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<P>Hi Dr. Haspelmath,<BR></P>
<P>How is all going in Germany? I am so busy, teaching Russian, and now with graduate studies. Sad news, I've basically abandoned Caucasian/Dagestani languages. It seems hopeless, and I'm not getting any support.</P>
<P>Good news, this summer I'm going to Syvtykvar, and studying Komi. I have a fellow grad student here, who is half-Komi, which started this interest. We'll see where this goes. Any leads on Komi scholars/Komi journals/places to look, and start to research? And, as always, if you would like me to do a book hunt in Moscow or the Komi Republic, let me know. </P>
<P>Thank you,</P>
<P>Jessica McHenry<BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>Martin Haspelmath <haspelmath@EVA.MPG.DE></I><BR>Reply-To: <I>Martin Haspelmath <haspelmath@EVA.MPG.DE></I><BR>To: <I>LINGTYP@listserv.linguistlist.org</I><BR>Subject: <I>promoting "Linguistic Discovery" (free online journal)</I><BR>Date: <I>Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:40:36 +0100</I><BR>>Dear typologists,<BR>><BR>>I'd like to draw your attention to a free journal of potential <BR>>interest to typologists. It's called "Linguistic Discovery" and is <BR>>edited by Lindsay Whaley (author of a typology textbook) and Lenore <BR>>Grenoble at Dartmouth College (U.S.). See <BR>>http://linguistic-discovery.dartmouth.edu.<BR>><BR>>The advantage of free online journals is that readers don't have to <BR>>pay for them, so if you publish a paper in the journal, anyone can <BR>>read it,
including linguists in poor countries. This journal isn't <BR>>very well known yet, but it seems an excellent place for <BR>>typologists' papers. Members of the editorial board are L. Campbell, <BR>>G. Dimmendaal, P. Munro, D. Payne, M. Polinsky, A. Woodbury, S. <BR>>Marlett.<BR>><BR>>The potential disadvantages are (i) that the journal may not be <BR>>available 50 or 100 years from now -- however, the editors say that <BR>>they have a commitment from Dartmout College to archive it <BR>>indefinitely, and archiving electronic journals is not more <BR>>expensive than archiving paper journals; (ii) that the journal isn't <BR>>very well known yet -- however, this may change, and now that you <BR>>have read this message it is a little better known than 5 minutes <BR>>ago.<BR>><BR>>I have recently published an article in the journal, and my
<BR>>experience is that they are as professional and thorough as any <BR>>other journal. The PDF versions look nice, and they also produce <BR>>HTML versions in case Adobe goes bankrupt.<BR>><BR>>Greetings,<BR>>Martin<BR>><BR>>P.S. Did you know that an estimated 79% of all undergraduates only <BR>>read works that are available online? Don't miss the chance to be <BR>>read by the next generation of linguists.<BR>><BR>>--<BR>>Martin Haspelmath (haspelmath@eva.mpg.de)<BR>>Max-Planck-Institut fuer evolutionaere Anthropologie, Deutscher <BR>>Platz 6<BR>>D-04103 Leipzig Tel. (MPI) +49-341-3550 307, (priv.) <BR>>+49-341-980 1616<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></div></html>