10.1336, Qs: Anti Cog/Ling Material,Bilingual Single-Parents

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-10-1336. Sat Sep 11 1999. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 10.1336, Qs: Anti Cog/Ling Material,Bilingual Single-Parents

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Date:  Fri, 10 Sep 1999 23:49:26 +0100
From:  "PR&NCX Woods" <prncx at woodspr.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject:  Anti Cog Ling Materials

2)
Date:  Fri, 10 Sep 1999 11:56:54 +0200
From:  Sonia Wagner <Sonia.Wagner at erziehung.uni-giessen.de>
Subject:  Bilingual single-parents

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Date:  Fri, 10 Sep 1999 23:49:26 +0100
From:  "PR&NCX Woods" <prncx at woodspr.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject:  Anti Cog Ling Materials

Hello Linguists, a quick request for info.
Does anyone have any references for well-argued books or papers which are
hostile to cognitive linguistics, particularly the idea of "schemas".
Thanks very much. BTW I am looking for academic musings, rather than
polemical stuff!
Paul Woods.
Uni of Sheffield, UK.


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Date:  Fri, 10 Sep 1999 11:56:54 +0200
From:  Sonia Wagner <Sonia.Wagner at erziehung.uni-giessen.de>
Subject:  Bilingual single-parents

- ---------------- Hi ! I'm currently writing my examspaper on my
"motherese" to my almost 2 year old daughter Sarah. We live in
Giessen, Germany and I'm a single mother, who was raised by "all
German" parents. We moved around the world due to my father's
occupationon; consequently I turned quite multi-lingual myself. The
English language, especially (I fine-tune me own variation to who I'm
speaking to) is a part of me I don't want to give up, while raising my
child alone, in a ML German environment.
I have 2 questions:
#1
Are there any reports/data/information/statistics on bilingual
single-parents out there, that give me information on the choices
these people make (and I know they exist, I can't be the only one)
or made, when it comes to deciding on how to speak to their
children?
#2 Is there any current research going on concerning
language input theories - fine-tuning, etc. And where do I obtain this
kind of information? (results ?)  Thank you so much for any
help.

Sonia Wagner Giessen, Germany

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