LINGUIST List 10.1336

Sat Sep 11 1999

Qs: Anti Cog/Ling Material,Bilingual Single-Parents

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  • PR&NCX Woods, Anti Cog Ling Materials
  • Sonia Wagner, Bilingual single-parents

    Message 1: Anti Cog Ling Materials

     Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 23:49:26 +0100
    From: PR&NCX Woods <prncxwoodspr.freeserve.co.uk>
    Subject: Anti Cog Ling Materials


    Hello Linguists, a quick request for info. Does anyone have any references for well-argued books or papers which are hostile to cognitive linguistics, particularly the idea of "schemas". Thanks very much. BTW I am looking for academic musings, rather than polemical stuff! Paul Woods. Uni of Sheffield, UK.

    Message 2: Bilingual single-parents

     Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 11:56:54 +0200
    From: Sonia Wagner <Sonia.Wagnererziehung.uni-giessen.de>
    Subject: Bilingual single-parents


    - ---------------- Hi ! I'm currently writing my examspaper on my "motherese" to my almost 2 year old daughter Sarah. We live in Giessen, Germany and I'm a single mother, who was raised by "all German" parents. We moved around the world due to my father's occupationon; consequently I turned quite multi-lingual myself. The English language, especially (I fine-tune me own variation to who I'm speaking to) is a part of me I don't want to give up, while raising my child alone, in a ML German environment. I have 2 questions: #1 Are there any reports/data/information/statistics on bilingual single-parents out there, that give me information on the choices these people make (and I know they exist, I can't be the only one) or made, when it comes to deciding on how to speak to their children? #2 Is there any current research going on concerning language input theories - fine-tuning, etc. And where do I obtain this kind of information? (results ?) Thank you so much for any help.

    Sonia Wagner Giessen, Germany