LINGUIST List 6.1674

Wed Nov 29 1995

Qs: Berber, Medical Linguist, 'de el' in Puerto Rico

Editor for this issue: Ljuba Veselinova <lveselinemunix.emich.edu>

Directory

1. Ann Lindvall, Qu. Berber
2. Jason S Jensen, "Medical Linguist" Wanted (fwd)
3. "Juan A. Pena, a Basque", 'de el...'

Lund 951127

To the Linglist!

I welcome any reference on Berber languages (in English, German or=20
French), especially Kabyl. Checking in libraries has given me four=20
titles, of which one was from 1844!

Thank you in advance

<ann.lindvallling.lu.se>
Ann Lindvall, Dept. of Linguistics, Lund University, Helgonabacken 12,
S-223 62 Lund, Sweden

My sincere apologies if this request is inappropriate; it doesn't seem
to be 'linguistics proper', but I thought some of you might be able to
help. The request has been forwarded through several individuals and
at least one other e-mail list (MEDLIB-L).

Jason Scott Jensen
Department of Linguistics
SUNY at Buffalo
jsjacsu.buffalo.edu

forwarded message:
=================
I had a request from a patron who wanted to hire a "medical linguist".
This patron is developing a medical transcription program that uses
speech recognition to translate speech to text (if I understood the
concept correctly). He would like someone who is familiar with medical
terms and phonetic transcriptions of those terms and correct
pronunciation of those terms and variations in that pronunciation.

...

Has anyone ever heard of this area of specialization? Do you
know any such people? Please have them contact me directly.

Maryanne Blake <blakemau.washington.edu> Outreach Coordinator
National Network of Libraries of Medicine Pacific Northwest Region
University of Washington
Box 357155 (206) 543-8262
Seattle, Washington 98195-7155 (206) 543-2469 FAX

I have a question about a speech fact that I have observed in Puerto
Rico, where many people write, I cannot say it is also said, 'de el
(+noun)'. In Spanish, this becomes 'del' simply. Since it seems to
have no foundation in oral performance, it makes me very interested in
trying to have some good, I hope, clues as to why this happens. Well,
if any of you has any, for ever thankful. JAPena