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Keuk-Tae Kim
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| Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 8:13 am
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Hello.
What does 'b' mean in the follwing sentece?
(The 'b' is after the year '1975' )
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Campbell (1975b) celebrates "ordinary social knowing."
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I looked up the dictionary, but couldn't find a suitable definition.
Please help me.
Any advice would be appreciated.
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R H Draney
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| Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 8:14 am
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Keuk-Tae Kim filted:
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Hello.
What does 'b' mean in the follwing sentece?
(The 'b' is after the year '1975' )
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Campbell (1975b) celebrates "ordinary social knowing."
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I looked up the dictionary, but couldn't find a suitable definition.
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This looks like a reference to an entry in a bibliography...usually, it's enough
to cite the author's name in the body of the work...occasionally, when multiple
works by the same author are included, the year is added in parentheses, so the
reader knows that the reference is to the 1975 work by Campbell and not (for
example) a 1981 work by Campbell also cited elsewhere in the paper...in rare
instances, more than one work by an author in the same year may appear; the
reference above is to the *second* 1975 Campbell reference; the first 1975
Campbell work in the bibliography would be "Campbell (1975a)"....r |
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Martin Ambuhl
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| Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 2:50 pm
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Keuk-Tae Kim wrote:
| Quote: | Hello.
What does 'b' mean in the follwing sentece?
(The 'b' is after the year '1975' )
Campbell (1975b) celebrates "ordinary social knowing."
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It means that the reference list has more than one source for which
Campbell is the author and which was published in 1975. The reference
sought is the one after Campbell (1975a).
Campbell, Tinker-bell
1973 _Iraq is a Nice Place_. Princeton Press.
1975a _Egypt's Got Pyramids_, Southern Illinois University Press.
1975b _I Got Lost in Libya_, Stanford University Press. |
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Steve Hayes
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| Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 6:16 am
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:18:42 +0900, "Keuk-Tae Kim" <zyuuzika@korea.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Hello.
What does 'b' mean in the follwing sentece?
(The 'b' is after the year '1975' )
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Campbell (1975b) celebrates "ordinary social knowing."
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The second book published by Campbell in that year.
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Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk |
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Mark Brader
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| Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 8:11 am
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Keuk-Tae Kim:
| Quote: | What does 'b' mean in the follwing sentece?...
Campbell (1975b) celebrates "ordinary social knowing."
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Steve Hayes:
| Quote: | The second book published by Campbell in that year.
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No. Martin Ambuhl and R.H. Draney had it right. It's nothing to do
with order of publication.
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Mark Brader | lying
Toronto | abort reply.
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Oliver Cromm
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 8:13 am
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Steve Hayes wrote:
| Quote: | On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 05:09:30 -0000, msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
Keuk-Tae Kim:
What does 'b' mean in the follwing sentece?...
Campbell (1975b) celebrates "ordinary social knowing."
Steve Hayes:
The second book published by Campbell in that year.
No. Martin Ambuhl and R.H. Draney had it right. It's nothing to do
with order of publication.
Indeed.
Even though you didn't ask the original question,. perhaps I should expand my
answer to avoid any risk of confusion...
The second book listed in the bibliography that was published in the same year
by an author bearing the same name (not necessarily the same author, either).
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I don't have a style guide to back this up, but I would consider it bad
style to not distinguish two authors of the same name clearly, as in
A. Campbell (1975a)
(1975b)
B. Campbell (1975a)
(1975b)
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Oliver C. |
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Steve Hayes
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 8:15 am
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 05:09:30 -0000, msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
| Quote: | Keuk-Tae Kim:
What does 'b' mean in the follwing sentece?...
Campbell (1975b) celebrates "ordinary social knowing."
Steve Hayes:
The second book published by Campbell in that year.
No. Martin Ambuhl and R.H. Draney had it right. It's nothing to do
with order of publication.
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Indeed.
Even though you didn't ask the original question,. perhaps I should expand my
answer to avoid any risk of confusion...
The second book listed in the bibliography that was published in the same year
by an author bearing the same name (not necessarily the same author, either).
--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk |
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Steve Hayes
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| Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 8:17 am
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On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 04:30:49 GMT, Oliver Cromm <lispamateur@internet.uqam.ca>
wrote:
| Quote: | Steve Hayes wrote:
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 05:09:30 -0000, msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
Keuk-Tae Kim:
What does 'b' mean in the follwing sentece?...
Campbell (1975b) celebrates "ordinary social knowing."
Steve Hayes:
The second book published by Campbell in that year.
No. Martin Ambuhl and R.H. Draney had it right. It's nothing to do
with order of publication.
Indeed.
Even though you didn't ask the original question,. perhaps I should expand my
answer to avoid any risk of confusion...
The second book listed in the bibliography that was published in the same year
by an author bearing the same name (not necessarily the same author, either).
I don't have a style guide to back this up, but I would consider it bad
style to not distinguish two authors of the same name clearly, as in
A. Campbell (1975a)
(1975b)
B. Campbell (1975a)
(1975b)
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Indeed. Otherwise there's no point in the reference, because you wouldn't know
which bibliography entry it refers to.
But it has nothing to do with order of publication, as Mark Brader suggested,
but only with the order in which they are listed in the bibliography.
--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk |
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William R Ward
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 4:56 pm
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msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) writes:
| Quote: | Keuk-Tae Kim:
What does 'b' mean in the follwing sentece?...
Campbell (1975b) celebrates "ordinary social knowing."
Steve Hayes:
The second book published by Campbell in that year.
No. Martin Ambuhl and R.H. Draney had it right. It's nothing to do
with order of publication.
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Steve's definition implies that books published by Campbell in that
year, but not included in the bibliography, would count. That is not
the case.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://bill.wards.net
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