Date:  Thu, 9 Jun 1994 12:27:06 CST

From:  salikoko mufwene <mufw[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU>

Subject: Re: American Language and Culture



In Message Thu, 9 Jun 1994 07:53:22 EDT,

 Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]gc3.GAC.PeachNet.EDU> writes:



>Can someone suggest useful texts for new international graduate students

>that would introduce them to the realities of American English (idioms,

>conversation rituals in various settings, maybe pronunciation) and American

>culture (students are expected to attend class, people wear deodorant,

>Christians believe such and such, punctuality is important, etc.)?

>

Wayne:

 Some of the topics you have in mind are discussed in a small book edited

by Philip R. DeVita and James D. Armstrong. 1993. DISTANT MIRRORS: AMRICA AS

A FOREIGN CULTURE. Wadsworth Publishing Co. 145pp.

 I doubt that any of the contributors discusses use of deodorant!

Best,

Sali.

Salikoko S. Mufwene

Linguistics, U. of Chicago

s-mufwene[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uchicago.edu

312-702-8531