LINGUIST List 15.2036

Fri Jul 9 2004

Qs: Internet Language; L2 Attrition

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  1. maria xcgvdbvzd, The Language of the Internet
  2. Mohammad Ghasemi, L2 Attrition

Message 1: The Language of the Internet

 Date: 8 Jul 2004 19:19:06 +0200
From: maria xcgvdbvzd <jmgawryspf.pl>
Subject: The Language of the Internet

Dear Sir / Madam

My name is Maria Gawrys. I am a student of the University of
Bialystok, Poland. I am going to write a master's dissertation on the
following topic "The Language of the Internet in the Eyes of
Linguists".

I am particularly interested in the features common to internet
communication and the way the Internet influences the English language
and the way we talk or write. I would be grateful if you could
suggest me any sources of information, I mean web sites, articles,
books etc, on this very subject.

Kind regards,

Maria Gawrys
jmgawryspf.pl
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Message 2: L2 Attrition

 Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 03:44:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mohammad Ghasemi <ghasemu_mohhotmail.com>
Subject: L2 Attrition

Based on the theory ''what is hard to learn is easy to forget'' (Groot
& Keijzer,2000), I intend to investigate the relationship between
students' metacognitive self-assessment of some English words
difficulty level and the attrition rate after 3-month nonuse(summer
vacation). I would like comments and references on this subject. I
will post a summary of the replies.


Thanks
Mohammad Ghasemi,
M.A. Student,
Isfahan University, 

Subject-Language: English; Code: ENG
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