Murray G Wanamaker
Biographic Data
| ID | 5890874 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Murray G Wanamaker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Murray G |
| FAMILY NAME | Wanamaker |
| SIGNATURE | WANAMAKER M G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Winnipeg |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Walter S. Avis
A word about the title—Wally (as he was known to most of us) was vitally interested in the English language, including, of course, Old English, which he taught. So it seemed appropriate to use Old English words as attributes to his memory. Perhaps this whole tribute should be in Old English, or, more appropriately, in one of the rarer dialects of Canadian English. But I shall be more realistic. All of you knew Wally personally and/or by reputatio…
A Revised Phonetic Alphabet proposed by the Maritimes Dialect Survey
The origins of this Revised Phonetic Alphabet lie in the attempts of the Maritimes Dialect Survey to find an alphabet which would allow a computor to handle phonetic data readily and conveniently. This necessitated planning an alphabet which could be adapted to an 88-place ‘golf ball’ which could then be used with, for example, an IBM Selectric typewriter; that is to say, the proposed alphabet had to consist of not more than 88 ‘elements’. In fac…
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A Revised Phonetic Alphabet proposed by the Maritimes Dialect Survey
The origins of this Revised Phonetic Alphabet lie in the attempts of the Maritimes Dialect Survey to find an alphabet which would allow a computor to handle phonetic data readily and conveniently. This necessitated planning an alphabet which could be adapted to an 88-place ‘golf ball’ which could then be used with, for example, an IBM Selectric typewriter; that is to say, the proposed alphabet had to consist of not more than 88 ‘elements’. In fac…
Walter S. Avis
A word about the title—Wally (as he was known to most of us) was vitally interested in the English language, including, of course, Old English, which he taught. So it seemed appropriate to use Old English words as attributes to his memory. Perhaps this whole tribute should be in Old English, or, more appropriately, in one of the rarer dialects of Canadian English. But I shall be more realistic. All of you knew Wally personally and/or by reputatio…
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