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color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks, Teun!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=146134210-05122005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I get similar letters, and they are all very sad and
troubling indeed.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=146134210-05122005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Happy Holidays and Peace to all!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=146134210-05122005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Ruth</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ruth Wodak</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN
lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial size=2>Professor in Discourse Studies</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial size=2>Department of Linguistics and
English Language</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Lancaster University</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Lancaster LA1 4YT</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial
size=2>United Kingdom</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Tel: xx44 1524 592437</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Fax: xx44 1524 843085</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial
size=2><A href="http://www.l/">http://www.l</A></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>ing.lancs.ac.uk/staff/wodak/index.htm</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN
lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.univie.ac.at/discourse-politics-identity">http://www.univie.ac.at/discourse-politics-identity</A>
</FONT></SPAN><BR><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.wittgenstein-club.at/">http://www.wittgenstein-club.at</A></FONT></SPAN>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Critical Discourse/Language/Communication
Analysis [mailto:CRITICS-L@NIC.SURFNET.NL] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Teun A. van
Dijk<BR><B>Sent:</B> 05 December 2005 09:25<BR><B>To:</B>
CRITICS-L@NIC.SURFNET.NL<BR><B>Subject:</B> Letter from a PhD student in
Baghdad<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><BR>Dear friends,<BR><BR>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><BR></FONT>
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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></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV> </DIV>Warm regards for the holiday
season.<BR><BR>Teun<BR><BR><BR>________________________________________________________________<BR><BR>Teun
A. van Dijk<BR>Universitat Pompeu Fabra<BR>Dept. de Traducció i
Filologia<BR>Rambla 30<BR>08002 Barcelona<BR>España/Spain<BR><BR>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><BR>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
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