8.1659, Qs: Vocabulary, Gender Ling, Eng/1st Lang Ac

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-8-1659. Wed Nov 19 1997. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 8.1659, Qs: Vocabulary, Gender Ling, Eng/1st Lang Ac

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Date:  Tue, 18 Nov 1997 19:41:30 +0100
From:  klein-braley <he201kb at unidui.uni-duisburg.de>
Subject:  Extent of Vocabulary: Shakespeare vs Dickens

2)
Date:  Tue, 18 Nov 1997 14:49:02 -0700 (MST)
From:  "Michelle A. Hudgins" <michelle.hudgins at asu.edu>
Subject:  Gender Linguistics PhD

3)
Date:  Tue, 18 Nov 1997 11:29:26 -0800 (PST)
From:  William Byrne <byrne at ling.ucsd.edu>
Subject:  History of English/1st LAng Ac.

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Tue, 18 Nov 1997 19:41:30 +0100
From:  klein-braley <he201kb at unidui.uni-duisburg.de>
Subject:  Extent of Vocabulary: Shakespeare vs Dickens

In "The English Language" (Penguin, London, 1988, 1990) David Crystal
estimates Shakespeare's vocabulary at over 30,000 words and states that
this is the largest vocabulary of any writer in English.

Somewhere in the murky depths of the past I remember reading that
Dickens had the largest vocabulary of any writer in English.

Does anyone know more about this? It doesn't really matter, but I
would like to know.

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Dr. Christine Klein-Braley		Tel: +49 203 379 2395
klein-braley at unidui.uni-duisburg.de	Fax: +49 203 379 1442
University of Duisburg			mailto:klein-braley at uni-duisburg.de
D 47048 Duisburg
Germany


-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Tue, 18 Nov 1997 14:49:02 -0700 (MST)
From:  "Michelle A. Hudgins" <michelle.hudgins at asu.edu>
Subject:  Gender Linguistics PhD

I would greatly appreciate hearing from representatives of universities
that offer doctoral programs in gender and language.  I am working
specifically with stereotypes of gender in the popular media.  Are there
any programs that would allow me to continue to study this topic on the
doctoral level?  I will post a summary on the listerv.

Thank you.


Michelle A. Hudgins
Department of English, Linguistics
Arizona State University
michelle.hudgins at asu.edu


-------------------------------- Message 3 -------------------------------

Date:  Tue, 18 Nov 1997 11:29:26 -0800 (PST)
From:  William Byrne <byrne at ling.ucsd.edu>
Subject:  History of English/1st LAng Ac.


Hello:

I'd like to know which textbooks (if they exist) are appropriate to
use for MA students in English taking courses on the history of English
and first language acquisition.

Thanks for your suggestions.

-Bill Byrne
 Santa Clara U.
 UC San Diego (byrne at ling.ucsd.edu)

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