Dialect Test
The Dialect Test was created by A.J. Ellis in February 1879, and was used in the fieldwork for his work "On Early English Pronunciation". It stands as one of the earliest methods of identifying vowel sounds and features of speech. The aim was to capture the main vowel sounds of an individual dialect by listening to the reading of a short passage. All the categories of West Saxon words and vowels were included in the test so that comparisons could be made with the historic West Saxon speech as well as with various other dialects.
Derek Brueckner
Specifically the dialectic explores a reaffirmation of painting/drawing involving either in collaboration or against technology and this dialectic’s relation to the body and modes of interpretation and depiction of imagery. Currently Brueckner is an instructor at the University of Manitoba. View work by Brueckner's students at http://www.derekbrueckner.com/courses. Lectures and panel discussions include a panel discussion at the 2008 College Art Association Conference in Dallas (The Search for Vision's Body: The Role of Touch in the Practice of Painting and Architecture
Wednesday, February 20, 2008, 2:30 PM–5:00 PM session). As well Brueckner co-hosts and curates an arts talk radio show in Winnipeg at CKUW 95.9 FM.
He has a Master of Fine Arts from Hunter College City University of New York Department of Art.