[Corpora-List] corpus linguistics

[Tamás Váradi]

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

On 14/09/2007, Michael Swanton <mwswanton at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear Antoinette,
> You are now receiving a complaint from me. There has
> been an interesting and relevant discussion on this
> list. Indeed, it has been the most interesting
> discussion regarding linguistics I have read since I
> have signed up.
>
> If this discussion is considered to be irrelevant to
> the field and you wish to censure it in this forum, I
> would suggest you change the name of your listserv to
> "language corpus engineering".
>
> Sincerely,
> Michael Swanton
>
> --- Antoinette Renouf <Antoinette.Renouf at uce.ac.uk>
> 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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