LINGUIST List 11.2327

Fri Oct 27 2000

FYI: New Zealand English, Lang Varieties, Iranian

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

Directory

  • John Newman, New Website - New Zealand English
  • Jeff Siegel, Website - Language Varieties
  • Karine Megerdoomian, New Website - Iranian Linguistics

    Message 1: New Website - New Zealand English

     Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 12:07:37 +1200
    From: John Newman <j.newmanmassey.ac.nz>
    Subject: New Website - New Zealand English


    Announcing a new website on New Zealand English (including genuine Kiwi accented sound clips, extensive bibiliography, overview of research projects etc.) at

    http://www.massey.ac.nz/~wwlingui/NZEnglish/home.html

    Dr. John Newman School of Language Studies Massey University Palmerston North New Zealand

    Message 2: Website - Language Varieties

     Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 08:48:30 +1100
    From: Jeff Siegel <jsiegelmetz.une.edu.au>
    Subject: Website - Language Varieties


    Dear colleagues,

    The renovated Language Varieties website has moved to http://www.une.edu.au/langnet . Its aim is to provide accessible information to non-linguists (especially teachers and students) about pidgins, creoles, minority dialects, regional dialects and indigenized varieties. (So an attempt as been made to keep it uncomplicated in both content and design.) The site contains definitions, tips for using such varieties in the classroom, references and links to other sites. At present, it includes descriptions of Hawai`i Creole English, African American (Vernacular) English, Aboriginal English, Singlish (Singapore Colloquial English), Bislama, Tok Pisin and Kamtok (Cameroon Pidgin). [Coming soon: Jamaican Creole, Tayo and Geordie (Newcastle English),]. If anyone is interested in contributing a short description of another variety, please contact me. Also, any comments or suggestions for improvements would be welcome.

    Jeff Siegel

    School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics University of New England Armidale, NSW 2351 Australia jsiegelmetz.une.edu.au

    Message 3: New Website - Iranian Linguistics

     Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 20:12:52 -0700
    From: Karine Megerdoomian <megerdooworldnet.att.net>
    Subject: New Website - Iranian Linguistics


    Friends and Colleagues,

    We are proud to announce a new website dedicated to the study of Iranian languages. The Forum for Iranian Linguistics is designed to provide resources for the theoretical and computational study of the Iranian languages with emphasis on Persian. It includes a bibliography of papers, dissertations and books published on Iranian Linguistics, as well as unpublished material on the subject. It also contains links to researchers and institutions working on Iranian languages.

    The site can be accessed through the following URL: http://www-scf.usc.edu/~megerdoo/persian/index.html

    You are invited to submit your work to be included on the archive and to help develop this website. We hope that this site will enhance communication between researchers and will facilitate the distribution of current work on Iranian languages.

    Sincerely,

    Simin Karimi - University of Arizona Karine Megerdoomian - University of Southern California