LINGUIST List 9.274

Tue Feb 24 1998

FYI: MLA, JAVA Speech, NEH Deadline

Editor for this issue: Martin Jacobsen <martylinguistlist.org>

Directory

  • Cynthia Bernstein, MLA Topics
  • Philip A. Bralich, Ph.D., JAVA SPEECH API
  • Aguera, Helen, Application Deadline for NEH (Preservation and Access)

    Message 1: MLA Topics

     Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 15:00:39 -0600 (CST)
    From: Cynthia Bernstein <bernscymail.auburn.edu>
    Subject: MLA Topics


    The following topics have been proposed for the 1998 LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY session of MLA:

    Ebonics, Bidialectalism, and Bilingualism. Submissions especially welcome on social and political implications of issues related to Ebonics, African-American English, Hispanic-American English, and other bidialectal or bilingual speech situations.

    Representation of Social Dialects in Literature and Other Media. Papers are invited on how ethnic, gender, regional, or working class stereotypes are reinforced through representation of dialects in literary texts, movies, or television. Is accuracy achieved? Is it expected or desirable?

    Language and the World Wide Web. How is language use being shaped by the internet? Possible considerations include discourse on the internet, social differences in internet language, efforts to control the language of the internet, non-internet references to internet language or internet users. 250-word abstracts by 6 Mar.

    Cynthia Bernstein English Dept., Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL 36849-5203 bernscymail.auburn.edu phone: 334-844-9072 fax: 334-844-9027

    Message 2: JAVA SPEECH API

     Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 11:53:36 -1000
    From: Philip A. Bralich, Ph.D. <bralichhawaii.edu>
    Subject: JAVA SPEECH API


    The following will be of interest to all those working in speech and/or NLP. You may have heard that Sun is about to release its Javaspeech API that can use all the major speech rec programs, but you may not be aware that there are already test versions available at their web site, and that they have estpablished an email discussion group for those who are interested.

    WEB SITE http://www.javasoft.com/marketing/collateral/speech.html

    EMAIL LIST address: javamedia-requestsun.com message: subscribe javaspeech-interest or subscribe javaspeech-announce

    Here is a brief quote from that site:

    >Speech interfaces will give Java developers the opportunity to >implement distinct and engaging personalities for their applications >and to differentiae their products. Java developers will be able to >access the capabilities of state-of-the-art speech technology from >leading speech vendors. With a standard API for speech, users will be >able to choose the speech products which best meet their needs and >their budget. The Java Speech API will leverage the audio >capabilities of other Java Media APIs, and when combined with the >Java Telephony API, will support advanced computer telephony >integration. On desktop systems, the widespread availability of audio >input/output capabilities, the increasing power of CPUs and the >growing availability of telephony devices all enable the use of >speech technology.

    Philip A. Bralich, Ph.D. President and CEO Ergo Linguistic Technologies 2800 Woodlawn Drive, Suite 175 Honolulu, HI 96822

    Tel: (808)539-3920 Fax: (808)539-3924

    Message 3: Application Deadline for NEH (Preservation and Access)

     Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 06:14:00 -0500
    From: Aguera, Helen <HAgueraneh.gov>
    Subject: Application Deadline for NEH (Preservation and Access)


    The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is a grant-making agency of the U.S. federal government that support projects in the humanities. Eligible applicants are: U.S. nonprofit associations, institutions, and organizations, as well as U.S. citizens and foreign nationals who have been legal residents in the United States for a period of at least the three years immediately preceding the submission of the application. NEH's Division of Preservation and Access supports projects that will create, preserve and increase the availability of resources important for research, education, and public programming in the humanities. Support may be sought to preserve the intellectual content and aid bibliographic control of collections; to compile bibliographies, descriptive catalogs, and guides to cultural holdings; to create dictionaries, encyclopedias, databases, and other types of research tools and reference works; and to stabilize material culture collections through the appropriate housing and storing of objects, improved environmental control, and the installation of security, lighting, and fire-prevention systems. Applications may also be submitted for national and regional education and training projects, regional preservation field service programs, and research and demonstration projects that are intended to enhance institutional practice and the use of technology for preservation and access. Projects may encompass collections of books, journals, newspapers, manuscript and archival materials, maps, still and moving images, sound recordings, and objects of material culture held by libraries, archives, museums, historical organizations, and other repositories. The Division has a single, annual DEADLINE for applications, JULY

    1. Final decisions will be announced the following March.

    Guidelines and instructions can be downloaded from the NEH Web site: http://www.neh.gov/html/guidelin/preserva.html A list of recent awards is also available at that site under "What's New". To obtain a print version of the Guidelines or to address a question to the NEH staff, e-mail us at preservationneh.gov Postal address: Division of Preservation and Access NEH, Room 411 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20506 Telephone: 202/606-8570