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stonebow.otago.ac.nz>The Evaluating English Accents WorldWide (EEAWW) Project is made up of an international group of scholars interested in analysing the evaluations and opinions of different national and ethnic groups to four of the "standard" accents of English: Near-RP (educated Southern English English); General North American; and middle-of-the-road Australian and New Zealand accents. We use 22 personality, voice, and status traits in the questionnaire for this project. The data acquired by the EEAWW Project is being used in a number of different research projects and studies by participants. Linguists interested in language attitudes and learning, along with researchers in the social psychology of language and accent loyalty, media influence, the impact of paralinguistic features, and related topics in the Gilesian tradition should find our website interesting. Our website is located at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, (http://www.otago.ac.nz/anthropology/Linguistic/Accents.html) it has recently been revamped and enlarged to make navigation easier. The site has full details on aims, methods, etc. and a sample questionnaire. Summary results of our evaluations in New Zealand, Australia, the USA, England, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Fiji are already available on the site, along with sound clips of the accents used and the text read by each of the eight male and female voices. New additions since our last update in May of this year include: * data on 133 native-born Japanese students at International Christian University, Tokyo. * a new page on research under way at present. * A summary of our research on the impact of intonation patterns on listener evaluation. * An exploratory study contrasting significant dimensions used to group personality traits by Chinese and Japanese students on the one hand and Western students on the other. * Data on the perceived ease of comprehension by Japanese and Hong Kong students of the eight voices used in the study. The EEAWW Project is still actively seeking new researchers in Africa, Latin America, and South Asia. All researchers share access to the data obtained and may use it for any ethical research purpose. Please contact me at the e-mail address below if you are interested. Donn Bayard, EEAWW Coordinator donn.bayardMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
cal.org>The National Museum of Language is a start-up museum based in the Washington, DC, area, dedicated to educating and informing the general public about all matters related to languages and linguistics. Its focus is on language as it relates to all aspects of life, human development, and human history. We periodically send out a call for volunteers to help us develop several projects related to the establishment of the museum. Volunteers are needed to help us in the following areas: Curators Collections Exhibits Finances Grant writing Publicity Speaker series Young Linguists Program Web Museum There are many levels of involvement that may assist educators and professors in fulfilling requirements for service, while working in languages and linguistics. The museum also provides an opportunity for student volunteers to gain valuable professional experience. Language professionals or non-linguists who are interested in volunteering time to a museum for language are also encouraged to contact us. Please contact Helen Carpenter at carpenthMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue