LINGUIST List 6.1118

Fri Aug 18 1995

Qs: 2nd lg acq, Spanish, Horn's book

Editor for this issue: T. Daniel Seely <dseelyemunix.emich.edu>

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1. Szilvia Papp, studies on SLA of Hungarian?
2. Pete Farruggio, Re: help with Spanish translation
3. "Michael C. Beard", Looking for Horn's Negation book

I am currently writing a PhD on the second language acquisition of
Hungarian by native speakers of English, with particular reference to
their ability to acquire the unique focus feature in Hungarian.

Since I am not aware of any other existing or on-going study,
I would like to know whether there is anybody else out there doing
any relevant work on the topic of Hungarian as a L2 who would
like to share their ideas with me.

If there is sufficient interest, I'll post a summary to the List.

Szilvia Papp

spappfestival.ed.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh
Department of Applied Linguistics
14 Buccleuch Place
Edinburgh EH8 9LN
SCOTLAND-U.K.

I am translating a paper of mine into Spanish for submission to the
upcoming international conference on activity theory (Vygotsky) to be held
in Havana. While I am an experienced English/Spanish translator, my
knowledge of Spanish ed/psych terminology is very limited.
If anyone is able to help me with any of the following "demons" I'd really
appreciate it.
Thanks,

Pete Farruggio

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research - (as in "the research has shown..." [I think this is called a
collective noun] I've been using "las investigaciones" Any better ideas?

developmentalism - "desarollismo" ?

sequenced skills - "destrezas consecuentes"?

sight vocabulario - "vocabulario automatico"?

curriculum - "curriculum"? (there are some instances where I need it as an
adjective, as in "curriculum guidelines")

child-centered - (adjective)...a child-centered classroom - "un salon
organizado segun los intereses juveniles" ???


tutee - "tutelado"?

tutoring - (adj) as in "tutoring activity"..."actividad tutoreal"?


partnerships - as in "class partnerships" - "emparejamientos entre clases"?

dyad - "el diada", "la diada" or ---?

dyad - (adj) as in "dyad activity" - "actividad diadica [' on first a]"?

I need to find a copy of Laurence Horn's (1989) book entitled _A Natural
History of Negation_ (Univ. of Chicago Press). The publisher tells me that the
paperback edition went out of print in February 1995 and the hard cover edition
before that. If anyone can tell me where to find a copy of the book for sale,
I'd appreciate it tremendously. I'm willing to buy new or used, hard cover or
paperback. (The book is essential for my thesis.)

Thank you for any assitance. Please respond to:
Michael Beard
73131.3101compuserve.com