9.183, Qs: Word Origins,Corpus Ling,Ebonics,Medical Lang

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-9-183. Sat Feb 7 1998. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 9.183, Qs: Word Origins,Corpus Ling,Ebonics,Medical Lang

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1)
Date:  Thu, 05 Feb 1998 16:54:34 -0700
From:  Hartmut Spetzler <Spetzler at Colorado.EDU>
Subject:  Word Origins CD

2)
Date:  Thu, 05 Feb 1998 11:16:27 +0100
From:  Stefania Spina <sspina at mbox.vol.it>
Subject:  Corpus Linguistics

3)
Date:  Sat, 07 Feb 1998 03:07:41 -0500
From:  michael s hughes <michaelaking at earthlink.net>
Subject:  Ebonics

4)
Date:  Fri, 06 Feb 1998 06:56:00 -0800
From:  "Dr. John H.V. Gilbert" <johnhvg at unixg.ubc.ca>
Subject:  Doctors Talking to Patients

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

Date:  Thu, 05 Feb 1998 16:54:34 -0700
From:  Hartmut Spetzler <Spetzler at Colorado.EDU>
Subject:  Word Origins CD

Dear linguists, I am in search of a CD for a Mac that twould easily
yield information as to the origin and evolution of words. Can anyone
help my 86 year old father, who has difficulties reading form written
text in books, but can read from a computer screen.

Thank you for any help you can provide.

Cheers, Hartmut Spetzler

NB! I would also be interested in a CD, but for a PC and I am not reading
impaired, just lazy.
Hartmut Spetzler
Geological Sciences/CIRES
Campus Box 216
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309
Voice 303-492-6715
Fax   303-492-1149
URL(home page) http://spot.Colorado.EDU/~spetzler/


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

Date:  Thu, 05 Feb 1998 11:16:27 +0100
From:  Stefania Spina <sspina at mbox.vol.it>
Subject:  Corpus Linguistics

Does anybody know when the expression "corpus linguistics" has been
used for the first time to indicate a new field in language studies,
based on the use of machine-readable corpora?

Thank you

- --------------------------------------
Dott. Stefania Spina
Universita' per Stranieri
Piazza Fortebraccio, 4
06100 Perugia, Italy
tel: 0039-75-5002765 (home)
      0039-75-5746615 (office)
sspina at mbox.vol.it
http://www.umbrars.com/lingua


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

Date:  Sat, 07 Feb 1998 03:07:41 -0500
From:  michael s hughes <michaelaking at earthlink.net>
Subject:  Ebonics

    I am a student at Howard University pursuring a degree in
Educational Psychology.  Presently I am doing research on African
American Vernacular English "Ebonics" (a term that I really like by
the way).  I am becoming more and more intriqued by it as I explore
it.  If there is any information that you feel may be helpful to my
pursuits and if you have the time please contact me.

    Thank you for your consideration of this matter.


Sincerely,

Michael S. Hughes

MichaelaKing at Earthlink.net


-------------------------------- Message 4 -------------------------------

Date:  Fri, 06 Feb 1998 06:56:00 -0800
From:  "Dr. John H.V. Gilbert" <johnhvg at unixg.ubc.ca>
Subject:  Doctors Talking to Patients


We are running a project entitled "Informed Shared Decision Making",
focussing on doctor to patient interactions.  We would much appreciate
any citations relating to doctor/patient talk.  Please respond
directly to me, rather than to the List.  Our sincere thanks for your
help.

	John Gilbert

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