LINGUIST List 5.45

Thu 13 Jan 1994

Qs: Speech accommodation theory, OED, Word processing, P.U.

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1. MICHELE KILGORE, query
2. "Ellen F. Prince", OED for the mac?
3. Ping Lin, Gamma UniVerse (or other TrueType+Chinese word processors)
4. AHARRIS - Alan Harris, query: P.U.!

Can anyone direct me to work in Speech Accommodation Theory that addresses lexi
cal choice, rather than rate of speech, tone, etc? Thank you in advance. Will
 post results if others are interested. Michele Kilgore

does anyone know if the oed is available on floppies for the mac? please reply
to me directly (ellencentral.cis.upenn.edu). thanks.

I'm looking for a word processing package (for Microsoft Windows) that
supports TrueType fonts for English and Chinese (GB encoding). One package
that I've heard about is Gamma Universe for Windows, and I was wondering
if anyone has used it and can share some experience on it?

Also, if there are other packages that provide similar support, I'd really
appreciate a pointer to them as well ...

Thanks in advance,
Ping Lin

What is the origin of the expression, P.U.!, meaning
"odious,undesirable,noxious" and the like? I have looked up several lists of
abbreviations bvut no luck. TIA, A.

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Alan C. Harris, Ph. D. telno: off:
Professor, Communication/Linguistics 818-885-2853/2874
Speech Communication Department hm:
California State University, Northridge 818-780-8872
SPCH CSUN fax: 818-885-2663
Northridge, CA 91330-8257
 Internet: AHARRISVAX.CSUN.EDU
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