LINGUIST List 4.396

Mon 24 May 1993

FYI: New Book Series, Interscripta, Thai Journal, Dial-in

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1. , Please post! ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW BOOK SERIES!!!
2. W Schipper, InterScripta: an On-line forum for medievalists
3. Gwyn Williams, Thai Journal of Language and Linguistics
4. , Dial-in Services

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates is launching a new book series, "Everyday
Communication: Case Studies of Behavior in Context." The series is devoted
to the publication of monographs documenting patterns of communication
behavior in a wide variety of cultural and social contexts. Researchers
employing ethnography, conversation analysis, semiotics, and like observa-
tional and interview methods are encouraged to correspond with the editors:
Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz
Dept. of Communication
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Kenosha, WI 53141

Stuart J. Sigman
Dept. of Communication
SUNY Albany
Albany, NY 12222

We have a fuller call for proposal we'd be happy to send, and we look forward
to working with potential authors on proposals and projects. Please include
your conventional mailing address, as we will need to send some of the material
via regular postal service.

The following announcement is being distributed to a large number of
lists. We apologize for the inconvenience such duplication will cause.

 INTERSCRIPTA- A Topical On-line Forum for Medievalists

 Existing discussion lists such as ANSAX-L, ChaucerNet, and
MEDTEXTL provide a valuable and exciting forum for sharing
information in our field. Rapid dissemination of data and
spontaneous exploration of topics are vital characteristics of
these lists, but those of us who subscribe to more than one list
often find that these characteristics are not always
advantageous; we receive more information than we can digest, and
we are sometimes frustrated by the repetition, randomness, and
lack of focus in topical discussions.

 Interscripta is being developed as an on-line discussion
group that will address these concerns. Rather than providing a
completely open forum for unbounded proliferation of ideas,
Interscripta will focus on discussion of a specified topic for a
designated period of time; the topic will change on a regular
basis. Each topic will be proposed and moderated by a scholar in
the field, and at the close of the discussion, the moderator will
shape the material into an article which will be distributed to
all participants for review and commentary before its final
revision. Finished articles will be published in the on-line
journal Interscripta.

 The developers of this project believe that Interscripta
will provide a forum for directing and focussing our electronic
discussions into organized bodies of material representative of
cutting edge work in our field. Our approach encourages
collaborative work, and our method of publication allows finished
articles to be made available without the lag time of traditional
journals. This project is not intended to displace existing
discussion lists; in fact, we encourage potential moderators to
scan the archives of medieval studies lists in search of topics
that deserve to be honed and polished for electronic publication.

 In the spirit of collaboration which is at the heart of this
project, the opening topic will be a discussion of the project
itself, its goals and future orientation. All those who wish to
participate in this formative discussion may subscribe to
Interscripta by sending the message:

"sub interscripta [your name]" to listservermorgan.ucs.mun.ca.

Please direct questions and comments to:
 Deborah Everhart (everhartcats.ucsc.edu)
 or William Schipper (schippermorgan.ucs.mun.ca).

J O U R N A L O F L A N G U A G E A N D L I N G U I S T I C S
 *

JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS, the journal of the
Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat
University, has been published since 1982. There are two issues
a year: January-June and July-December.
 The journal provides a forum for publication of original
articles in any area of language and linguistics, particularly
relating to Thai language or other languages in Southeast Asia.

 The OBJECTIVES of the journal are

 1. to disseminate knowledge and research in language and
 linguistics.
 2. to provide a scholarly forum for scholars, teachers and
 others interested in the study of language and
 linguistics.
 3. to promote and encourage original research in language
 and linguistics.

 The JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS is primarily intended
to provide scholars, teachers, and students of Thai nationality
an outlet to report on current research and to publish original
articles and works written in Thai, an outlet that otherwise would
not be available. As such, the journal is the only specialized
linguistic journal of its type in Thailand. However, manuscripts
written in English from any source are also welcomed.

 * * *

OFFICE: Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Liberal Arts,
 Thammasat University, Bangkok 10200, Thailand
 Tel: 221-6111(-20) Ext: 2656

JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS is funded in part by the
Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University.

Persons who wish to subscribe should send name and mailing
address (see application form at end) and include a bank draft
payable to "Thammasat University".

Send to: Treasurer
 JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS
 Department of Linguistics
 Faculty of Liberal Arts
 Thammasat University
 Bangkok 10200
 Thailand

For information on single issues or back issues, please contact:

 JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS
 Department of Linguistics
 Faculty of Liberal Arts
 Thammasat University
 Bangkok 10200

 Or: gwynipied.tu.ac.th (period 1993-1995 only)

CONTRIBUTIONS

1. Manuscripts in Thai or English should be typed on one side of
 sheet only, double-spaced, and be 10-15 pages in length.
 Manuscripts may be submitted on disk in DOS format, preferably
 in ASCII.
2. Do not use footnotes. Use raised numbers for note references.
 Type all notes, double-spaced, at the end of the main text
 under the heading "Notes".
3. Bibliographical references should be cited in full and typed,
 double-spaced, at the end of the main text under the heading
 "References".
4. Two copies of manuscripts should be submitted at least two
 months before publication.
5. Authors must include on a separate sheet full name, position,
 affiliation, and a very brief biographical statement. A 100-
 word abstract should be typed, double-spaced, on a separate
 sheet.
6. Authors of articles accepted for publication will receive 3
 complimentary copies of the issue in which their article
 appears.
 (Manuscripts will not be returned. Authors should keep a copy
 for themselves.)

Susan Pintzuk asked if there were a local way to connect with the INTERNET.
I've just finished reading *The Internet Companion: A Beginner's Guide to
Global Networking* by Tracy LaQuey and Jenne C. Ryer. They have an excellent
list of resources as well as explanations of Gopher, WAIS and other mystery
words I've been ignoring all semester until the summertime.

First on their list of providers (p. 186) is

Internet Access Providers Compiled and maintained by SRI International
Network Information Systems Center (NISC), Menlo Park, Ca. Available by
anonymous FTP on host ftp.nisc.sri.com, directory netinfo, filenames
Internet-access-providers-US.txt. Also available in hard copy form in
the book *Internet: Getting Started*. Contact the SRI NISC
(address given) for more info.

Hope this helps.

LaQuey's book is readable, informative and has some fun things to try-
It's also short and divided into sections which make it good for standing
in lines,etc.

Leslie Morgan