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#154431 01/26/06 10:48 AM
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Dear all,

I have finally finished my thesis, and you can go check it out in

http://cc.joensuu.fi/~mmattila/gradu.htm

If you have any questions or comments, you can e-mail me (miiamaAThotmail.com), or post them here, I do lurk around quite frequently, although I rarely post anything

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#154432 01/26/06 01:17 PM
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Dear Miia ~

Congratulations! I do recommend that you edit your post to alter your e-mail address to read
"miiama AT hotmail.com" so that some e-mail address harvester programme doesn't come and put you on every imaginable list of junk mail addresses.

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Nice to have that done I'll bet. Congratulations.

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Thanks guys, it sure feels great And Father Steve, thanks for the tip!

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A fascinating read, Miia, thanks for the link. I do have a question, though. Since you excluded non-American variants of English (for very sensible reasons, well outlined in your original thread), would it not have been advisable to define the word "English" at the beginning of the thesis? Since the thesis confines itself to one variant of English, ought not that have been noted at the outset?

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Congratulations, Miia - the rest of your life can now be reclaimed! Thanks for the post - I'll look forward to reading it over the weekend.

#154437 01/27/06 12:23 AM
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A most engaging subject for a thesis, Miia. Thank you for sharing it with us here.

I look forward to a most interesting read when time permits.

Understanding the mechanics of cultural taboos is fundamental to understanding the mechanisms of human Culture.

I'll opine soon.

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Miia,

How nice of you to post your thesis link here Miia. I know I feel a little bit of a velour for having answered your questionnaire and knowing that it helped you.

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Quote:

Since you excluded non-American variants of English (for very sensible reasons, well outlined in your original thread), would it not have been advisable to define the word "English" at the beginning of the thesis?




Yes, good point sjmaxq. I did say it in the abstract, but not on the introduction itself... As a matter of fact, this point is not explained until the material is presented Too much re-writing, I guess, something important is always missing from the final version.


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