14.1632, Qs: Blind IPA Fonts; Pre-linguistic Terms

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-14-1632. Tue Jun 10 2003. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 14.1632, Qs: Blind IPA Fonts; Pre-linguistic Terms

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1)
Date:  Sat,  7 Jun 2003 15:28:03 -0300
From:  "adelaidehpsilva" <adelaidehpsilva at uol.com.br>
Subject:  query: IPA fonts for blinds

2)
Date:  Tue, 10 Jun 2003 06:12:26 +1200
From:  Jeffrey Masson <jeffreymasson at paradise.net.nz>
Subject:  Children's Words for breast-feeding in various languages

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Date:  Sat,  7 Jun 2003 15:28:03 -0300
From:  "adelaidehpsilva" <adelaidehpsilva at uol.com.br>
Subject:  query: IPA fonts for blinds

Dear Linguist List subscribers,

does anyone know whether there are IPA fonts available for
blind people? If they do exist, where can I get them? I need
such a tool to teach phonetic transcription to some blind
students attending an introductory course of Phonetics.

Thanks in advance,

Adelaide Silva
Linguistics Department
Universidade Federal do Paraná
Brasil




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Date:  Tue, 10 Jun 2003 06:12:26 +1200
From:  Jeffrey Masson <jeffreymasson at paradise.net.nz>
Subject:  Children's Words for breast-feeding in various languages

Hi, I am a former professor of Sanskrit, now an author (Assault on
Truth; When Elephants Weep, etc.) and am trying to compile a list of
words that pre-linguistic babies use to ask their mothers to
breastfeed.  Three of my children had pet names: neems, meems and
mamaya.  I wonder whether other languages have completely different
types of words, or whether they all imitate the sounds of
breastfeeding, or words for mama.  I would be grateful for any
examples and any thoughts.  Thanks so much.  Jeffrey Masson

Jeffrey Masson, Ph.D.
P.O. Box 25930, St. Heliers
Auckland, New Zealand
Phone:  6495752221
Fax:  6495752402
E-mail:  jeffreymasson at paradise.net.nz

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