Hippocrene dictionary

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Listeros:

Once again I am impressed by the thoughtful openmindedness of many of the 
people on this list. I very much look forward to reading Fran's review (see 
below) but am reminded of a comment someone much wiser than I made about language: 
'the only perfect language is a dead one.' That is, once a language is no 
longer actively used then there is always someone who fixes upon some 'high 
culture' definition of what constituted that now-no-longer-spoken language, makes 
its conventions the standard for all other varieties, and then attempts to foist 
this somewhat (not always completely) arbitrary choice on everyone else who 
wants to study that language. 

I am rather focused on the 16th to 19th century varieties of Nahuatl (as 
expressed in docs) but am very mindful and appreciative of what others have been, 
or are, doing. For example, I think Jonathan Amith's upcoming publication is 
going to be a major help for folks like me. 

The more the merrier. And my sincere thanks to all of you who help keep 
Nahuatl, in all its many spoken and written forms, a living language. 
Oannechmocnelilitzinoque, otlacauhqui in amochalchiuhyollotzin.

Ye ixquich.
Barry D. Sell

In a message dated 9/7/04 11:16:18 AM, karttu at NANTUCKET.NET writes:


> I just wrote a review of it in an article evaluating a number of recent
> books intended to facilitate Nahuatl studies.  The review article has
> been submitted to the journal Ethnohistory. I am not sure how long it
> will be before it appears in print.
> 
> Frances Karttunen
> 
> 

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