3.1308 Notes and Queries (152)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Mon, 23 Apr 90 18:06:44 EDT

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 3, No. 1308. Monday, 23 Apr 1990.


(1) Date: Fri, 20 Apr 90 17:53:19 -0500 (18 lines)
From: Alan D Corre <corre@csd4.csd.uwm.edu>
Subject: Reading Knowledge of Languages [eds.]

(2) Date: Fri, 20 Apr 90 21:22 EDT (26 lines)
From: <DONALDSON@LOYVAX>
Subject: The use of BITNET for book buying

(3) Date: Sat, 21 Apr 90 12:11:20 EST (12 lines)
From: Stephen Clausing <SCLAUS@YALEVM>
Subject: NLP/Prolog

(4) Date: Sat, 21 Apr 90 12:32:24 CDT (10 lines)
From: "Bill Ball" <C476721@UMCVMB>
Subject: Modern Cultures

(5) Date: Sat, 21 Apr 90 13:01:39 PDT (25 lines)
From: "John J Hughes" <XB.J24@STANFORD.BITNET>
SUBJECT: Need Help

(6) Date: Sun, 22 Apr 90 16:19:05 EDT (32 lines)
From: Germaine Warkentin <WARKENT@vm.epas.utoronto.ca>
Subject: Writing Across the Curriculum

(7) Date: Sun, 22 Apr 90 18:22:08 EDT (19 lines)
From: Willard McCarty <MCCARTY@vm.epas.utoronto.ca>
Subject: published article?

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Date: Fri, 20 Apr 90 17:53:19 -0500
From: Alan D Corre <corre@csd4.csd.uwm.edu>

I like to improve my vocabulary and reading knowledge of foreign
languages, and find that the following is a good way to do it. When I
pass a Christian Science church or reading room I look through their
free literature displayed outside, and take some with parallel English
and foreign language. There are simple stories and testimonies, nothing
to break your literary teeth on. You read the right side, and when you
get stuck on a word or verb form you peek at the English opposite. At
present I take Portuguese and Dutch, but maybe one day I will have the
courage to graduate to Malay or Indonesian. And of course the "big"
languages are always available. I would estimate that 25% of my
Portuguese vocabulary I owe to Mrs. Eddy. I don't think the Christian
Science folk would feel that I am abusing their generosity by using
their literature for this purpose, for after all, they are spreading
their doctrine. And as for that, the worst that can happen to you, it
seems to me, is that you will come to think that maybe Somebody Loves
You--and what is wrong with that?
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Date: Fri, 20 Apr 90 21:22 EDT
From: <DONALDSON@LOYVAX>
Subject: The use of BITNET for book buying


HUMANIST has discussed the use of the computer and various networks to
do "electronic library work" at far-flung research libraries. What of
placing book orders (for purchase, not interlibrary loan) for personal
or class use?

I may be misinformed, but I have the definite impression that the my
colleagues in Italian (ours is a foreign language department) have had a
great deal of luck in placing order through BITNET directly with book
dealers in Italy and receiving confirmation electronically in a few hours
and delivery in a matter of weeks. I and my fellow Germanists have not
had similar luck in ordering from Germany. Nor have I heard of something
similar in Spanish or French.

Does anyone in the internationa l HUMANIST family have information which
might be of some help? Is the ability to order books via the electronic
networds limited to Italy or are there opportunities my colleagues and I
have missed?

My thanks for any information. And welcome back HUMANISRT.

Randy Donaldson (DONALDSON@LOYVAX)
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Date: Sat, 21 Apr 90 12:11:20 EST
From: Stephen Clausing <SCLAUS@YALEVM>
Subject: NLP/Prolog

I am going to be teaching a course next year on Natural Language
Processing using the text by James Allen "Natural Language
Understanding". I have two queries with respect to this. First, does
anyone have the programs for the exercises in this text that they could
send me? Second, does anyone have any experience with Prolog
interpreters/compilers for the Macintosh. I am thinking of using Prolog
instead of the more customary Lisp. Any help or advice would be greatly
appreciated. One final note: it is not my intention with this note to
initiate an argument over whether Lisp or Prolog is better.
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Date: Sat, 21 Apr 90 12:32:24 CDT
From: "Bill Ball" <C476721@UMCVMB>
Subject: Modern Cultures

I seem to have misplaced the subscription address for the electronic
journal on postmodern culture. I think it was called _Modern Cultures_.
Would someone please send it to me?

((( Bill Ball c476721@UMCVMB ) Dept. Pol. Sci. ) U. Mo.-Columbia )

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Date: Sat, 21 Apr 90 13:01:39 PDT
From: "John J Hughes" <XB.J24@STANFORD.BITNET>
SUBJECT: Need Help

Dear Fellow Humanists,

I need help in locating the names, addresses, and phone numbers
of the person or persons to contact to obtain review copies of
the following programs:

(1) MicroEYEBALL
(2) TTR (Type Token Ratio)
(3) SATO
(4) Disc-AN

Thanks in advance to any HUMANISTs who can help.

John J. Hughes
Editor & Publisher
Bits & Bytes Review

XB.J24@Stanford
FAX = (406) 862-1124
TEL = (406) 862-7280

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Date: Sun, 22 Apr 90 16:19:05 EDT
From: Germaine Warkentin <WARKENT@vm.epas.utoronto.ca>
Subject: Writing Across the Curriculum

I have been asked by a colleague at Laurentian University to circulate:

CALL FOR PAPERS

>From October 12th to October 14th 1990, the Writing Acorss the
Curriculum and Langue integree aux programmes (WAC/LIP) program and the
English Department at Laurentian University are sponsoring a bilingual
conference entitled:

CONTEXTUAL LITERACY: WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM - LA
LITTERACIE EN CONTEXTE: LANGUE INTEGREE AUX PROGRAMMES

The conference will explore theoretical and political issues related to
university-level literacy as well as practical applications - specific
WAC/LIP teaching strategies. Abstracts (250-500 words) in either French
or English for 20 minute presentations or longer workshops should be
submitted prior to June 15, 1990.

For further information regarding speakers, funding, paper submissions
and costs contact:

Catherine Schryer (705) 675-1151x4345, or Laurence Steven (x4341),
Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 2C6

OR:

Jacques Berger (705) 675-1151x4309 or Muriel Usandivaras-Mili (x4305),
Dept. de Francais, l'Universite Laurentienne, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
P3E 2C6.
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Date: Sun, 22 Apr 90 18:22:08 EDT
From: Willard McCarty <MCCARTY@vm.epas.utoronto.ca>
Subject: published article?

Some time back a kind Humanist gave me partial information about the
fate of the following article that I have as a xerox from some
conference. I think this Humanist's note disappeared in a general purge
of my reader, so only the article itself remains.

John Richardson, "The Limitations to Electronic Communication in the
Research Community". (Richardson is from the HSUAT Research Centre,
Loughborough.)

Does anyone know (a) at which conference this paper was given, or much
better (b) where it has been or will be published? I need complete
bibliographical information if I can get it.

Thanks.
Yours, Willard McCarty