LINGUIST List 11.1853

Fri Sep 1 2000

FYI: Appointment/ Creole, Lexicology Textbook

Editor for this issue: Lydia Grebenyova <lydialinguistlist.org>

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  • MIT2USA, Appointment Made to Promote Development of Creole Language Resources
  • Alain Polguere, Lexicology Textbook Downloadable (in French)

    Message 1: Appointment Made to Promote Development of Creole Language Resources

     Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 10:46:31 EDT
    From: MIT2USA <MIT2USAaol.com>
    Subject: Appointment Made to Promote Development of Creole Language Resources


    New Chair of Board of Advisors at MIT2

    August 25, 2000 Boston, Massachusetts USA

    Mason Integrated Technologies Ltd (MIT2), a software developer and language processing solutions service provider for Creole and less-prevalent languages, has appointed Dr. Michel DeGraff to the new corporate officer position of Chair of the Board of Advisors. DeGraff will occupy this position in addition to his teaching and research responsibilities as Associate Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

    DeGraff, a native speaker of Haitian Creole, specializes in linguistic theory, language contact, language change / creation, socio-cultural aspects of Caribbean communities, as well as theoretical, methodological, educational, and socio-political aspects of Creole studies.

    MIT2 President Marilyn Mason states: "Michel DeGraff has a wide range of experience with an undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science with a focus on (Computational) Linguistics, technical experience obtained on staff at the Linguistics & Artificial Intelligence departments of AT&T Bell Labs, and several teaching and research positions in academia over the past 10 years. This kind of background is why MIT2, a company that focusses on collaborative networking and partnerships, specifically chose DeGraff as the main liaison with external advisors."

    DeGraff's primary role will be to coordinate MIT2's external advisors who will help to evaluate the company's Research and Development efforts for Creole language software products.

    For more information, please contact:

    Mason Integrated Technologies Ltd (MIT2) P.O. Box 181015, Boston, Massachusetts 02118 USA Tel: (+1) 617 247-8885, Fax: (+1) 617 262-8923 E-mail: mit2usaaol.com Web: http://hometown.aol.com/mit2usa/Index2.html

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Linguistics & Philosophy Department 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307 USA Web: http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/www/degraff.home.html

    Message 2: Lexicology Textbook Downloadable (in French)

     Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 14:15:34 -0400
    From: Alain Polguere <Alain.PolguereUMontreal.CA>
    Subject: Lexicology Textbook Downloadable (in French)


    Dear LINGUIST,

    Some of you may be interested in taking a look at the following textbook, in French, which can be used for a first-year course in lexicology and semantics:

    Polgu�re, Alain (2000) Notions de base en lexicologie ['Core notions in lexicology']. Notes de cours polycopi�es, 128 pages.

    http://www.fas.umontreal.ca/ling/olst/FrEng/ManuelLexico.pdf [748K]

    It is in .pdf format for Acrobat Reader 4.0.

    Each lesson contains pointers to selected readings and proposes some exercices. The scope of this short textbook is rather narrow but I tried to offer a coherent and well-defined set of selected notions, introduced in logical order.

    I am interested in any comment, suggestion or criticism.

    Many thanks,

    Alain Polgu�re OLST -- Dept. of Linguistics and Translation University of Montreal