LINGUIST List 5.1355

Fri 25 Nov 1994

Qs: Braille alphabet, Bybee '94, Taylor, Speech community

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1. Greg Lessard, Braille phonetic alphabet
2. Vincent DeCaen, -0500 (EST)
3. Bill Croft, Re: Whereabouts of Insup Taylor
4. , speech community

I have been asked by someone not on the list if there exists such a thing as
a Braille version of the International Phonetic Alphabet. Please forward any
pointers to: lessardfrancais.queensu.ca and I will summarize if appropriate.

Thanks in advance,

Greg Lessard
Etudes francaises
Queen's University

It appears that we will have to add the following to the growing list
of standard references in the study of tense-aspect including Comrie
1976, 1985, Dahl 1985, Binnick 1991, etc.:

Bybee, Joan; Revere Perkins and William Pagliuca. 1994. The Evolution
of Grammar: Tense, Aspect, and Modality in the Languages of the World.
Chicago: U of Chicago Press.

Q1: does anyone have a reference to a book review of this work,
whether in print, in press or forthcoming?
Q2: does anyone have an email address for Bybee  U of New Mexico, or
for Perkins, Pagliuca, or for the GRAMCAT project on which the text is based?
Q3: would anyone care to give a brief review off the list as a basis
for a brief correspondence?

thanx in advance.

A colleague is looking for Insup Taylor, a psycholinguist
who has worked on bilingualism. A search of the LINGUIST
subscriber list, the LSA directory of US/Canada programs,
and the LSA membership list did not turn her up. If anyone
has her email or snailmail address, please reply to the
address below.

Thanks very much,
Bill Croft

Dept of Linguistics, U Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
w.croftmanchester.ac.uk FAX: +44-61-275 3187 Phone: 275 3188

I am trying to trace the origin and the development of the term and of the
concept of "speech community" in linguistics. So far the earliest occurrence
of the term that I am aware of is a chapter in Bloomfield's Language (1933).
Can you direct me to earlier sources where this term, or an equivalent in
another language was used? I will post a summary to the list. Thank you.

Vera Horvath (00V0HORVATHbsuvc.bsu.edu)
Ball State University
Department of English