LINGUIST List 8.1573

Sun Nov 2 1997

Qs: English in Japan, Hist. of Eng., Nonverbal Comm

Editor for this issue: Martin Jacobsen <martylinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Sharon Vaipae, Native English Speaking Returnee Students
2. Giovanni Iamartino, Hayashi's History of English Lexicography
3. George Elgin, Suzette Haden Elgin, Nonverbal Communication

There are many returned expatriots of native English speaking
countries. Some are businessmen, entrepreneurs, academics,
journalists, and researchers. For purposes of academic study, I am
interested in being put in contact with families who have

1) lived overseas in a non-native English speaking country;
2) children who attended public schools there for any period
 between K and 9th grades;
3) now returned to their native English-speaking countries;
4) AND would be willing to complete a stamped mailed questionnaire.

My interest is an extension of a Toyota Foundation-funded study of
language minority students in Japanese public schools. The results of
this work have been published in Japanese, _Gaijin Seito ga Yatte
Kita_, Takahashi M. and Vaipae, S.V., Tokyo: Taishokan, 1996, and and
the English version is forthcoming. Now that we know what happens in
the second language schooling, it would be informative to discover the
varieties of cultural re-entry and return to schooling in the native
language.

If you have had this experience, or are acquainted with such a family,
I would very much appreciate your assistance in making these contacts.

Sincerely,
Sharon Vaipae

 Sharon Vaipae Ohtani Women's University
 Shigakudai Nishikiori Home tele 06-675-3810
 Tondabayashi-shi, Osaka 584 Japan email: ohtanigol.com
 "The truth shall make you odd." --Flannery O'Connor

Dear Colleague,
	Although I have long been working on the history of English
lexicography, I have not yet been able to find a copy of Tetsuro
Hayashi's _A History of English Lexicography_ (Kaibunsha Publishing
Co., Tokyo 1968). Can anyone tell where I can find it -- preferably in
an Italian or a British library -- or help me to get a copy of it?
Thank you.

Giovanni IAMARTINO
Associate Professor of History of the English Language
University of Milan, Italy
giiamartin.it

I need specific references for two statistics that turn up everywhere
- including my own notes from grad school. One says that 65% of all
information in typical English speech is nonverbal; the other says 90%
of emotional information in English speech is nonverbal. I've found a
dozen references *to* these statistics, but none offering an original
source, although one cryptic note appears to credit Bolinger. Please
email me directly if you can help -- thanks.

Suzette Haden Elgin
oclsipa.net