LINGUIST List 15.326

Thu Jan 29 2004

Qs: Mac Unicode Fonts; Anglicisms/Chat Rooms

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  1. Andrea Berez, Mac Unicode IPA Fonts and Word Processing Software
  2. , Chat rooms and Anglicisms

Message 1: Mac Unicode IPA Fonts and Word Processing Software

 Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 16:12:05 -0500 (EST)
From: Andrea Berez <andrealinguistlist.org>
Subject: Mac Unicode IPA Fonts and Word Processing Software

I am looking for advice on using Unicode-compliant IPA fonts in word
processing software on the Macintosh.

Since many linguists use Macs, what programs and fonts do you use for
writing papers? How about for other types of linguistic data entry?
MS Word for Mac doesn't support Unicode fonts like Arial Sans, and
other fonts that work well on a Mac (like STEDT, for instance) are not
Unicode compliant, and are therefore not ''Best Practice'' (for more
on Best Practice, please see http://emeld.org/school ), and risk
becoming defunct.

Thank you in advance,
Andrea Berez
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Message 2: Chat rooms and Anglicisms

 Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 18:11:40 +0200
From: <h79173uwasa.fi>
Subject: Chat rooms and Anglicisms


In a previous issue we asked about studies of the language in chat
rooms, and got many sources about this subject: a summary is
forthcoming.

We are going to make a comparative analysis of the use of Anglicisms
in two Finnish chat rooms, one in Finnish and the other in Swedish.
We would like to know if somebody has done a similar research as the
one we are going to do.

Thank You for Your help!

Sanna, Erika and Heidi
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