Date:    Tue, 26 May 1998 18:06:01 -0500
<br>From:    Grant Barrett <gbarrett[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]DFJP.COM>
<br>Subject: Queries
<br>
<br>I am further updating the ADS web site, including a new look, a little more
<br> streamlined organization, and a lot of material updates. More about that when
<br> it goes public.
<br>
<br>I need your help, though, to fill out some of the weak spots. I know we're
<br> coming up on the end of the semester, but a few minutes of your time will be
<br> greatly appreciated.
<br>
<br>1. What is your primary dictionary of choice? Why? If you want to, you can list
<br> more than one, but list them in the order you use or trust them most. Please
<br> include author, publisher, title and date published, if you can.
<br>
<br>2. What style guide would you recommend most? Why? Please include author,
<br> publisher, title and date published, if you can.
<br>
<br>3. What textbooks do you currently use or recommend? Out of print suggestions
<br> welcome. Please include author, publisher, title and date published, if you
<br> can.
<br>
<br>4. What video, audio, academically-published, or other supporting materials do
<br> you use or recommend for study, classwork or as general reference resources?
<br> This list might include journals, dissertations, dictionaries, phrase books,
<br> studies, speech transcripts, or anything else that is clearly not a textbook.
<br> Please include author, publisher, title and date published, if you can. Out of
<br> print suggestions welcome.
<br>
<br>5. Are there any linguistic or dialectic resources that you visit on the
<br> Internet weekly, or more frequently? Please give the full URL. (I already have
<br> a huge list of these, but as I am not a linguist or dialectician by trade, I
<br> might have missed some obvious ones).
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<br>6. Would you be interested in seeing the revised site before everyone else to
<br> check for spelling, grammar, bad links or other errors? Please send me an email
<br> to that effect, and include the names of anyone you know who has traveled the
<br> length of the Pan-American Highway, and how I might contact them.
<br>
<br>7. Would you describe your behavior as largely prescriptivist or descriptivist
<br> when it comes to classifying the speech or usage of others?
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<br>I will compile these answers in a ranking list (except for number six, of
<br> course), with explanations and without names. All answers will get a listing.
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<br>Thanks so much for your time.
<br>
<br>Grant Barrett
<br>ADS Web Geek
<br>gbarrett[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]dfjp.com
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