LINGUIST List 17.2232

Thu Aug 03 2006

Qs: Recording Equipment for Child Speech;Spoken Languages of Columbia

Editor for this issue: Kevin Burrows <kevinlinguistlist.org>

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Directory         1.    Christina Villafana Dalcher, Recording Equipment for Child Speech
        2.    Matt Coler, Spoken Languages of Columbia

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Message 1: Recording Equipment for Child Speech
Date: 02-Aug-2006
From: Christina Villafana Dalcher <cvd1city.ac.uk>
Subject: Recording Equipment for Child Speech


I am currently investigating suitable microphone types for field recordingof 3/4 year olds for acoustic analysis. Based on the previous studiesI've reviewed so far, I haven't found a consensus as to the suitability offixed omnidirectional microphones or radio lapel microphones, so am lookingfor suggestions from phoneticians with prior experience recording children.

Thanks very much in advance. I'll post a summary of the results.

Dr. Christina Villafaña DalcherCity University London

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition                             Phonetics

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Message 2: Spoken Languages of Columbia
Date: 30-Jul-2006
From: Matt Coler <matt.colergmail.com>
Subject: Spoken Languages of Columbia


Hello. I'm wondering if anyone knows where I can see a list of the mostspoken languages in Columbia. I'm curious to see how many speakers of Paezthere are and how that compares to the numbers of speakers of otherlanguages. I've already spent a long time on Google trying to find such alist, but although I found many lists detailing what languages are spoken,I have yet to find any itemized list of languages organized by the amountof speakers.

I sure would appreciate any help!

Thanks-

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics