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Dear friends,<br>
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For the coming holiday season I only wanted to send you a copy of a
letter from one of the PhD students I am advising, at a safe distance,
in Baghdad. The letter needs no comment, as it speaks for itself: it
gives us just a brief glimpse of the context in which some discourse
analysts are doing their work. There are many spots on earth where life
is hardly less cruel, but this message happens to come from Baghdad,
and I only hope you'll realize how privileged life of most of us is. <br>
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<div><font color="#660000">"Terribly sorry for this delay but I
couldn't leave home the
previous weeks because our dean and many lectureres were assasinated
for no obvious reason and I had to stay home for a while as my mother
wouldn't let me go out and the department was closed and when I got to
the U the net connection was broken (off) and I couldn't go to a cafe'
for fear they would do the same to me. There was assasination before
but not that much. I'm in a cafe now and I couldn't even read your mail
as I just wanted to inform you about the situation and tell you I'm all
right (hope you're all right too).</font></div>
<div><font color="#660000">I have to go now. I'm shaking and I look
at everyone as if he will shoot me. I'll try to write to you soon."</font></div>
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Warm regards for the holiday season.<br>
<br>
Teun<br>
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Teun A. van Dijk<br>
Universitat Pompeu Fabra<br>
Dept. de Traducció i Filologia<br>
Rambla 30<br>
08002 Barcelona<br>
España/Spain<br>
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E-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:teun@discourse-in-society.org">teun@discourse-in-society.org</a><br>
Internet: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.discourse-in-society.org">www.discourse-in-society.org</a><br>
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Para hispanohablantes también:<br>
E-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:teun@discursos.org">teun@discursos.org</a><br>
Internet: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.discursos.org">www.discursos.org</a> (en construcción)<br>
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