6.1345, Qs: Icelandic,Dictionary,Cantonese Upgrades/Crossgrades

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-6-1345. Tue Oct 3 1995. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  109
 
Subject: 6.1345, Qs: Icelandic,Dictionary,Cantonese Upgrades/Crossgrades
 
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Date:  Sun, 01 Oct 1995 07:27:58 PDT
From:  comrie at mizar.usc.edu (Bernard Comrie)
Subject:  Icelandic
 
2)
Date:  Sun, 01 Oct 1995 10:43:06 EDT
From:  JPKIRCHNER at aol.com
Subject:  Indian English Dictionary
 
3)
Date:  Sun, 01 Oct 1995 22:53:34 CDT
From:  ncx at osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu (Chen Xiang)
Subject:  Cantonese Upgrades/Crossgrades
 
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Date:  Sun, 01 Oct 1995 07:27:58 PDT
From:  comrie at mizar.usc.edu (Bernard Comrie)
Subject:  Icelandic
 
 
Would anyone with native-speaker competence in Icelandic be willing to
answer a few questions about Icelandic syntax for me? If so, please contact
me directly (comrie at bcf.usc.edu).
 
Bernard Comrie
 
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Bernard Comrie
Dept of Linguistics GFS-301                 tel  +1 213 740 2986
University of Southern California           fax  +1 213 740 9306
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1693, USA       e-mail  comrie at bcf.usc.edu
 
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Date:  Sun, 01 Oct 1995 10:43:06 EDT
From:  JPKIRCHNER at aol.com
Subject:  Indian English Dictionary
 
Does anyone know of a dictionary available in the United States that would
help an American comprehend the language of Indian English press articles?
 Indianisms in such articles are sometimes italicized and sometimes not.
 Those in Roman type are easy to find in standard American or British
dictionaries.  It's the ones in italics I'm having a problem with.  Though I
only get the gist of some articles, I'd like to understand them in their
entirety.  Is there a reference book that will help?
 
James Kirchner
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Date:  Sun, 01 Oct 1995 22:53:34 CDT
From:  ncx at osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu (Chen Xiang)
Subject:  Cantonese Upgrades/Crossgrades
 
Hi Linguists, I am interested in helping some folks who have achieved a
certain (reasonable) fluency in Mandarin make the conversion to Cantonese.
Does anyone out there have any idea of suitable materials or studies that
may come in handy?  I'm thinking of:  (these students are NSs of English)
1) explanations of phonological difficulties/differences;
2) vocab differences - esp classifier use;
3) grammatical problems;
4) anything else.
 
I would like to know about stuff on constrastive analysis, texts, and
even tapes or videos that might be useful.  Just for your info, I am
trained as a language teacher (EFL/ESL) but do speak both Mandarin and
Cantonese; notwithstanding this, I'd prefer to use something developed by
a wiser and more experienced person than do all this myself!
If anyone can help, please email me with suggestions, help, etc.
Thanks very much!
 
Paul Woods
 
English Department
205 Morrill Hall
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater OK 74078
USA
 
Tel:         1 405 744 9474
Fax:         1 405 744 6326
Email:     ncx at osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu
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