LL-L "Language varieties" 2008.01.07 (09) [E]

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From: Theo Homan <theohoman at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2008.01.07 (06) [E]

> From: foga0301 at stcloudstate.edu
[...]
>  So, it seems the words I couldn't get were the
> ones that had no cultural reference for me.
[...]
> Gael

Gael,

This is a common pitfall/trap in hearing and reading.

In the years I was reading icelandic manuscripts
[hundreds and hundreds of them] I more than once did
better than the icelanders had done, because -when
reading- their engine of possible meanings was at work
before they had seen what was written, and the simple
me had to read very exactly [the dirty pages] and then
make a meaning out of it.

Also when a native and a near-native foreigner are
talking with a dialect-speaker, the foreigner might do
better when the dialect-speaker take unexpected
courses in his story.
More examples up to you, but you will do very well
taking your test as a distinguised lowland-member.

vr.gr.
Theo Homan

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From: Ben J. Bloomgren <ben.j.bloomgren at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2008.01.06 (04) [E]

 But this week, I have a more tangible challenge since I have a licensure
test coming up with *phonology questions* on it that require the mastery of
the *International Phonetics Alphabet*.  I'm doing well enough not to worry
about flunking, but I thought you all (some of you all) would like a shot at
this passage.

Gail and all,

I've found a site that an old linguistics teacher gave me back at ASU.
http://www.alanwood.net/unicode.
Ben

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