LINGUIST List 13.353

Sat Feb 9 2002

Qs: German Dialect Samples, English Idioms

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  • Ilona Vandergriff, German Dialect Samples
  • Marek Matura, Idioms with First Names

    Message 1: German Dialect Samples

     Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 13:51:36 -0800
    From: Ilona Vandergriff <vdgriffsfsu.edu>
    Subject: German Dialect Samples




    I am looking for online German dialect samples and would be grateful for any tips.



    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ilona Vandergriff Assistant Professor, German Program Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures 1600 Holloway Ave. San Francisco, CA 94132

    vdgriffsfsu.edu Fx: (415) 405-0588 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Message 2: Idioms with First Names

     Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 00:23:23 +0100
    From: Marek Matura <mapekskrzynka.pl>
    Subject: Idioms with First Names




    Dear Linguists,

    I am writing to you to ask you for some information.

    I am writing my M.A. thesis here in Poland at Jagiellonian University - English philology. I am facing awful problems because I cannot find any books that I could use for my M.A. project. It's partially connected with the topic that my tutor has given me. The topic is "Idioms with First Names". I kept searchin libraries in Warsaw, Cracow, Gdansk, Kalisz, Poznan and I found only one book about the theory of Idioms. But that is not enough. I will be very grateful if you could give me some information where to write for help or who could help me. I count on your help. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.

    Marek Matura