LINGUIST List 13.977

Tue Apr 9 2002

Qs: Describing Accents, Discourse of Magic

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  • Lars Anders Kulbrandstad, Describing foreign and domestic accents
  • arran stibbe, the discourse of magic

    Message 1: Describing foreign and domestic accents

     Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 15:04:40 +0200
    From: Lars Anders Kulbrandstad <lars.kulbrandstadluh.hihm.no>
    Subject: Describing foreign and domestic accents


    Describing and quantifying foreign and domestic accents

    I am seaking volonteers for a survey of expressions used to describe and quantify various kinds of accented speech. In Norwegian we say e.g. that people speak "gebrokkent" (broken) or that they have a "bred" (broad), "tjukk" (thick) or "svak" (weak) accent. What expressions do you have for such things in your language? Please go to www.hihm.no/lak/survey.htm and fill in the question form. Your cooperation will be highly appreciated.

    Lars Anders Kulbrandstad Hedmark University College, Norway

    Message 2: the discourse of magic

     Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 16:56:27 +0900
    From: arran stibbe <arranearth.email.ne.jp>
    Subject: the discourse of magic


    The Discourse of Magic

    Although there is a huge amount of research on representation of women in pornography, there seems to be very little about the representation of women in magic shows. This is despite the fact that semi-naked women are symbolically impaled, dismembered, burned and restored under the complete control of the (usually male) magician. I am working on a paper about the discourse of magic shows but am having difficulty finding books, papers or even internet sites which critically analyse the discourse of magic shows.

    If anyone has some ideas, or references of any kind then please let me know (by email).

    Arran Email: arranearth.email.ne.jp

    Arran Stibbe Associate Professor Chikushi Jogakuen University Dazaifu Japan