LINGUIST List 13.3421

Mon Dec 23 2002

Qs: Alphabetical Order/Spanish, Minidisc Recorders

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  • Earl M Herrick, Spanish alphabetical order
  • Steve Hartman Keiser, Minidisc use in field and lab

    Message 1: Spanish alphabetical order

     Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 10:54:24 +0000
    From: Earl M Herrick <e-herricktamuk.edu>
    Subject: Spanish alphabetical order


    In 1994, a Congress of the national Spanish language academies changed the alphabetical order of Spanish so as to treat CH and LL as sequences of two letters rather than as separate letters. This was done ''a peticion de varios organismos internactionales'', but I cannot find just what international groups requested this change or why they requested it (although I suspect it was done to expedite international exchange of data). Can anyone give me a reference to just who made this request or why it was made?

    Subject-Language: Spanish; Code: SPN

    Message 2: Minidisc use in field and lab

     Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 13:09:07 +0000
    From: Steve Hartman Keiser <s.hartman.keisermarquette.edu>
    Subject: Minidisc use in field and lab


    In my research I do sociolinguistic interviews and ethnographic fieldwork and submit data to phonetic analysis (i.e., vowel formant analysis). I would like to know how portable minidisc recorders have performed in the field and also back in the lab. Are they sturdy--that is have the withstood normal abuse any better or worse than other technologies? How do they perform with respect to the ease and speed in digitizing, copying, organizing tracks, etc. Right now I'm considering the Sony MZ-N707. I would happily take recommendations for (or warnings about) specific recorders and peripherals too. I will post a summary of responses, if response warrants.