 
> >stand those abstract words should remember where the debate started 
> >and what Rob's motivation was--something quite close to home--just 
> >look at his website! I think if people can't follow the hard bits 
> >they should be a bit tolerant, and/or just not read them and wait for 
> >a bit they like to come by--as opposed to trying to shut people down.
> >Best
> >Yorick
> >
> >
> >On 14 Sep 2007, at 14:09, Antoinette Renouf wrote:
> >
> >>  Dear List members,
> >>  Corpora-list was set up by ICAME (International Computer Archive of
> >>  Modern and Mediaeval English) to impart information and discuss 
> >>  matters
> >>  of relevance to the field. We have been receiving complaints that
> >>  Corpora-list has recently been dominated by 3 or 4 people talking 
> >>  about
> >>  topics having little to do with corpus linguistics. Far be it from 
> >>  me to
> >>  spoil the fun or stifle debate, but we are all anyway swamped with
> >>  information beyond our capacity to process, so please do restrict your
> >>  comments to issues of more central relevance to the particular list
> >>  community, and/or consider whether private emails might be a more
> >>  appropriate mechanism for continuing debate once you have found a
> >>  conversation partner.
> >>  All good wishes
> >>  Antoinette Renouf
> >>  Chair of ICAME
> >>
> >>  --------------------------
> >>  Antoinette Renouf
> >>  Professor of English Language and Linguistics
> >>  School of English
> >>  University of Central England in Birmingham
> >>
> >>
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> -- 
> *  The best dictionary and integrated thesaurus on the web: 
> http://www.wordsmyth.net
> *  Robert Parks - Wordsmyth - (607) 272-2190
> * "To imagine a language is to imagine a form of life."  (LW)
> * "Philosophers have only interpreted the world. The point, however, 
> is to change it." (KM)
> *  In communicating - speaking and writing - we create community. 
> Through this participation we can hone our words till their meaning 
> potential taps into the rich voice of our full human potential.
> 
> 

-- 
Tamas Varadi
Linguistics Institute
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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