LINGUIST List 8.43

Fri Jan 17 1997

Qs: Neologism, Field work, Postmodernism

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N o s t a l g i a, Neologism reference wanted

Daniel L. Everett, Monolingual field work

Bill Eggington, linguistics and postmodernism

Message 1: Neologism reference wanted

Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 21:55:18 +0900
From: N o s t a l g i a <kenjiroue.ipc.hiroshima-u.ac.jp>
Subject: Neologism reference wanted

Hi,

Sorry for extremely fuzzy clues, but I am now looking for this particular paper that (1) dealt with neologism in English, (2) taking data from the Times (a British newspaper) and (3) was published within last ten years. Someone mentioned the paper to me last summer, but he was not able to give me the exact reference and my desperate search began. Given the fact that he is a rather techie humanist, it is also likely that the Times data comes from some kind of an electronic corpus. If these three fuzzy sets ever ring a bell, please write to me directly at kenjiroipc.hiroshima-u.ac.jp.

Thanks a lot,

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Message 2: Monolingual field work

Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 09:15:51 -0500 (EST)
From: Daniel L. Everett <deververb.linguist.pitt.edu>
Subject: Monolingual field work

I am interested in collecting information on linguists' monolingual field research experiences (i.e. those in which the linguist and the language consultant speak no language in common in the first months of research).

Answers to the very general questions below would be helpful:

1. Does your institution offer a component on monolingual field research in its field methods class? 2. Do you have experience in monolingual field research outside of the classroom?

I will post a summary if there are responses.

Thanks,

Dan Everett

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Dan Everett Department of Linguistics University of Pittsburgh 2816 CL Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Phone: 412-624-8101; Fax: 412-624-6130 http://www.linguistics.pitt.edu/~dever

Message 3: linguistics and postmodernism

Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 10:54:45 -0700 (MST)
From: Bill Eggington <eggingtwjkhbhrc.byu.edu>
Subject: linguistics and postmodernism

In a moment of foolishness worthy of a visit from Dr. Kavorkian, I have agreed to participate in a campus-wide seminar on postmodernism. My assignment is to present or demonstrate applications of postmodernism in my field -- linguistics, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics. I told the very pro-postmodernist organizers that postmodernism didn't have a following in linguistics, in fact most postmodernist thought is somewhat antithetical to linguistics (the signifier problem, linguistic determinism etc.). They want me to do it anyway.

I will develop this antithetical thesis in my presentation, scheduled for Feb. 20. I'd appreciate any guidance, suggestions, comments, references, and/or invitations to leave the country the week of Feb. 20. I am currently reading Leonard Jackson's "The poverty of structualism: Literature and structuralist theory" which has been a good beginning.

Bill Eggington ********* Dr. William Eggington 3164 JKHB, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602 USA. Ph: (801) 378-3483; Fax: (801) 378-4720 e-mail: william_eggingtonbyu.edu *********