LINGUIST List 11.2602

Fri Dec 1 2000

Qs: Afro-Caribbean Fr. Corpora, Inuit/Russian Words

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  • R.A. Mitchell, Afro-Caribbean French corpora
  • Rachel Reynolds, Need Inuit and Russian marine vocabulary help

    Message 1: Afro-Caribbean French corpora

     Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 17:57:17 +0000 (GMT)
    From: R.A. Mitchell <ram1002hermes.cam.ac.uk>
    Subject: Afro-Caribbean French corpora


    I am a PhD student at the University of Cambridge researching syntactic variation in Afro-Caribbean French. I am urgently looking for an existing corpus preferably from Martinique, Gabon or Cameroon. Can any subscribers tell me if such a corpus exists at all, or failing that, I'd be very interested to at least hear from other subscribers working in this field.

    Rebecca Mitchell

    Message 2: Need Inuit and Russian marine vocabulary help

     Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 08:13:54 -0600
    From: Rachel Reynolds <rreyno1uic.edu>
    Subject: Need Inuit and Russian marine vocabulary help




    We need some help with some native Alaskan languages.

    Karen Dempsey Hayes at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago is preparing an educational program that involves cultures of the North Pacific. She needs to know how to count to ten in Tlingit, Innuit (Canadian near Churchill), Haida as well as know the words for sea otter, beluga, harbor seal, (pacific white-sided) dolphin. She also needs the same info in Russian. She also would need to know the pronunciation and how it is written.

    Thanks very kindly for your help.

    Karen Dempsey Hayes Interpretive Specialist Interpretive and Guest Services John G. Shedd Aquarium 1200 South Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60605 312.939.2438 x4413 khayessheddaquarium.org and

    Rachel Reynolds Language Literacy and Rhetoric Department of English University of Illinois at Chicago rreyno1uic.edu