LINGUIST List 12.3002

Sun Dec 2 2001

Media: Lingua Franca/Stuttering, Lederer Chat Online

Editor for this issue: Karen Milligan <karenlinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Michael Erard, stuttering in Lingua Franca
2. Wordsmith, Online chat with Richard Lederer

An article about an unethical 1939 investigation into the causes of 
stuttering and responses by speech pathologists to recent media 
allegations about the experiment appear in the November, 2001 issue 
of Lingua Franca.

Unfortunately, the article isn't online, and since it was in the last 
issue of the magazine, it might be difficult to get ahold of.

In the interest of full disclosure, and at the risk of appearing 
self-promoting, I should note that I'm the author of the piece.

Michael Erard

Announcing online chat with Richard Lederer, author of books on
language and humor, such as, _Crazy English_, _Anguished English_, and
_The Word Circus_. This event takes place on December 13, 2001 at 8
PM EST at http://wordsmith.org/chat/lederer.html Admission is free.