LINGUIST List 3.345

Fri 17 Apr 1992

FYI: Chomsky, Novel, Bilingualness, Concordances

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  • , Chomsky is Citation Champ
  • Ed Battistella, Mystery novel
  • , RE: 3.329 Queries: Bilingualness, IPA, Dissimilation, House
  • Cook V J, Bilingualism
  • , Re: 3.337 Summary: Software for the Historical Linguist

    Message 1: Chomsky is Citation Champ

     Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 21:19:35 -0Chomsky is Citation Champ
    From: <idsardiAthena.MIT.EDU>
    Subject: Chomsky is Citation Champ


    >From MIT Tech Talk Wednesday April 15, 1992 page 3

    Chomsky is Citation Champ

    Many are the authors who may wonder is anyone is paying attention to what they write. Professor Noam Chomsky, MIT's preeminent linguistics authority, doesn't have that problem. Recent research on citations in three different citation indices show that Professor Chomsky is one of the most cited individuals in works published in the past 20 years. In fact, his 3,874 citations in the Arts and Humanities Citation Index between 1980 and 1992 make him the most cited living person in that period and the eight most cited source overall -- just behind famed psychiatrist Sigmund Freud and just ahead of philosopher Georg Hegel. Indeed, Professor Chomsky is in illustrious company. The top ten cited sources during the period were: Marx, Lenin, Shakespeare, Aristotle, the Bible, Plato, Freud, Chomsky, Hegel and Cicero. But that isn't all. From 1972 to 1992, Professor Chomsky was cited 7,449 times in the Social Science Citation Index -- likely the greatest number of times for a living person there as well, although the research into those numbers isn't complete. In addition, from 1974 to 1992 he was cited 1,619 times in the Science Citation Index. "What it means is that he is very widely read across disciplines and that his work is used by researchers across disciplines," said Theresa A. Tobin, the Humanities Librarian who checked the numbers. "In fact," she added, "it seems that you can't write a paper without citing Noam Chomsky."

    Message 2: Mystery novel

     Date: Fri, 17 Apr 92 15:45:41 CDMystery novel
    From: Ed Battistella <battistecis.uab.edu>
    Subject: Mystery novel


    Someone pointed out to me a recent mystery novel with a linguist as a character. The novel is BOX 9 by Jack O'Connell (1992, Mysterious Press) and features a drug called LINGO which affects Broca's and Wernicke's areas, a neurolinguist named Fred Woo, and 2 supporting characters called Charlotte Peirce and Victor Welby.

    Message 3: RE: 3.329 Queries: Bilingualness, IPA, Dissimilation, House

    Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 09:10:44 RE: 3.329 Queries: Bilingualness, IPA, Dissimilation, House
    From: <njsobinualr.edu>
    Subject: RE: 3.329 Queries: Bilingualness, IPA, Dissimilation, House


    In response to Jo Rubba's request for materials on bilingualism, one work of particular interest might be K. Hakuta (1986) _Mirror_of_Language_, Basic Books, New York. As I recall, this works lends some history and perspective to considerations of bilingualism.

    Nick Sobin (njsobinualr.bitnet)

    Message 4: Bilingualism

     Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 12:49:58 BSBilingualism
    From: Cook V J <vcookessex.ac.uk>
    Subject: Bilingualism


    Five books for parents on bringing up children bilingually

    Arnberg, L. (1987), Raising Children Bilingually: The Pre-school Years, Multilingual Matters, Clevedon de Jong, E. (1986), The Bilingual Experience: A Book For Parents, CUP Grosjean, F. (1982), Life with Two Languages, Harvard U.P. Harding, E., & Riley, P. (1986), The Bilingual Family: A Handbook for Parents, C.U.P. Saunders, G. (1982), Bilingual Children: Guidance for the Family, Multilingual Matters, Clevedon V.J. Cook 16 April, 1992

    Message 5: Re: 3.337 Summary: Software for the Historical Linguist

    Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 11:52:49 -0Re: 3.337 Summary: Software for the Historical Linguist
    From: <mhoffma1cc.swarthmore.edu>
    Subject: Re: 3.337 Summary: Software for the Historical Linguist


    Another concordance program useful for historical linguists: Version 2 of Stephen Clausing's concordance program for the Macintosh, MacConcordance, is available from the info-mac archives (anonymous ftp to sumex-aim.stanford.edu, /info-mac/app/macconcordance.hqx) or from one of its shadow archives for non North-American and Bitnet-only sites. MacConcordance is significantly faster and has a number of interesting features not available in gconc.