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Bilingualism: an Introduction DOCUMENT RESUME ED 353 819 FL 020 902 TITLE Notes on Linguistics, 1992. INSTITUTION Summer Inst. of Linguistics, Dallas, Tex. REPORT NO ISSN-0736-0673 PUB DATE 92 NOTE 244p. AVAILABLE FROMBookstore, International Linguistics Center, 7500 West Camp Wisdom Rd., Dallas, TX 75236 (Summer Institute of Linguistics members, $15.96: U.S., $19.16: foreign; non-members, $19.95: U.S., $23.95: foreign--includes postage and handling). PUB TYPE Collected Works Serials (022) JOURNAL CIT Notes on Linguistics; n56-59 Feb-Nov 1992 EDRS PRICE MF01/PC10 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Audiotape Recordings; Biblical Literature; Bilingualism; Book Reviews; Computer Oriented Programs; Computer Software; Conference Proceedings; Equipment Evaluation; *Language Patterns; *Language Research; *Linguistics; *Linguistic Theory; Morphology (Languages); Phonology; *Research Methodology; Second Language Learning; Syllables; Syntax; Technical Writing; Tone Languages ABSTRACT This document consists of the four issues of this quarterly linguistics and language research serial issued during 1992. Typical significant articles include: "The ]ndispensable Tape Recorder" (Geoffrey Hunt); "Analysis of Tone Systems" (Eunice V. Pike); "Sentence Repetition Testing for Studies of Community Bilingualism: An Introduction"-(Carla F. Radloff); A Good Phonology Program" (Geoffrey Hunt); "Formal Linguistics and Field Work" (Daniel L. Everett); "Language and Communication" (John W. M. Verhaar); "Focus Shift Problem" (Howard W. Law); "Syllable-Based Hyphenation" (David Weber); "Project '95 Now? A Vision" (Arnd Strube); "Some Guidelines for Writing Linguistic Survey Papers" (2 parts) (Thomas M. Tehan); "Report on Tape Recorder Quality" (Ernie Zellmer); "A Few Practical Tips for Using CECIL" (Mike Cahill); "Terminal 2/2+ in Language Learning" (Sue Wright); "Linguistics: An In-House Thing? A Diary Entry" (John Verhaar). Conference reports, book reviews, and professional announcements are also included. (MSE) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** Notes on Linguistics Number 56-59 1992 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF Office of Educahonal ResearchEDUCATION and improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCESINFORMATION "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS CENTER (ERIC) MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY Ohm do:ument has beenreproduced as received from the person or originating if organization Minor changes have beenmade to improve reproduction duality Points of view or opinions staledin this docu men? do not necessarily representofficial OEM position or policy TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." 2 REV COPYAVAILABLE NOTES ON LINGUISTICS NUMBER 56 FEBRUARY 1992 CONTENTS COORDINATOR'S CORNER Eugene Loos 3 A LETTER TO THE EDITOR Katy Barnwell 4 ARTICLES THE INDISPENSABLE TAPE RECORDER Geoffrey Hunt 5 ANALYSIS OF TONE SYSTEMS Eunice V. Pike 11 SENTENCE REPETITION TESTING FOR STUDIES OFCOMMUNITY BILINGUALISM: AN IIVTROD' Carla F. Radloff 19 REPORTS THE 42ND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICANISTS David Captain 27 THE 24TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ONSINOTIBETAN LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS Lon Diehl 31 REVIEWS THE LIFE OF SHONG LUE YANG: HMONGMOTHER OF WRITING' KEEB KWM SOOB HMOOB NIAM NTAWV' by Chia Koua Yang, Gnia Yee Yang, and William A. Smalley MOTHER OF WRITING: THE ORIGIN ANDDEVELOPMENT* OF A HMONG MESSIANIC SCRIPT by William A. Smalley, Chia Koua Yang, and Gnia Yee Yang Frank Blair 33 STYLE: TOWARD CLARITY AND GRACE by Joseph M. Williams Charles Peck 40 PROCEEDINGS OF THE EIGHTH WEST COASTCONFERENCE ON FORMAL LINGUISTICS ed. by Jane E. Fee and Catherine Hunt Michael Maxwell 47 MARKEDNESS THEORY: THE UNION OF ASSYMETRYAND 110 SEMIOSIS IN LANGUAGE 51 3 by Edna Andrews Karl Franklin (Continued on back cover) NOTES ON LINGUISTICS EDITOR IIIEugene Loos ASSOCIATE EDITOR Howard W. Law CONSULTING EDITOR Alan S. Kaye FORMAT EDITOR Robin Lombard INTERNATIONAL LINGUISTICS ADVISORS Howard P. MeKauyhan. U. of Hanna. r. Ruth Brend WicisiganState. U. Dinh Hos Ngvyen______________ San we State U. John Crawford U. of North Dakota John 00er-......._________._____ U. of New Maim Charles A. Ferguson -Sta cell U.. r. Derek Fives U. A. K. Pawiey......--_----ANUU C Berkeley Peter Fries. Central Mr U. Richard Rhodes Shirley Brice Heath ....... .. ........... ....------....-Sta U. Hu Tan Cerulnn. forMinorities.Beijing - Yoshihito Ikegami U. Thine Rudolph Troike.........---------- U. of Arizona Frances Ingemann U. Kansas U. d Abidjan Richard Tucker CAL. Pascal D. kokora John Verhaar- -The Netherlands Peter Ladefoged U.C.A.L. Ekkehard Wolff_________-- U. of Hamburg Sydney Lamb Rice University W. P. Lehmann U. T.. Austin INTERNATIONAL LINGUISTICS CONSULTANTS U.1,1 John Bendor-Samuel Africa Joseph E Grimes Velma Piclett--...---Mcdco Regina Blass axe Divoire Austin Hale Philippines Alan Healey Eunice Pike Leslie Bruce Evelyn G. Dallas Eunice Burgess, Arid Lou Hohulin Stephen H. Levinsohn_....CJoiribIa Richard S. Pittman..._____ Wecdrenv Donald A. Burquest.-L'.2. Arlineron Gar/ Simons- .._.....Dallas Ross Caughley trio Robert Lateral__ Papua New Guinea Desmond Derbyshire Dallas Robert LongscreU.2. ArlinotonDavid Thomaa-----Asia Daniel Everett. ....... ...., ......._._.._Brazil Ivan Lowe.---- Great BruainDavid Weber ----Peru Kenneth MeElhanonArbury Seen Klaus Wedekind ---Ahica Kid FranklinPapua New GuineaTony Naden.......---.Ghona Ursula Wesemann Donald Fmniz......---Norch America Mary Ruth Warren Glover. _AnaKemp Pallesen....-_-.--Pacifte Kenneth J. 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ISSN *711.4473 BEST COPY ppitru COORDINATOR'S CORNER I trust that in this issue you will find somedown-to-earth articles and reviews that are helpful. Geoffrey Hunt's article on choosing a tape recorderexamines points that we might overlook if we don't consider the prospectof using recordings in CECIL. You might already have good recordings of toneframes or flowing texts.If you use those recordings as input toCECIL to extract the pitch and stress contours only to find that therecordings have had distinctions blurred by various kinds of interference, Geoffrey's tips mighthelp you out.If you would like to commission someone to just "pick up" a newrecorder for you, by all means read Geoffrey's article first.it might spare you unfruitful expense. Eunice Pike's article on tone comes from herwide experience as a consultant in tone analysis.One of the things that Eunice's approachdoes is to take advantage of known typical patterns of tone phenomena:it builds on what the world already knows. As you read, keep in mindthat the phonology textbook by Burquest and Payne, a clear and extensivetreatment of typical patterns of both segmental and autosegmental phonology,will receive its "final exposure" this summer at Oregon. We are lookingforward to its publication. tests to Carla Rad loff'sarticle on the application of sentencerepetition measure bilingual competence arisesfrom testing children's language capability. I subjected myself to a quick test and foundthat I could repeat sentences all right in languages that I knew, even when the sentenceswere fairly complex. But when called upon to repeat sentences inlanguages that I am incompetent in, my performance was dismal.If, as Carla says, the test only attempts to measure "one thin slice" of all thatis desirable in evaluating second language competence, the time and expense ofthe sentence repetition approach can sometimes achieve extraordinary savings over otherapproaches and still enable one to come to valid conclusions.In this article you will see how it works. Don't overlook the notices of professionalmeetings
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