13.789, All: Announcing our NEW Publications Mini-Website

Mon Mar 25 06:05:35 UTC 2002

LINGUIST List:  Vol-13-789. Mon Mar 25 2002. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 13.789, All: Announcing our NEW Publications Mini-Website

Moderators: Anthony Aristar, Wayne State U.<aristar at linguistlist.org>
            Helen Dry, Eastern Michigan U. <hdry at linguistlist.org>
            Andrew Carnie, U. of Arizona <carnie at linguistlist.org>

Reviews (reviews at linguistlist.org):
	Simin Karimi, U. of Arizona
	Terence Langendoen, U. of Arizona

Editors (linguist at linguistlist.org):
	Karen Milligan, WSU 		Naomi Ogasawara, EMU
	James Yuells, EMU		Marie Klopfenstein, WSU
	Michael Appleby, EMU		Heather Taylor-Loring, EMU
	Ljuba Veselinova, Stockholm U.	Richard John Harvey, EMU
	Dina Kapetangianni, EMU		Renee Galvis, WSU
	Karolina Owczarzak, EMU

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          Gayathri Sriram, E. Michigan U. <gayatri at linguistlist.org>

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The 2002 LINGUIST List Fund Drive is now on!  We really do need your
support.  If you find any of our services useful please make a
donation at http://linguistlist.org/donate.html.

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1)
Date:  25 Mar 2002 05:34:09 -0000
From:  linguist at linguistlist.org
Subject:  The NEW Linguist List Publications Mini-Site

2)
Date:  25 Mar 2002 05:36:24 -0000
From:  linguist at linguistlist.org
Subject:  Behind the scenes: Our books editor Richard

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

Date:  25 Mar 2002 05:34:09 -0000
From:  linguist at linguistlist.org
Subject:  The NEW Linguist List Publications Mini-Site

* Introducing the new Publications Mini-Site on LINGUIST List:

* http://saussure.linguistlist.org/pubs

Dear Subscribers,

Welcome to 'The Changing Face of the LINGUIST List', the catchy little
buzz-phrase we coined to coincide with the launch of our new
publications mini-site, the first installment of our super-improved
dynamic web-site officially launched as of now.

So what's new? If you visit the above URL the first thing that strikes
you is the new look: functional and aesthetically pleasing drop-down
menus and a side-bar that make navigation around the whole site a
breeze. This template schema forms the back bone of the whole site, so
one minute you could be searching for a book then with one click you
are in the jobs section, click again and you have found our list of
dissertation abstracts.

"Brilliant," we hear you say, jumping for joy and sharing our
euphoria, "just one thing though, not meaning to be picky or anything,
but have you made any substantive improvements? I mean, LINGUIST List
is an academic site, right?" We are so glad you asked.

The first big thing to note is that our new web-site is dynamic.
Previously we hosted static pages, each having to be updated
individually to accommodate new data. Now, however, the site is built
around an Oracle database, and the pages are written in Cold Fusion
which acts as an interface for the data we store. This allows for a
far superior level of data management and retrieval than we have ever
had before. For instance, when a book is added to the database, that
information is immediately made available to multiple output
facilities: you can retrieve the information not only via a book
search, but also via a publisher search, person search, or even a
search by Subject Language or Linguistic Sub-Field. The last two we
feel are particularly pertinent for linguistic research, which is why
all new publications are classified for their linguistic sub-field(s),
as well as subject language(s) if relevant.

Our new infrastructure also allows for improved efficiency in the
handling of review data. For several years now, we have been making
use of our highly talented and worldwide subscriber base to review as
many new publications in linguistics and related areas as we possibly
can. Now we can link any book with its reviews, and make that data
retrievable in seconds. We have also included a Comment field linked
to books, which acts as a sort of discussion forum for a particular
book.

The above URL acts as a portal to all your publication needs, whether
its information on books, journals, dissertation abstracts, academic
papers, or the publishers who bring this material to the linguistics
community. Please do take a moment to look around the site and see the
power of this innovative technology at work, we truly believe it will
make a difference in your day-to-day linguistic life. In order to
maintain this high level of practicality, however, we need your
support. Already the generous contributions we receive from our
supporting publishers accounts for approximately a third of our total
needs. The short-fall is made up by our subscribers like yourself. The
funds we raised last year enabled us to significantly improve LINGUIST
List, and we have so much still to do. Please help us keep this worthy
service where it is and progress by leaps and bounds well into the new
millennium by making a donation. Your contribution really does make a
difference.

This year we are asking for $48,000 to support our students editors in
the coming year.  Our books editor is Richard John Harvey; please read
how you will be helping him in the second part to this issue, below.

Thanks to the generosity of everyone listed below, we have now received
$12,960.  This still leaves three-quarters of our editors unsupported.
So if you have not donated yet, please go to
http://linguistlist.org/donate.html to send us your pledge.  From
there you have the choice of donating straight away by credit card
using our secure form, or you can send us a cheque later.  If you do
send a cheque, please make it payable in US dollars; we get charged
about $50 a time to convert currency (no such problems with a credit
card).

Alternatively, you can hit "Reply" to this message and send us your
pledge right now by email, prior to sending your cheque.  Then we will
be able to list you immediately as one of our donors; and we may be
able to reach our goal (and halt these Fund Drive messages) a bit
earlier.  The address to send cheques is as follows:

The LINGUIST Editorial Support Fund
c/o Helen Aristar-Dry
Dept. of English
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI
USA 48197

As a 501(c)3 organization, LINGUIST qualifies for corporate
donation-matching programs; and, of course, your donation is tax
deductible.

Don't forget that in return for a donation of $25 or more, we would
like to send you a world-famous LINGUIST List T-shirt.  See how good
we all look wearing them, despite being tired after a hard day's work
(http://linguistlist.org/premiums.html).  Editor Steve has since
shaved off his hair since his photo was taken; you may like to place a
thumb strategically on your monitor screen to see what he looks like
now.  But despite his radical new look, you can be sure that the first
thing people notice is his stylish LINGUIST List sweat shirt.  If you
prefer to accessorize, we also have LINGUIST List tote bags on offer
at the $25 level.  Please let us know in your pledge which you would
like.  Remember to let us know your postal address and what size and
style you'd like.

We at LINGUIST really do appreciate your support.  We couldn't do this
without you.

With our sincere thanks,

The LINGUIST Crew:

Anthony, Helen, Andrew, Karen, Naomi, Heather, James, Michael,
Zhen-Wei, Richard, Karolina, Dina, Renee, Steve, Marie, Gayathri,
John, Ljuba, Terry, Simin, Tomoko.

*

LINGUIST Contributors

ANGELS ($1000 and over)

  Blackwell Publishers
  John Benjamins	
  W.V.U. Research Corporation
  Richard Sproat and Chilin Shih

MAINSTAYS ($100 to $1000)

  Dr Catherine Walter
  Elizabeth D. Liddy
  Kevin R. Gregg
  Cathy Wissink
  Ernest McCarus
  James J. Jenkins
  Julie Auger
  Language Learning Center at Michigan State University
  Larisa Zlatic
  Margaret Winters and Geoff Nathan
  Masahide Ishihara
  Paul Chapin
  Robb	Watt
  Sharon Obeidallah
  Theo Vennemann
  E. Wayles Browne, Cornell University
  Mary Bucholtz
  Michael Swan
  - Plus 4 anonymous donors

SUPPORTERS ($50 to $100)

  Robert Englebretson
  Antonella Sorace, University of Edinburgh
  Dan Slobin
  Wi-vun Taiffalo Chiung
  Linda L. Thornburg, Klaus-Uwe Panther
  Mary Grenham
  Anne Bezuidenhout
  Baden Hughes
  Barbara Olson Herrarte
  Donna Christian
  Greg Kochanski
  Ingo Thonhauser
  Julia S. Falk
  Kathleen Doty
  Kathleen Ward
  Laurel Watkins
  Laurie Bauer
  Loraine K. Obler, Ph.D.
  Maite Taboada
  Melanie Green
  Mr Baden Hughes
  Mr Laurent Proulx
  Paul Boersma
  Pius ten Hacken
  Ray Hudson
  Scott McGinnis
  Sherri Condon
  Thomas L. Cornell
  Andreas Schramm
  Carol W. Pfaff
  Francisco Dubert
  Gail Stygall
  Ingo Plag
  Judy Fuller
  Laura Callahan
  Regina Oakeshott
  Syracuse University
  Tom Wasow
  U. of Nijmegen, dept. of English
  Veronika Koller
  - Plus 6 anonymous donors

DONORS (Up to $50)

  Dr. Sherida Altehenger-Smith
  Jenifer Larson-Hall
  Job M. van Zuijlen
  Joseph Eska
  Albert Ortmann
  Anastasia Bonch-Osmolovskaja
  Ash Asudeh
  Bernd Moebius
  Carol A. Klee
  Dave Schneider
  Dr Anne Reboul
  Earl Hofer
  Feride Erku
  Fernanda Ferreira
  Jeffrey T. Runner
  Joana Rossell
  Kevin Bretonnel Cohen
  M.J. Schreuder
  Meredith Doran
  Miwa Nishimura
  Niladri Sekhar Dash
  Rene J. Valdes
  Robert Bayley
  Stenstrom, Anna-Brita
  Theresa Biberauer
  Alana I. Thorpe, PhD
  Andrew Koontz-Garboden
  Camilla Wide
  Chang S. Lee
  Clare Stroud
  Claus D. Pusch
  Cynthia Edmiston
  David Gaatone
  Donald F. Reindl
  Gerhardt Cornelia
  James Sneddon
  Joachim Grabowski
  Judith M.S. Pine, George A. Pine
  Lynn Santelmann
  Reiko Hayashi
  Sebastian Ross-Hagebaum
  Stanley Dubinsky
  Stuart Stewart
  Suzanne K. Hilgendorf
  Will Fitzgerald
  Yi Yuan
  anja wanner
  D.B. den Ouden
  Jila Ghomeshi
  Benavides, Carlos
  Tor A. Afarli
  Uri Strauss
  Dr John te Velde
  Julie Bruch
  Nancy Wiegand
  Ute Smit
  Caren Brinckmann
  Frank Domahs
  Stefan Th. Gries
  Adrienne Bruyn
  Hortensia Curell
  Jean-Marc Dewaele
  Max Wheeler
  Roser Morante
  Simone Mueller,
  James Sneddon
  Richard Page
  Ans van Kemenade
  Stella Markantonatou
  Donn Bayard
  Ora Matushansky
  - Plus 13 anonymous donors

MAJOR SUPPORTING PUBLISHERS

  Academic Press
       http://www.academicpress.com/ 		
  Arnold Publishers
       http://www.arnoldpublishers.com/ 		
  Athelstan Publications
       http://www.athel.com/ 		
  Blackwell Publishers
       http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/ 		
  Cambridge University Press
       http://www.cup.org 		
  Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd
       http://www.continuumbooks.com 		
  Distribution Fides 		
  Elsevier Science Ltd.
       http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/linguistics 		
  John Benjamins
       http://www.benjamins.com/
       http://www.benjamins.nl/ 		
  Kluwer Academic Publishers
       http://www.wkap.nl/ 		
  Lincom Europa
       http://home.t-online.de/home/LINCOM.EUROPA/ 		
  MIT Press
       http://mitpress.mit.edu/ 		
  Mouton de Gruyter
       http://www.degruyter.de/hling.html 		
  Multilingual Matters
       http://www.multilingual-matters.com/ 		
  Oxford UP
       http://www.oup-usa.org/ 		
  Pearson Education
       http://www.pearsoneduc.com/catalog.html 		
  Rodopi
       http://www.rodopi.nl/ 		
  Routledge
       http://www.routledge.com/ 		
  Springer-Verlag
       http://www.springer.de/ 		

OTHER SUPPORTING PUBLISHERS

  Anthropological Linguistics
       http://www.indiana.edu/~anthling/
  CSLI Publications
       http://csli-publications.stanford.edu/
  Cascadilla Press
       http://www.cascadilla.com/
  Finno-Ugrian Society
       http://www.helsinki.fi/jarj/sus/
  Graduate Linguistic Students' Assoc., Umass
       http://server102.hypermart.net/glsa/index.htm
  International Pragmatics Assoc.
       http://ipra-www.uia.ac.be/ipra/
  Kingston Press Ltd
       http://www.kingstonpress.com/
  Linguistic Assoc. of Finland
       http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/
  MIT Working Papers in Linguistics
       http://web.mit.edu/mitwpl/
  Pacific Linguistics
       http://pacling.anu.edu.au/
  Pacini Editore Spa
       http://www.pacinieditore.it/index_dinamico.htm
  St. Jerome Publishers
       http://www.stjerome.co.uk/
  Summer Institute of Linguistics
       http://www.sil.org/
  Utrecht Institute of Linguistics
       http://www-uilots.let.uu.nl/
  Virittaja Aikakauslehti
       http://www.helsinki.fi/jarj/kks/virittaja.html

INSTITUTIONS

  Carleton University
  Gallaudet University
  Indiana University
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  National University of Singapore
  Universita Degli Studi di Trento
  University of British Columbia
  University of Cambridge
  University of Canterbury
  University of Chicago
  University of Cyprus
  University of Maryland Dental School
  University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  University of Nijmegen
  University of Ottawa
  University of Pittsburgh
  University of Rochester
  University of Zurich
  W.V.U. Research Corporation

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

Date:  25 Mar 2002 05:36:24 -0000
From:  linguist at linguistlist.org
Subject:  Behind the scenes: Our books editor Richard

Dear Subscribers,

We thought you'd enjoy hearing from some of the students your funds are
supporting.  So this year each fund drive issue will include a brief
paragraph from one of our editors telling you, their sponsors, about
their work with LINGUIST.

And now, a few words from Richard John Harvey ...

Whoa, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien,
I'm an Englishman in Ypsilanti....

Doesn't have the same ring to it as New York, does it? I don't really
mind, I like it here and I love working for LINGUIST; the experience I
have gained already since August last year has been incredible. I
remember panicking when asked to FTP a file, or move something around
with UNIX commands. But now these are everyday things that I do
without thinking. I also never thought I'd be programming; the thought
of writing code and becoming a 'nerd' played havoc with my conception
of coolness and street-cred. But now I happily come to work and spend
hours writing Cold Fusion (the program we use to interface with our
data-base) web forms, unable to drag myself away from the screen.

The learning curve is steep, however, and is not always smooth. You
are in the middle of a major transition for LINGUIST, which has been
several years in planning, then a long time building. Of course I knew
about LINGUIST List before I came here, I was a subscriber during my
undergrad days at University of Durham, and I even made use of the
web-site for research. What surprised me when I got here was the sheer
scale of the operation and the absolutely gigantic amount of
information that we store and disseminate to you all - and it just
gets bigger. It is my personal hope that I can rise to the challenge
of implementing some of the amazing and brilliant ideas that we get
from our users, and of course come up with ourselves, so that when I
leave here I can feel rightfully proud that not only have I learnt an
amazing amount of useful things, I've also left behind something
useful for the linguistic community at large-- even if that something
is just a tiny part of LINGUIST.

Okay, stop me before I bring tears to your eyes. I am sincere in this
sentiment, but I also have to ask you something. If you have read this
far, then I thank you for allowing to share with you some of the inner
me. It feels a little selfish asking for your financial support; it's
like saying "give us some money and I can get paid...", but it is not
just me. There are twelve graduate assistants working for LINGUIST
now, and as the site continues to grow, funding will be an ongoing
challenge: How to give the opportunity afforded to me to literally
hundreds of linguistic students from around the world for years to
come? So, I shall ask you with my best British politeness: would you
be so kind as to support LINGUIST this year with a small donation? I
am, as well as countless other students before and after me, truly
grateful.

Yours sincerely,

Richard John Harvey
Email: richard at linguistlist.org

To donate to LINGUIST, go to: http://linguistlist.org/donate.html

To see and read more about Richard, go to:
http://linguistlist.org/people/richard.html

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