LINGUIST List 15.1498

Wed May 12 2004

Qs: Mental Lexicon Refs; French Lang Societies

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  • Astrid Janssen, Mental Lexikon
  • Liv Walsh, French language societies/fora

    Message 1: Mental Lexikon

     Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 17:05:43 +0200
    From: Astrid Janssen <AstridinLyonweb.de>
    Subject: Mental Lexikon


    Dear members of the linguistlist,

    I am searching for some french examples concerning two experimental methods on the mental lexikon. The two methods are the sorting method by Osgood, Suci, Tannenbaum and the semantic differential (Hard/Miller). I am sure that these tests have been made with French subjects as well and not only with english-speaking persons. I would be pleased to receive some bibliographic references on these experiments in French language.

    Thank you for help

    Astrid Jan�en

    Message 2: French language societies/fora

     Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 11:59:04 -0400 (EDT)
    From: Liv Walsh <olivia.walshuniv.ox.ac.uk>
    Subject: French language societies/fora


    Dear Linguist,

    I am currently looking for information on the attitudes of French speakers to Anglicisms in French. To see this, I would like to look at letters, emails and postings by 'non-specialist' native speakers of French (i.e. non-linguists) on this topic. I have already looked at the websites for the Acad�mie fran�aise, the association D�fense de la langue fran�aise and Le Monde. L'Acad�mie fran�aise does not archive any of the letters it receives on the subject, and said it would therefore be too difficult to give me any information. I do not know if the other societies will be able to give me access to the relevant information or if they even archive it. Does anybody know of any other language societies or language advice centres that may be able to give me access to archived letters, emails or forum discussions on this issue? Any information will be much appreciated.

    I will post a summary of responses

    Thank you very much in advance

    Liv Walsh

    M. Phil Student University College Oxford University

    Subject-Language: French; Code: FRN