Новое в корпусной лингвистике

ELRA-S0299 Alcohol Language Corpus (BAS ALC)
ALC contains recordings of 88 German speakers that are either intoxicated or sober. The type of speech ranges from read single digits to full conversation style. Recordings were done during drinking test where speakers drank beer or wine to reach a self-chosen level of alcoholic intoxication. Recordings were performed in two standing automobiles. In the intoxicated state 30 items were sampled from each speaker, while in the sober state 60 items were recorded.

("молчим, потрясённые грандиозностью картины" (с) Ремарк)

(no subject)

...а ведь умершая сегодня балерина Екатерина Максимова (по восприятию бабушки и мамы мне всегда казалось, что "Катя" моложе) -- получается, двоюродная сестра А. К. Поливановой.

Они обе внучки Г. Г. Шпета.