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linguistlist.org>Dear Linguists, Did you know that the Linguist List now stores nearly 600 abstracts of dissertations in linguistics? This number is still growing. The abstracts are available on our totally new, redesigned dissertations area in the publications mini-site at http://saussure.linguistlist.org/cfdocs/new-website/LL-WorkingDirs/pubs/diss/index.cfm To better serve the linguistic community, we have made several substantial changes, not limiting ourselves only to new good looks: all abstracts that are stored in a database are now categorized according to their linguistic sub-field and subject language (or language family). From the above address, you can browse the dissertation abstracts by author or search for them by linguistic subfield or subject language. As for March 11, 2002 we had the following totals in each category: Applied Ling 43 Computational Ling 44 Discourse Analysis 39 Historical Ling 33 Morphology 15 Phonetics 23 Phonology 45 Pragmatics 27 Psycholinguistics 35 Semantics 53 Sociolinguistics 64 Syntax 106 Text/Corpus Ling 12 Typology 57 The Linguist List dissertation abstracts facility is a useful research tool; it helps you keep track of what is going on in the linguistic world, and allows you to find information about dissertations in subjects that are of interest to you. As already mentioned, our archive is rapidly growing, and the access is completely free. Another new and exciting feature is that now you can enter or update your dissertation abstract from your own Personal Page, which is protected by password. Some of you might have already received an email from us containing your new login and password; if you did not receive that email, you can still sign in as a new user. For directions how to log in, see http://saussure.linguistlist.org/cfdocs/new-website/LL-WorkingDirs/people/personal/persdirlogin.cfm There are many more options available from your Personal Page, e.g. a possibility to add/update an academic paper or add/update your personal information for the Directory of Linguists. However, we need funding to maintain and develop these free services to you. We have (and need!) a staff of 11 graduate students, most of whom are funded wholly or in part through your donations. Your contributions not only help LINGUIST provide services like the Dissertation Abstracts archive, but they also help these outstanding students achieve their academic goals. One of our editors working on this part of the website is Marie Klopfenstein. Do see how LINGUIST List has helped her, in the second message of this issue, below. 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