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LINGUIST List 16.1418

Wed May 04 2005

Qs: Systematic Ungrammaticality; Medical Emails

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        1.    Paul Llido, Systematic Ungrammaticality
         2.    David McGeady, Patient-Physician Emails
Message 1: Systematic Ungrammaticality
Date: 04-May-2005
From: Paul Llido <pllideauyahoo.com>
Subject: Systematic Ungrammaticality


Hello All,

I'd like to know if anybody knows of any work I could read about the
systematic use of ungrammatical sentences to discover the structure of
grammatical sentences. I'm studying cebuano CEB (ethnologue: an
austronesian language). I've used the standard squib tools in GB/PP:
postposing, preposing, deletion and substitution. CEB displays instances of
ergativity in a highly equational structure and I'm thinking of ways to
represent this structurally by studying where a grammatical sentence can
become ungrammatical and how far it can be considered ungrammatical. I'm
experimenting on the one hand with GB/PP and with LFG on the other so I can
explain the non-configurationality. I will post a summary of the replies.

Many thanks,
Paul Llido
Department of Languages and Literature
University of San Carlos
Cebu City

Linguistic Field(s): Syntax
Message 2: Patient-Physician Emails
Date: 03-May-2005
From: David McGeady <dave.mcgeadygmail.com>
Subject: Patient-Physician Emails


Hi,

Currently I am writing my master's thesis on the impact of patient physcian
emailing on clinical efficiency and effectivness.

This has been examined from a medical perspective by looking at clinical
outcomes. It has also been examined from an operations point of view by
timing physicians as they respond to emails. Nevertheless, what has so far
been neglected is an examination of the quality of these communications in
comparison to telephone calls and face-to-face visits.

Am not a linguist myself, but would be really interested in finding out if
anything like this has been done yet?

Key Questions:

How does email compare with the telephone?

Can patients articulate their condition adequately?

How many emails would it take to convey the same amount of information as a
telephone call?

It really is a fascinating area, and if someone isn't writing about it yet,
they certainly should! Many thanks for your help,

Dave

--
David McGeady B.A. B.A.I.
HEMA Research Group
Helsinki University of Technology
Finland

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics


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