17.1927, Qs: Caretaker Speech and Gender; Literature on 'Just'

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Subject: 17.1927, Qs: Caretaker Speech and Gender; Literature on 'Just'

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1)
Date: 29-Jun-2006
From: Mahmoud Sadrai < sadrai at umn.edu >
Subject: Caretaker Speech and Gender 

2)
Date: 28-Jun-2006
From: Hilary Landis < hilary.landis at pomona.edu >
Subject: Literature on 'Just' 

	
-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2006 22:56:12
From: Mahmoud Sadrai < sadrai at umn.edu >
Subject: Caretaker Speech and Gender 
 


This is a request for bibliographical information on support (or lack
thereof) for the claim (Moskoweitz(1992), p. 39) that there is ''a higher
proportion of questions (among mothers) [and] imperatives (among fathers)''
used in caretaker speech. 

Thanks in advance for any information you may be able to pass along.

Sincerely,
Mahmoud Sadrai 

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition
                     Sociolinguistics


	
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Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2006 22:56:15
From: Hilary Landis < hilary.landis at pomona.edu >
Subject: Literature on 'Just' 

	

Does anyone know of any literature pertaining to the semantics and/or
pragmatics of the word ''just''?  I know that a great deal has been written
about ''only,'' but I've been unable to find anything that specifically
discusses the word ''just.''  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hilary Landis 

Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics
 



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