LINGUIST List 17.1245: (Volunteers)Multiword Units; Lang and Technology

LINGUIST List 17.1245

Tue Apr 25 2006

Qs: (Volunteers)Multiword Units; Lang and Technology

Editor for this issue: James Rider <riderlinguistlist.org>

Directory 1. Helene Stengers, Call for Volunteers-Multiword Units Experiment
2. Terence Fitzgerald, Language and Technology Questionnaire

Message 1: Call for Volunteers-Multiword Units Experiment
Date: 24-Apr-2006
From: Helene Stengers <helene.stengersvub.ac.be>
Subject: Call for Volunteers-Multiword Units Experiment

Dear colleagues and/or readers of this message,

I am a research assistant at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where I ampreparing my PhD on English and Spanish phraseology (multiword units) inForeign Language Teaching.

I am making headway with my research project, but I now need the help ofEnglish or Spanish native speakers and/or EFL or SFL (ELE) teachers. I have''built'' ''matched'' (in terms of speakers and topic) audio corpora inboth English and Spanish. For each language, the corpus currently consistsof one hour of audio material consisting of interview fragments on allkinds of topics (taken mainly from BBC Radio 4, and BBCMundo and CadenaSer). I am looking for people to simply listen to the interviews and writedown every 'multiword unit' they hear along the way (I would of courseexplain to you what I mean exactly by multiword unit). Any help would begreatly appreciated.

Kind regards,

Helene Stengers

For any question or for more information, please contact me athelene.stengersvub.ac.be

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng) Spanish (spa)

Message 2: Language and Technology Questionnaire
Date: 22-Apr-2006
From: Terence Fitzgerald <tfitzgerpratt.edu>
Subject: Language and Technology Questionnaire

I am Terence Fitzgerald, a graduate student in Pratt Institute’s School ofInformation and Library Science.

My academic work focuses on human-computer interaction, particularly theways in which, as Marshall McLuhan wrote, “We shape our tools andthereafter our tools shape us.” Currently, I am examining technology’seffects on people’s relationship with language. Specifically, I questionwhether technology is transforming that relationship in ways never seenbefore—or simply causing them to revert to existing behaviors.

As part of my work I have constructed a brief questionaire forlexicographers and linguists. The responses I compile will be used toinform future projects. If you are willing to answer the questionnaire,please reply to me off list at tfitzgerpratt.edu.

Sincerely,Terence

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics