9.945, Qs: Word counts, Discourse miscues

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-9-945. Wed Jun 24 1998. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 9.945, Qs: Word counts, Discourse miscues

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1)
Date:  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 14:30:16 CST
From:  "Jim Swanson" <swansonj at columbia.dsu.edu>
Subject:  parts of speech

2)
Date:  Wed, 24 Jun 1998 11:12:36 +0900
From:  "Michael Cribb" <soonah at soonah.demon.co.uk>
Subject:  L2 Oral Discourse Structure

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Date:  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 14:30:16 CST
From:  "Jim Swanson" <swansonj at columbia.dsu.edu>
Subject:  parts of speech

The other day a colleague asked me if I knew how many words are
designated  as adjectives in a major dictionary.  I had no idea, but
I thought I would enquire on the list.  I told him there was no way
of determining the number of potential adjectives because they can be
derived from many other words just for the nonce.  But he said that
he would be satisfied to know how many words are designated as
adjectives in a major dictionary.  Can anyone help me on this one?
Of course, I would be interested in an account of the numbers of
other parts of speech, too. Thanks.


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Date:  Wed, 24 Jun 1998 11:12:36 +0900
From:  "Michael Cribb" <soonah at soonah.demon.co.uk>
Subject:  L2 Oral Discourse Structure

Dear List Members,

I looking for references /ideas for analyzing extended turns of
intermediate L2 speakers elicited through oral interviews. A typical turn
is anything up to 2 minutes long and contains several false starts, repairs
and repetitions. An example is given below:

"in korea er er parents always want to know about her children they want to
know their's children behaviour like at the school at school or at company
or something like that so because of the wedding is very important because
of wedding is very important urm i think er er they decided a whole life
when he married someone when when someone marry someone so parents
concentrated their interest on her or his girlfriend or boyfriend."

I'm particularly interested in the discourse structure and miscues /errors
of these turns which lead to perceived incoherence by the listener.

Thanks in advance for your time and concern.

Michael Cribb
University of Leeds
soonah at soonah.demon.co.uk

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