LINGUIST List 11.1459

Mon Jul 3 2000

Qs: Chomsky and lang teaching,German wordlists

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  • Faraj Alsawani, Chomskyan thought and language teaching
  • Stefan Thomas Gries, German wordlists

    Message 1: Chomskyan thought and language teaching

     Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 02:15:19 -0700 (PDT)
    From: Faraj Alsawani <alsawaniyahoo.com>
    Subject: Chomskyan thought and language teaching


    I am doing research on how the Chomskyan thought influenced language teaching. I am in Libya where you can find no helpful books at all. All the books are outdated, and if you find some it will cost too much. i have done a historical research about the Chomskyan theory stating the developments and changes that occured during the course of its continuous modification. Now i am looking for information about the possibility of applying it in language teaching. It may not be applied directly, but i know that there may be some implications for language teaching. So if you can help please do.

    The hopeful student Faraj sawani

    Message 2: German wordlists

     Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 18:27:30 +0200
    From: Stefan Thomas Gries <StThGriest-online.de>
    Subject: German wordlists


    Hallo! On behalf of a friend, I am looking for German wordlists (i.e. lists of German word forms [not just lemmas] that could be used for spell checkers, or the identification of key words in texts, etc.). I am aware of some internet sites already, but I need some further material in order to cover a still broader range of genres/topics. Does anybody have any hints on sites where such lists can be downloaded. I'd be grateful for any useful information and will post a summary of the responses. Thanks in advance. Best wishes Stefan Th. Gries - ---------------------------------------------------------------- Syddansk Universitet Institut for Erhvervssproglig Informatik og Kommunikation Grundtvigs All� 150 6400 Sonderborg Danmark