LINGUIST List 8.1720

Mon Dec 1 1997

Qs: Language and Gender, Creoles, Japanese, Ebonics

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

Directory

1. Hadumod Bussmann, Language and gender
2. Martin Wynne, Panamanian creoles
3. Natasha Lynn Warner, Japanese online dictionary
4. Valencia Young, Ebonics

Marlis Hellinger and Hadumod Bussmann (eds)

The de/construction of gender roles through language variation and
change: International perspectives

Since the establishment of feminist linguistics more than two decades
ago a wealth of theoretical and empirical information has become
available and we believe it is time for a collection that looks across
individual language boundaries. We are therefore compiling a volume on
the structural and functional aspects of gender-related variation and
change in different languages. We are primarily concerned with
structural properties of a language (categories of gender,
word-formation, prominalization) and speaker's linguistic choices in
talking about or as women and men. We are also interested in learning
about the tendencies of variation and change (including, where
applicable, language politics) as these reflect changes in the
relationship between the sexes. So far we have final acceptances
already for 20 languages, including Finnish, Welsh, Czech, Turkish,
and Korean. But we are still looking for contributions on ARABIC,
RUMANIAN, HUNGARIAN, GREEK, CHINESE and VIETNAMESE. Would anyone be
interested in participating? Or could someone suggest potential
authors to us? Details on the project would then be made available.
Hadumod Bussmann (Hadumod.Bussmannlrz.uni-muenchen.de) Marlis
Hellinger (Hellingerem.uni-francfurt.de)

I have a student who is going to do some fieldwork on creoles and
pidgins in Panama. Does anyone know of any published studies in this
area?

Martin Wynne
Lecturer in English Language & Linguistics
Goldsmiths College
University of London

Hello,

does anyone know of a searchable Japanese dictionary available on the
web, which (ideally) has pitch accent marked? I need to be able to
search for sequences of sounds (or of kana), and it needs to show
either kanji or the English meaning with the results, but not
necessarily both. Please respond to nwarneruclink.berkeley.edu.

Thank you,

Natasha Warner

I am interested in obtaining literature on Ebonics. Are there any
audio cassette tapes available that compare Ebonics or Black English
to Standard English? Are there and questionnaires available that have
been used to seek public opinion regarding Ebonics or Black English?
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank You.

Valencia