From rrobin at gwis2.circ.gwu.edu  Wed May  1 20:55:28 1996
From: rrobin at gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (Richard Robin)
Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 16:55:28 -0400
Subject: Czech tapes?
Message-ID: <WED.1.MAY.1996.165528.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Can anybody recommend proficiency-based materials for first-year Czech
that include an audiotape program? A video program and/or computer add-on
would be icing on the cake.

Currently, we are using materials developed for the Center for Applied
Linguistics by Olga Campora. The problem is that there are no tapes. We
have found some materials printed in Prague that have tapes, but these
are strictly traditional "cover the grammar" materials.

I'm hoping that there's some treasure trove out there that we haven't
heard of.

Regards,
Rich Robin

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Richard Robin     <robin at gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>
Dept. of German and Slavic Languages and Literatures
The George Washington University
W A S H I N G T O N,  D. C. 20052


From isrobert at msmail.is.cphk.hk  Thu May  2 19:19:00 1996
From: isrobert at msmail.is.cphk.hk (Robert Davison)
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 12:19:00 PDT
Subject: Tongue Twisters
Message-ID: <THU.2.MAY.1996.121900.PDT.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I wonder if any of you can recall some Russian Tongue Twisters -
Skorogovorki

I only have a partial one that comes to mind - Ekhal Greka cherez reka ...
(and the rest I have forgotten).

Would be most useful...
Robert, HK.


From just at MIT.EDU  Thu May  2 04:25:50 1996
From: just at MIT.EDU (Justin Langseth)
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 00:25:50 -0400
Subject: Tongue Twisters
Message-ID: <THU.2.MAY.1996.002550.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

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esli ruki mili vi
esli ruki mili mi
esli ruki mili ti,
znachet ruki vi-mi-ti ..



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From:   Robert Davison[SMTP:isrobert at msmail.is.cphk.hk]
Sent:   Thursday, May 02, 1996 3:19 PM
To:     Multiple recipients of list SEELANGS
Subject:        Tongue Twisters

I wonder if any of you can recall some Russian Tongue Twisters -
Skorogovorki

I only have a partial one that comes to mind - Ekhal Greka cherez reka ...
(and the rest I have forgotten).

Would be most useful...
Robert, HK.



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From LFO930 at stud.aubg.bg  Thu May  2 09:57:42 1996
From: LFO930 at stud.aubg.bg (Leonid Oknyanski)
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 09:57:42 GMT+2
Subject: Tongue Twisters
Message-ID: <THU.2.MAY.1996.095742.GMT2.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

>I wonder if any of you can recall some Russian Tongue Twisters -
>Skorogovorki

Korabli lavirovali lavirovali da ne vylavirovali...

L.
Oed' und leer das Meer.
             R. Wagner/T.S. Eliot

name:        Leonid F. Oknyanski
e-address:   lfo930 at stud.aubg.bg
address:     Volga Hotel, R.#304
             AUBG, Blagoevgrad,
             2700, Bulgaria
affiliation: American University in Bulgaria


From djbpitt+ at pitt.edu  Thu May  2 10:29:59 1996
From: djbpitt+ at pitt.edu (David J Birnbaum)
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 06:29:59 -0400
Subject: AATSEEL Conference News
Message-ID: <THU.2.MAY.1996.062959.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear SEELANGers,

I have posted a Preliminary Program and updated other information about
the 1996 AATSEEL Annual Meeting at:

        http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~djbpitt/aatseel.html

This preliminary program includes only the four "old-style" divisions:

        Twentieth-Century Russian Literature
        Pre-Twentieth-Century Russian Literature
        Culture, Cinema, and Drama
        Theory and Special Topics

The "new-style" divisions (Linguistics and Pedagogy and Methodology) have
a 1 September deadline for submissions, and will be scheduled only then.
Members who wish to submit papers to new-style divisions should check the
gudelines on the web site, particularly concerning the required abstracts.

The main reason we publish a preliminary program is to provide members
with an opportunity to correct any errors in their listings. I would be
grateful if panel chairs could verify the accuracy of the information for
their panels, and also if panelists could double-check their personal
information. Panelists should communicate any corrections to chairs, and
chairs should communicate any corrections to division heads (contact
information is available at the web site). Please note that the web
listing uses an ad-hoc system for representing Cyrillic transcription and
eastern European Latin-alphabet letters. The published program in the May
newsletter and at the conference will use the "scholarly" transliteration
system, with diacritics.

Cheers,

David
==================================================
Professor David J. Birnbaum      djbpitt+ at pitt.edu
The Royal York Apartments, #802  http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~djbpitt/
3955 Bigelow Boulevard           voice: 1-412-624-5712
Pittsburgh, PA  15213  USA       fax:   1-412-624-9714


From chaput at HUSC.BITNET  Thu May  2 12:02:29 1996
From: chaput at HUSC.BITNET (Patricia Chaput)
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 08:02:29 -0400
Subject: Czech tapes?
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9605011600.A6306-0100000@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.2.MAY.1996.080229.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

        Have you contacted Karen von Kunes, who has authored and
developed a number of materials for Czech?  She is in the Dept. of Slavic
Languages and Literatures at Yale.     Pat Chaput


Patricia R. Chaput
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Harvard University


From sforres1 at swarthmore.edu  Thu May  2 14:14:33 1996
From: sforres1 at swarthmore.edu (Sibelan E. S. Forrester)
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 10:14:33 -0400
Subject: Czech tapes?
Message-ID: <THU.2.MAY.1996.101433.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Rich,

Take a look at Mi'la S^as^kova'-Pierceova' and Ivana Bozde^chova',
C^es^tina pro komunikaci (Prague, Univerzita Karlova, 1995).  I only have
the handbook/workbook and the accompanying audio tape, but they sound like
what you have in mind.  From the foreword:  "This book has been produced in
order to provide students and teachers with a handbook of Czech language
organized around communication rather than grammar-translation exercises.
The book is designed to accompany the textbook CZECH FOR COMMUNICATION by
the same authors, but can be used with other books as well.  It can also be
used for language maintenance for students who have studied Czech and feel
the need to maintain or regain their active command of the language."

Dr. S^as^kova'-Pierce's address is:

University of Nebraska at Lincoln
1133 Oldfather Hall
Lincoln, NE  66588-0315

(402) 435-8190
mzs at unlinfo.unl.edu


Good luck!

Sibelan Forrester
Modern Languages and Literatures
Swarthmore College

>Can anybody recommend proficiency-based materials for first-year Czech
>that include an audiotape program? A video program and/or computer add-on
>would be icing on the cake.
>
>Currently, we are using materials developed for the Center for Applied
>Linguistics by Olga Campora. The problem is that there are no tapes. We
>have found some materials printed in Prague that have tapes, but these
>are strictly traditional "cover the grammar" materials.
>
>I'm hoping that there's some treasure trove out there that we haven't
>heard of.
>
>Regards,
>Rich Robin
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Richard Robin     <robin at gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>
>Dept. of German and Slavic Languages and Literatures
>The George Washington University
>W A S H I N G T O N,  D. C. 20052


From ADROZD at woodsquad.as.ua.edu  Thu May  2 09:55:29 1996
From: ADROZD at woodsquad.as.ua.edu (Andrew M. Drozd)
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 09:55:29 CST6CDT
Subject: Tongue Twisters
Message-ID: <THU.2.MAY.1996.095529.CST6CDT.>

        Here are a few more to add to the list:

Shchi da kasha--pishcha nasha.
Na dvore trava, na trave drova.
Korol'-orel.
Dva shchenka, shcheka k shcheke, gryzli shchetku v ugolke.
Karl u Klary ukral korally, a Klara u Karla ukrala klarnet.
Tsaplia chaxla, Tsaplia sokhla, Tsaplia sdokhla.
Mama myla Milu mylom, Mila mylo ne liubila.
Esli ruki myli my, esli ruki myli vy, esli ruki vymyl ty, znachit ruki vymyty!
Andrew M. Drozd
adrozd at woodsquad.as.ua.edu

Dept. of German and Russian
Box 870262
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0262

205-348-5055


From jflevin at ucrac1.ucr.edu  Thu May  2 18:17:59 1996
From: jflevin at ucrac1.ucr.edu (Jules Levin)
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 14:17:59 -0400
Subject: Tongue Twisters
Message-ID: <THU.2.MAY.1996.141759.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

How about:

Nasha reka siroka, kak Oka


-Jules Levin
 UCR


From aisrael at american.edu  Thu May  2 19:33:23 1996
From: aisrael at american.edu (Alina Israeli)
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 15:33:23 -0400
Subject: Tongue Twisters
Message-ID: <THU.2.MAY.1996.153323.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

>I wonder if any of you can recall some Russian Tongue Twisters -
>Skorogovorki
>
>I only have a partial one that comes to mind - Ekhal Greka cherez reka ...
>(and the rest I have forgotten).
>
>Would be most useful...
>Robert, HK.

Here is the rest:

Exal Greka cherez reku
Vidit Greka v reke rak
Sunul Greka ruku v reku
Rak za ruku Greku cap!

And one more:

Chetyre chernen'kix chumazen'kix chertenka chertili chernymi chernilami
chertezh cherezvychajno chisto.

Alina


From rcormani at magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu  Thu May  2 19:43:08 1996
From: rcormani at magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Rosa-Maria Cormanick)
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 15:43:08 -0400
Subject: Czech tapes?
In-Reply-To: <199605021418.KAA20546@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu> from "Sibelan
 E. S. Forrester" at May 2, 96 10:14:33 am
Message-ID: <THU.2.MAY.1996.154308.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

The Foreign Language Publications at The Ohio State University sells
five levels of audio cassette tapes & manuals for Milos Sova's book,
A Practical Czech Course for English Speaking Students.

For additional information contact:  FLP, OSU, phone:  614-292-3838 or
  Fax:  614-688-3355


From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Thu May  2 21:02:00 1996
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 17:02:00 -0400
Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: LCTL SUMMIT MEETING (fwd)
Message-ID: <THU.2.MAY.1996.170200.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 14:37:09 -0500
From: Louis E Janus <janus005+ at maroon.tc.umn.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list FLTEACH <FLTEACH at UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU>
Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: LCTL SUMMIT MEETING

       PLEASE POST or forward to others who might be interested.
        ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Announcing: Less Commonly Taught Languages Summit
September 20-21, 1996
University of Minnesota

The Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL) Project at the University of
Minnesota's Center for Advanced Research in Language Acquisition (CARLA)
will sponsor a LCTL Summit meeting on September 20-21, 1996. These
meetings are presented in cooperation with the National Council of
Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL). This summit
will build on the common  interests and concerns of LCTL teachers in
North America and will develop an action plan to help students,
teachers, and programs teaching LCTLs.

The end result of the summit will be an action plan for promotion of
LCTL  teaching and learning throughout the North America, synthesizing
the ideas which emerge from the meetings into a list of specific needs
and  realizable  goals (e.g., production of materials templates,
resource lists, plans for  pedagogy instruction in LCTLs, ways to tap
community resources, political  strategies, etc.) to be undertaken by a
consortium of interested individuals and organizations. This plan will
serve as the basis for funding proposals to assist in carrying  out the
goals.

The summit will consist of three half-day sessions, each focusing on an
important  issue for LCTL teachers. A combination of whole-group and
small-group discussions  between LCTL teachers, administrators, and
interested others will be used to brainstorm on specified topics and
generate ideas for solutions to problems.

Approximately 50 people will be invited to participate. We encourage
applications from teachers and other program activists from a wide range
of LCTLs, LCTL organizations, and from a wide variety of institutions.
The hosts will cover costs for housing and meals.

Please e-mail (lctl at tc.umn.edu), call (612/627-1872), or write the LCTL
project for more detailed
information and an application. The application deadline is JUNE 1,
1996, and the notification date is JUNE 15.

Louis Janus
Network Coordinator
Less Commonly Taught Languages Project
Center for Advanced Research in Language Acquisition
1313 5th St. SE, Suite 111
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55414
LCTL at tc.umn.edu
612/627-1872
612/627-1875 (fax)
http://carla.acad.umn.edu/lctl/lctl.html


From gmmst11+ at pitt.edu  Thu May  2 21:19:54 1996
From: gmmst11+ at pitt.edu (Gerald McCausland)
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 17:19:54 -0400
Subject: A "German Seelangs"?
Message-ID: <THU.2.MAY.1996.171954.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear fellow Seelangers:

I hope you will forgive the off-topic request, but I find myself in sudden
and acute need of a virtual community just like SEELANGS, but dealing with
*German* language and literature rather than Slavic.  If any of the other
"interdisciplinarians" among us knows of such a parallel group existing
and (even better) could point me in its direction, I would be very
grateful.

Thank you in advance.

Jerry McCausland
University of Pittsburgh
gmmst11+ at pitt.edu


From dstephan at brynmawr.edu  Thu May  2 21:46:07 1996
From: dstephan at brynmawr.edu (Stephan David)
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 17:46:07 -0400
Subject: Tongue Twisters
Message-ID: <THU.2.MAY.1996.174607.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Cetyre cernen'kix cetenka certili cernymi cernilami crezvycajno cisto.

David Stephan
Bryn Mawr College


From johns484 at maroon.tc.umn.edu  Thu May  2 22:14:10 1996
From: johns484 at maroon.tc.umn.edu (Marlene S Johnshoy)
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 17:14:10 -0500
Subject: A "German Seelangs"?
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9605021759.A17231-0100000@unixs5.cis.pitt.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.2.MAY.1996.171410.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

If you have Web access, go to this address:

http://ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu/~listserv/FLTEACH/flteach.fllists

This is David Bedell's list of language listservs and there are many
listed for German-related subjects.

Here are a couple:

aatg at indycms.bitnet   (American Association of Teachers of German)
german-l at ualtavm.bitnet  (German Teaching Materials)

Hope this helps.

Marlene

On Thu, 2 May 1996, Gerald McCausland wrote:

> Dear fellow Seelangers:
>
> I hope you will forgive the off-topic request, but I find myself in sudden
> and acute need of a virtual community just like SEELANGS, but dealing with
> *German* language and literature rather than Slavic.  If any of the other
> "interdisciplinarians" among us knows of such a parallel group existing
> and (even better) could point me in its direction, I would be very
> grateful.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Jerry McCausland
> University of Pittsburgh
> gmmst11+ at pitt.edu
>


From MLLEMILY at ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu  Thu May  2 23:09:23 1996
From: MLLEMILY at ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (Emily Tall)
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 18:09:23 -0500
Subject: Stony Brook Slavic Program
Message-ID: <THU.2.MAY.1996.180923.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I just saw a draft documents about changes at Stony Brook whichh said that
the Slavic graduate program will be abolished or suspended, I don't remember
what. Can someone from Stony Brook tell us what's going on? Emily Tall


From dlhorne at magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu  Thu May  2 22:46:55 1996
From: dlhorne at magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (dianna l. horne)
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 18:46:55 -0400
Subject: Tongue Twisters
Message-ID: <THU.2.MAY.1996.184655.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

One more skorogovorka to add to the list:

Na meli my nalima lenivo lovili
I meniali nalima vy mne na linia
O liubvi, ne menia li vy milo molili
I v tumane limana manili menia.

Dianna Horne, graduate student
Department of Slavic Languages and Literataures
The Ohio State University


>I wonder if any of you can recall some Russian Tongue Twisters -
>Skorogovorki
>
>I only have a partial one that comes to mind - Ekhal Greka cherez reka ...
>(and the rest I have forgotten).
>
>Would be most useful...
>Robert, HK.
>
>


From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Fri May  3 01:32:07 1996
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 21:32:07 -0400
Subject: Call for papers-Russian (fwd)
Message-ID: <THU.2.MAY.1996.213207.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 16:18:21 -0400
From: Bernadine Banning <bbanning+ at RUNET.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list FLTEACH <FLTEACH at UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU>
Subject: Call for papers-Russian

A colleague asked that I send this notice for the 46th Mountain Interstate
Foreign Language Conference which will be October 10-12 in Wilmington, NC at
the UNC, Wilmington campus.  Deadline for apers about Russian and Russian
literature is May 31, 1996.  Contact person:  Prof. Terry Mount, Dept. of
FL, UNC at Wilmington, NC. 28403, e-mail, mountt at uncwil.edu
Bernadine Banning
Professor of Spanish
Radford University
Radford, VA 24142
bbanning at runet.edu
540-831-5137, please leave recorded messages.


From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Fri May  3 01:50:18 1996
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 21:50:18 -0400
Subject: Language bloopers!!! (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960429081040.5362C-100000@vesuri.Helsinki.FI>
Message-ID: <THU.2.MAY.1996.215018.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I hope by now it's clear that the language bloopers were purely posted
for the fun of all.  It goes both ways, too.  I've roared at mistakes
I've seen made in Russian and French.  This is not a message, however, to
"blast" Juoko for not having a sense of humor.  Obviously it was just
taken the wrong way.  Hope it's all cleared up now, and, of course, no
hard feelings, Juoko?  :-)

Devin


___________________________________________________________________________
Devin P. Browne                                   Clairton Education Center
Foreign Language Teacher                                 501 Waddell Avenue
dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu                                      Clairton, PA  15025
                                                             (412) 233-9200


On Mon, 29 Apr 1996, Jouko Lindstedt wrote:

> 1. What has this to do with Slavic and East European languages and
>    literatures?
>
> 2. Unfortunately we who are not native speakers of English have to
>    use English as a lingua franca, and in so doing cannot help
>    producing from time to time sentences that are funny for native
>    speakers. Perhaps you would like to have all hotel instructions
>    and menus in Finnish, Hungarian or Dutch only in those
>    countries?
>
> Jouko Lindstedt
> Department of Slavonic Languages, University of Helsinki
> e-mail: Jouko.Lindstedt at Helsinki.Fi or jslindst at cc.helsinki.fi
> http://www.helsinki.fi/~jslindst/


From ykripkov at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU  Fri May  3 03:02:06 1996
From: ykripkov at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU (Yelaina Khripkov)
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 20:02:06 -0700
Subject: Tongue Twisters
Message-ID: <THU.2.MAY.1996.200206.0700.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

>I wonder if any of you can recall some Russian Tongue Twisters -
>Skorogovorki
>
>I only have a partial one that comes to mind...

The end of the one already listed:

Na dvore trava, na trave drova,
Ne koli drova na trave dvora.
(Very few Russians can do it, according to my experience)

And one more: kolpak pod kolpakom, pod kolpakom kolpak, etc.



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Yelaina Kripkov                                 tel: (541) 346-4077 work
Dept. of Russian                                     (541) 345-9122 home
University of Oregon                            fax: (541) 346-1327
Eugene, OR 97403                                ykripkov at oregon.uoregon.edu


From hill0087 at gold.tc.umn.edu  Fri May  3 03:25:27 1996
From: hill0087 at gold.tc.umn.edu (Kristin E Hiller)
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 22:25:27 -0500
Subject: Tongue Twisters
In-Reply-To: <9605021432.AA25730@beloit.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.2.MAY.1996.222527.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I eshche:

Zhuk zhuku skazal "zhu-zhu."/ Ja po-druzheski skazhu --
Zhuk, zharu my perezhdem./ Zharit tak pered dozhdem.

Vodovoz vez vodu iz-pod vodoprovoda.

Vse bobry dobry dlja svoix bobrjat.

Tket tkach tkani na platki Tane.

Teterev sidel na dereve, ot dereva ten' tetereva.

Tixo, tixo, tixo, tixo v tixij terem vxodit Tixon.

V semero sanej po semero v sani uselis' sami.

Vezet Sen'ka San'ku s Son'koj na sankax.  Sanki skok, San'ku s nog,
Son'ku v bok, Sen'ku v lob, vsex v sugrob.

Idet kozel s kozoj, a koza idet s kocoj.

Sasha shapkoj shishku sshib.

Mezh kamyshami slyshno shurshan'e, shelest i shepot, shorox vershin.

Ispugalis' medvezhonka ezh s ezhixoj i ezhonkom.

Sshit kolpak ne po-kolpakovski.


Kris Hiller
U. of Minnesota
hill0087 at gold.tc.umn.edu


From jslindst at cc.helsinki.fi  Fri May  3 05:29:01 1996
From: jslindst at cc.helsinki.fi (Jouko Lindstedt)
Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 08:29:01 +0300
Subject: Language bloopers!!! (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9605022144.A26729-0100000@unixs6.cis.pitt.edu>
Message-ID: <FRI.3.MAY.1996.082901.0300.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

On Thu, 2 May 1996, Devin P Browne wrote:

> I hope by now it's clear that the language bloopers were purely posted
> for the fun of all.  It goes both ways, too.  I've roared at mistakes
> I've seen made in Russian and French.  This is not a message, however, to
> "blast" Juoko for not having a sense of humor.  Obviously it was just
> taken the wrong way.  Hope it's all cleared up now, and, of course, no
> hard feelings, Juoko?  :-)

No hard feelings! I enjoy those bloopers as much as anybody, I only
wanted to also show the other side of the coin. As for other bloopers,
the Finnish word "juoko" means "does (s)he drink?"; my first name is
"Jouko"...

In a good humour:

Jouko Lindstedt
Department of Slavonic Languages, University of Helsinki
e-mail: Jouko.Lindstedt at Helsinki.Fi or jslindst at cc.helsinki.fi
http://www.helsinki.fi/~jslindst/


From markell at afterlife.ncsc.mil  Fri May  3 12:04:52 1996
From: markell at afterlife.ncsc.mil (Markell R West)
Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 08:04:52 -0400
Subject: Tongue Twisters
Message-ID: <FRI.3.MAY.1996.080452.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Has Dr. Seuss been translated into Russian?


From brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu  Fri May  3 14:34:23 1996
From: brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu (Benjamin Rifkin)
Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 09:34:23 -0500
Subject: A "German Seelangs"?
Message-ID: <FRI.3.MAY.1996.093423.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Charles James, my colleague at UW-Madison in German, offers this address
for the AATG listserv:

LISTSERV at INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU

Ben Rifkin


**********************************************
Benjamin Rifkin
Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1432 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI  53706

e-mail:  brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu
telephone:  608/262-1623, 608/262-3498
fax:  608/265-2814


From borenstn at is2.nyu.edu  Fri May  3 14:40:58 1996
From: borenstn at is2.nyu.edu (Eliot Borenstein)
Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 10:40:58 -0400
Subject: Dr. Seuss in Russian
Message-ID: <FRI.3.MAY.1996.104058.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

There was a Russian cartoon version of "Horton Hears a Who", in which the
"Who" was (were?) translated as "Kto-to".  At first I found this jarring,
but then I realized that it would have been very difficult to get approval
for a children's program called "Khorton slyshit Khu"...

                                                Eliot Borenstein


From aisrael at american.edu  Fri May  3 16:26:23 1996
From: aisrael at american.edu (Alina Israeli)
Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 12:26:23 -0400
Subject: Tongue Twisters
Message-ID: <FRI.3.MAY.1996.122623.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

>Has Dr. Seuss been translated into Russian?

Yes, he was translated, and was quite popular: Doktor S'juz (soft sign,
letter "ju", as in S'juzan). For example, "Pro slona Xortona" (or something
like that).
Alina


From aisrael at american.edu  Fri May  3 16:30:06 1996
From: aisrael at american.edu (Alina Israeli)
Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 12:30:06 -0400
Subject: Tongue Twisters
Message-ID: <FRI.3.MAY.1996.123006.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

>>I wonder if any of you can recall some Russian Tongue Twisters -
>>Skorogovorki
>>
>>I only have a partial one that comes to mind...
>
>The end of the one already listed:
>
>Na dvore trava, na trave drova,
>Ne koli drova na trave dvora.
>(Very few Russians can do it, according to my experience)
>
>And one more: kolpak pod kolpakom, pod kolpakom kolpak, etc.
>

My version of KOLPAK is different:

Sshit kolpak ne po-kolpakovski. Nado ego perekolpakovat', perevykolpakovat'.

Alina


From feszczak at sas.upenn.edu  Fri May  3 19:50:23 1996
From: feszczak at sas.upenn.edu (Zenon M. Feszczak)
Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 12:50:23 -0700
Subject: Dr. Seuss in Russian
In-Reply-To: <v01510100adafcb15c3df@[128.122.9.200]>
Message-ID: <FRI.3.MAY.1996.125023.0700.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

>There was a Russian cartoon version of "Horton Hears a Who", in which the
>"Who" was (were?) translated as "Kto-to".  At first I found this jarring,
>but then I realized that it would have been very difficult to get approval
>for a children's program called "Khorton slyshit Khu"...
>
>                                                Eliot Borenstein

Where, oh where, to find this book?
It's surely something worth a look!
If you do remember still
Please do tell us if you will.

Sparring sparingly jarringly,

Zenon M. Feszczak
Philosopher ex nihilo


From MLLEMILY at ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu  Fri May  3 18:25:17 1996
From: MLLEMILY at ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (Emily Tall)
Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 13:25:17 -0500
Subject: Plagiarism: on Esenin and Gogol
Message-ID: <FRI.3.MAY.1996.132517.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Another of my emigre students (a friend of the one who wrote on Dostoevsky)
has submitted two papers which look to me as if they are plagiarized,
although the student swears on a stack of Bibles )figuratively) that they
are his work. I would like to give you the first paragraphs of each in the
hope that someone may recognize the source, or at least refer me to
someone knowledgeable.
        From "Rodina i priroda v proizvedeniikh Yesenina": "Rodina. Rus.
Rossiia. Prekrasnaia, velichavaia i gordaia zemlia russkaia. Vospetaia
v sotniakh, tysiachach strokakh! V beskonechnoi, neizmennoi, vechnoi
liubvi k rodnoi zemle priznavalis' Lomonosov i Derzhavin, Pushkin i
Zhukovskii, Lermontov i Nekrasov... Kazalos by, chto mogli dobavit' k
etim vechnym strokam sineglazyi iunosha c pavitkami rusykh volos s
Riazanshchiny." The paper (article?) goes on in this "vostorzhennyi" style
 aboutwhat a "national" poet Yesenin was, how Russian, etc.
        The Gogol paper is written in a less breathless manner and is
basically a description of the various landowners, and how the book shows
the degredation of capitalist society
a
and the "ostraia kritika krepostnogo prava." (The latter, of course,
are standard cliches of Sov. lit. crit.) The paper begins as follows:
"Kompozitsionnaia struktura Mertvykh dush ves'ma neobychna. Povestvovanie
stroetsja kak istoriia pokhozhdeniia Chichikova. Eto dalo vosmozhnost'
avtore iskolesit' so svoim geroem vmeste "vse ugly i zakoylki russkoi
provintsii." V Mertvykh dushakh Gogol' pokazak sotsial'nye usloviia
zhizni vsei Rossii."
        Thanks in advance for your help! Emily Tall mllemily at ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu


From MLLEMILY at ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu  Fri May  3 18:32:02 1996
From: MLLEMILY at ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (Emily Tall)
Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 13:32:02 -0500
Subject: what to do about plagiarism by emigres
Message-ID: <FRI.3.MAY.1996.133202.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Have any of you ever let any emigres write on any topic they wished and
then have them turn in papers that look as if they were copied from a
Soviet publication? When I confronted the first student about her
Dostoevsky paper, she said "but that's the way I think, that's the way
they taught us." In the future of course I will safeguard against any
such occurrences by setting paper topics myself or by having them be
about subjects not covered by the Soviets (such as, for example, dissident
literature...) I would really like to hear about others' experiences.
Thanks again, Emily Tall mllemily at ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu


From khayuti at mcmail.CIS.McMaster.CA  Fri May  3 20:12:06 1996
From: khayuti at mcmail.CIS.McMaster.CA (Mila Khayutin)
Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 16:12:06 -0400
Subject: Tongue Twisters
In-Reply-To: <v01530501adafac5491f9@[147.9.119.31]>
Message-ID: <FRI.3.MAY.1996.161206.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Do you have this one : Byk tupogub, tupoguben'kii bychok, u byka bela
guba byla tupa ? (My favorite...)

On Fri, 3 May 1996, Alina Israeli wrote:

> >>I wonder if any of you can recall some Russian Tongue Twisters -
> >>Skorogovorki
> >>
> >>I only have a partial one that comes to mind...
> >
> >The end of the one already listed:
> >
> >Na dvore trava, na trave drova,
> >Ne koli drova na trave dvora.
> >(Very few Russians can do it, according to my experience)
> >
> >And one more: kolpak pod kolpakom, pod kolpakom kolpak, etc.
> >
>
> My version of KOLPAK is different:
>
> Sshit kolpak ne po-kolpakovski. Nado ego perekolpakovat', perevykolpakovat'.
>
> Alina
>


From Gjcnen at aol.com  Fri May  3 20:36:11 1996
From: Gjcnen at aol.com (Nancy Novak)
Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 16:36:11 -0400
Subject: Tongue Twisters
Message-ID: <FRI.3.MAY.1996.163611.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Sasha shla po shosse i sosala sushku.

Now, what I'd be interested in is if anybody could put down any poslovitsy
that they know. (I've sort of been informally collecting them for a while,
but there are many that I've heard once but have forgotten, & they often come
in handy). Thanks, N. Novak (gjcnen at aol.com)


From paulkla at mail.pressenter.com  Fri May  3 20:48:00 1996
From: paulkla at mail.pressenter.com (Paul A. Klanderud)
Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 15:48:00 CDT
Subject: poslovitsy
Message-ID: <FRI.3.MAY.1996.154800.CDT.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

>Now, what I'd be interested in is if anybody could put down any poslovitsy
>that they know. (I've sort of been informally collecting them for a while,
>but there are many that I've heard once but have forgotten, & they often come
>in handy). Thanks, N. Novak (gjcnen at aol.com)
>
>

A good source if you can find it is: E.M. Vershchagin and V.G. Kostomarov,
eds., <Russkie poslovitsy, pogovorki i krylatye vyrazheniia:
lingvostranovedcheskii slovar'> (M: Russkii iazyk, 1979).

Darenomu koniu v zuby ne smotriat.

******************************************************
Paul A. Klanderud
N8106 1130th Street
River Falls, Wisconsin 54022
tel: (715) 425-9507
e-mail: paulkla at mail.pressenter.com


From rcormani at magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu  Sat May  4 04:43:25 1996
From: rcormani at magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Rosa-Maria Cormanick)
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 00:43:25 -0400
Subject: All: Appeal for School Memorabilia for Moscow EAC Fair (fwd)
Message-ID: <SAT.4.MAY.1996.004325.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Forwarded message:
> From owner-inter-l at VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU Fri May  3 20:58:48 1996
> X-Sender: ebadger at bingsun2
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>               <INTER-L at VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU>
> From: Ellen Badger <ebadger at BINGSUNS.CC.BINGHAMTON.EDU>
> Subject:      All: Appeal for School Memorabilia for Moscow EAC Fair
> X-cc:         rbell at irex.org, Aaron Twitchell <muskie at info.irex.org>
> To: Multiple recipients of list INTER-L <INTER-L at VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU>
>
> Dear Colleagues:
>
> My friends at IREX (International Research and Exchange Board) need some
> assistance in obtaining School Memorabilia for their EAC Fair.  Please
> see the attached message, and note the deadline for sending material to
> the IREX office in Washington, D.C.  For more information, please contact
> Becca Bell at IREX, rbell at irex.org.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> **********************************************************************
> Ellen H. Badger, Director                      Telephone: 607-777-2510
> International Student & Scholar Services             Fax: 607-777-2889
> Binghamton University (SUNY),   Box 6000,  Binghamton, N.Y. 13902-6000
>              E-mail: ebadger at bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu
> **********************************************************************
>
> The third annual EAC Fair will take place in Moscow May 17-20.
> Representatives from colleges, universities, English language
> centers, and short-term training programs have been invited to
> participate in the fair.  At the fair the representatives will have
> the opportunity to recruit top Russian students and familiarize
> themselves with the Russian educational system.  Some of
> the tentatively scheduled sessions are:
>
>         *Overview of the Russian Educational System
>         *Educational Reform in Russia
>         *Making Sense of Russian Transcripts
>         *The Story Behind the New Private Educational Institutions in Russia
>
> So far, seven universities will send representatives to the fair.
> Other universities will simply send material.  For some reason,
> despite increased advertising about the fair, fewer universities
> have sent materials.  Currently we are short university memorabilia
> to use as prizes for the lottery and fair competitions.  Any
> donations would gladly be accepted.
>
> If a university would like to contribute something (hats, pins,
> t-shirts, etc.), please send the memorabilia to:
>
>         Rebecca Bell
>         Program Officer
>         IREX
>         1616 H Street, NW
>         Washington, DC  20006
>
> The deadline is May 14.  Thank you!!
>


From edraitse at shiva.Hunter.CUNY.EDU  Sat May  4 11:18:12 1996
From: edraitse at shiva.Hunter.CUNY.EDU (Emil Draitser)
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 07:18:12 -0400
Subject: what to do about plagiarism by emigres
In-Reply-To: <01I49R7IZJ888XMHXJ@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu>
Message-ID: <SAT.4.MAY.1996.071812.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear Emily:
That's what we do at Hunter - we have a few hundreds of emigres from
Russia. Choose a specific topic which they would have hard time find in
Soviet books. If this does not help, ask them to retell at least part of
their paper in your office. As a rule, they are incapable of it. The
technique I use with such students, that I tell them that I am not angry
at them, that I understand that the culture they grew up with encouraged
them not to think themsleves. I offer to rewrite the same essay in their
own words and promise not to lower grade if they do an honset job. So
far, it worked with every one of them. They know that they stole it, and
instead of getting F, an opportunity to redeem themselves looks very
attractive to them.
All the best,
Emil

On Fri, 3 May 1996, Emily Tall wrote:

> Have any of you ever let any emigres write on any topic they wished and
> then have them turn in papers that look as if they were copied from a
> Soviet publication? When I confronted the first student about her
> Dostoevsky paper, she said "but that's the way I think, that's the way
> they taught us." In the future of course I will safeguard against any
> such occurrences by setting paper topics myself or by having them be
> about subjects not covered by the Soviets (such as, for example, dissident
> literature...) I would really like to hear about others' experiences.
> Thanks again, Emily Tall mllemily at ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu
>


From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Sat May  4 14:40:59 1996
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 10:40:59 -0400
Subject: Language bloopers!!! (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960503082414.31066B-100000@vesuri.Helsinki.FI>
Message-ID: <SAT.4.MAY.1996.104059.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

> > Hope it's all cleared up now, and, of course, no
> > hard feelings, Juoko?  :-)
>
> No hard feelings! I enjoy those bloopers as much as anybody, I only
> wanted to also show the other side of the coin. As for other bloopers,
> the Finnish word "juoko" means "does (s)he drink?"; my first name is
> "Jouko"...
>
> In a good humour:
>
> Jouko Lindstedt


HOW CLASSICALLY IRONIC!!!!  Good thing we all come with a built-in sense
of humor!  Sorry about that, JOUKO!  There's my laugh for the week!

8-)

Devin


From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Sat May  4 15:00:53 1996
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 11:00:53 -0400
Subject: New on the IREX Webs (fwd)
Message-ID: <SAT.4.MAY.1996.110053.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 3 May 96 14:34:09 EDT
From: Tony Byrne <tbyrne+ at irex.org>
To: Multiple recipients of list <civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu>
Subject: New on the IREX Webs

                                       New as of May 2, 1996
                                           http://www.irex.org

-   IREX has renewed its Mongolia exchange program in the humanities
    and social sciences with support from the Henry Luce Foundation.
    (http://www.irex.org/luce.htm)

-   IREX-sponsored Research Resident David Nordlander provides a
    report on "Archives of the Gulag" from Magadan in the Russian Far
    East.
    (http://www.irex.org/magadan2.htm)

-   International efforts to connect Albania to the Infohighway are
    slowly bearing fruit, reports Albnet-L moderator Ian Watson.
    (http://www.irex.org/albnet.htm)

-   "Slovakia falls distinctly short on the issue of freedom of the
    media" -- Central and East European Graduate Fellow Milan Vajda
    describes the clampdown on Slovakian news media.
    (http://www.irex.org/skmedia.htm)


 * ALSO: Visit the new IREX/Moscow Web site at http://www.irex.ru *
        (Cyrillic fonts recommended--instructions located at the site)


From TOOPS at TWSUVM.UC.TWSU.EDU  Sat May  4 14:56:42 1996
From: TOOPS at TWSUVM.UC.TWSU.EDU (Gary H. Toops)
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 09:56:42 CDT
Subject: FRENCH TRANSLITERATIONS
Message-ID: <SAT.4.MAY.1996.095642.CDT.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I was wondering if anyone else out there has noticed this and whether
this represents a widespread phenomenon:

It seems that Russians now coming to the U.S. (in whatever capacity),
equipped with their new Russian Federation passports, are using
French rather than English transliterations for the Romanized spelling
of their names.  Apparently this is because the new Russian passports
are printed in Russian and French.  We currently have a grad student
here whose surname "in the old days" would have been transliterated
_Bushuev_ or _Bushuyev_.  Because his surname is already
given a Romanized spelling in the French portion of his Russian pass-
port, however, his U.S. documents all list him as _Bouchouev_, and
this is the surname he uses at our institution as well.

So, I'm just curious:  are we now going to see two types of Russian
surnames in the U.S.?  Or is anyone aware of newer arrivals from
Russia ignoring the Romanization used in their passports and using
an English-based transliteration instead?

Gary H. Toops                               TOOPS at TWSUVM.UC.TWSU.EDU
Associate Professor                         Ph (316) 689-3180
Wichita State University                    Fx (316) 689-3293
Wichita, Kansas 67260-0011 USA              http://www.twsu.edu/~mcllwww


From ggerhart at wolfenet.com  Sat May  4 15:21:30 1996
From: ggerhart at wolfenet.com (Genevra Gerhart)
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 08:21:30 -0700
Subject: what to do about plagiarism by emigres
Message-ID: <SAT.4.MAY.1996.082130.0700.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I have a hard time with the "I'm not angry with you...rewrite again"
business. And "Where you grew up, people do it all the time, so I won't
blame you for it."  Nuts.
1. Presumably you have two standards, one for the natives and another
for the "born elsewhere"?
2. There is a solution: You go over the meaning and implications of the
word "Plagiarism" for everyone on the first day. And then if they don't
figure out that your words have meaning, then give them a meaning with
an F. Clarity helps everyone.
Regards,
Genevra
--
Genevra Gerhart                         http://www.wolfe.net/~ggerhart/

2134 E. Interlaken  Bl.                 Tel. 206/329-0053
Seattle, WA  98112                      ggerhart at wolfenet.com


From RLP96 at cnsvax.albany.edu  Sat May  4 16:36:51 1996
From: RLP96 at cnsvax.albany.edu (Rodney L. Patterson)
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 11:36:51 -0500
Subject: Language bloopers!!! (fwd)
Message-ID: <SAT.4.MAY.1996.113651.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Molodec, Jouko!  Zdorovo.do
Rod Patterson
SUNYA, Slavic


From ggerhart at wolfenet.com  Sun May  5 00:45:31 1996
From: ggerhart at wolfenet.com (Genevra Gerhart)
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 17:45:31 -0700
Subject: what to do about plagiarism by emigres
Message-ID: <SAT.4.MAY.1996.174531.0700.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Not to mention the fact that someone else's re-worded thought also ain't
good enough.  I take it that you are pleased that they _can_ re-word
things?
--
Genevra Gerhart                         http://www.wolfe.net/~ggerhart/

2134 E. Interlaken  Bl.                 Tel. 206/329-0053
Seattle, WA  98112                      ggerhart at wolfenet.com


From rwallach at charon.usc.edu  Sun May  5 09:31:47 1996
From: rwallach at charon.usc.edu (Ruth Wallach)
Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 05:31:47 EDT
Subject: Tongue Twisters
In-Reply-To: <1460B4703DF@stud.aubg.bg>
Message-ID: <SUN.5.MAY.1996.053147.EDT.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Karl u Klary ukral koraly
Klara u Karla ukrala klarnet


Na dvore trava
na trave drova

________________________
Ruth Wallach, Acting Head
Doheny Reference Center
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA  90089-0182
________________________


From roborr at aix1.uottawa.ca  Sun May  5 12:33:49 1996
From: roborr at aix1.uottawa.ca (Robert Orr)
Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 08:33:49 -0400
Subject: Returned mail: Host unknown (fwd)
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From: roborr at aix1.uottawa.ca
To: "Gary H. Toops" <TOOPS at TWSUVM.UC.TWSU.EDU>
Cc: Multiple recipients of list SEELANGS <SEELANGS at CUNYVM>
Subject: Re: FRENCH TRANSLITERATIONS
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I'm not sure about the US situation, but in Canada over the years I've
seen a multiplicity of transliteration systems in official documents -
French is only
the tip of a very large, confusing, yet fascinating iceberg!  If you add
Ukrainian names ....
My favuorite one is still the spellingm, which I have seen on an officla
Canadian document, "Vlagyimir".

Robert Orr


From campora at gwis2.circ.gwu.edu  Sun May  5 13:40:27 1996
From: campora at gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (Olga Campora)
Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 09:40:27 -0400
Subject: Czech Summer Programs
Message-ID: <SUN.5.MAY.1996.094027.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Does anyone know of any intense summer programs in Czech, offered here in
the States?  Information much appreciated.

Olga
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Olga K. Campora
Czech Language
Dept. of German and Slavic Langs. and Lits.
The George Washington University
Washington,  D. C.   20052
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>


From MPgregor at aol.com  Sun May  5 16:48:19 1996
From: MPgregor at aol.com (Martin Gregor)
Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 12:48:19 -0400
Subject: Czech tapes?
Message-ID: <SUN.5.MAY.1996.124819.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Go to the Czech and Slovak Yellow Pages listed below and check categories
Learning Languages and Reference. I list some tapes and where to buy them.


Martin Gregor (Mpgregor at aol.com)
USA
              SLOVAK & CZECH TRANSLATING SERVICES
=== * http://members.aol.com/Mpgregor/private/homepage.htm * ===
                  CZECH AND SLOVAK YELLOW PAGES
    === * http://members.aol.com/Mpgregor/private/title.htm * ===
     Include Travel, Genealogy, Culture, Language, Media & more
==================================================


From MPgregor at aol.com  Sun May  5 20:05:54 1996
From: MPgregor at aol.com (Martin Gregor)
Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 16:05:54 -0400
Subject: Czech Summer Programs
Message-ID: <SUN.5.MAY.1996.160554.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

In a message dated 96-05-05 09:41:18 EDT, you write:

>
>Does anyone know of any intense summer programs in Czech, offered here in
>the States?  Information much appreciated.

Check Czech and Slovak Yellow Pages at the address below. I list some of the
courses available here in the states. (Try under Learning lenguages and News.
There are also some other links that you may contact)


Martin Gregor (Mpgregor at aol.com)
USA
              SLOVAK & CZECH TRANSLATING SERVICES
=== * http://members.aol.com/Mpgregor/private/homepage.htm * ===
                  CZECH AND SLOVAK YELLOW PAGES
    === * http://members.aol.com/Mpgregor/private/title.htm * ===
     Include Travel, Genealogy, Culture, Language, Media & more
==================================================


From keg at violet.berkeley.edu  Sun May  5 23:58:45 1996
From: keg at violet.berkeley.edu (Keith GOERINGER)
Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 16:58:45 -0700
Subject: emigres
Message-ID: <SUN.5.MAY.1996.165845.0700.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I must agree with Genevra Gerhart's posting regarding emigres and
plagiarism (or other equally unacceptable forms of behavior).

True, it is perhaps prudent to make a statement in the beginning of class
regarding the policy for plagiarism, working on tests as a *kollektiv*, and
so on...but the fact is most people know perfectly well what is acceptable
here and what is not.  I think there is a certain predilection to test
limits, and see how far one can go before being nailed.  Whatever the
underlying motivation may be, the fact is that most universities spell out
quite clearly what the policy is (for plagiarism, at any rate) in materials
sent out when students are accepted, or at the very least, in such things
as course catalogs.

I do not mean to condemn all emigres as plagiarists or as eternally looking
for loopholes -- but the truth is that human nature is, perhaps, to seek
the path of least resistance...and the excuse "Oh, I didn't realize that
wasn't OK (here)" should be disallowed for EVERYONE, whether US-born or
emigre.

Keith "No Mercy" Goeringer
UC Berkeley
Slavic Languages & Literatures
keg at violet.berkeley.edu


From danielc at HUMANITIES1.COHUMS.OHIO-STATE.EDU  Mon May  6 14:02:16 1996
From: danielc at HUMANITIES1.COHUMS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (danielc)
Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 09:02:16 -0500
Subject: Plagiarism and Privacy
Message-ID: <MON.6.MAY.1996.090216.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Without wishing to seem critical, I wonder whether SEELANGS is really an
appropriate forum for discussing specific cases of plagiarism.  One suspects
that there may be legal ramifications (including the possibility of libel) to
such an investigation when it is conducted in a public mailing list.  At any
rate, there is a clear danger of an ethical mistake here.  Even if there is no
actual plagiarism ("omitting quotation marks" may well be the result of
inexperience rather than a "crime"), a large number of people--potential future
teachers or employers--are now aware that two students at a specific university
are under suspicion; moreover, they have a partial sense of these people's
identity (emigres). All the emigre students that attend the given university
may now be tarred with the same brush.  In my opinion, INVESTIGATION OF
PLAGIARISM AND OTHER ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT SHOULD BE KEPT AS CONFIDENTIAL AS
POSSIBLE (as is certainly the policy in every university I am aware of); this
certainly means that it should not be a matter of public discussion on
SEELANGS.  Please be careful to protect the innocent.

            Daniel E. Collins


From olson at bucknell.edu  Mon May  6 14:54:17 1996
From: olson at bucknell.edu (Laura Olson)
Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 10:54:17 -0400
Subject: Plagiarism and Privacy
Message-ID: <MON.6.MAY.1996.105417.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

With regard to Daniel Collins' posting --
        While using students' names in discussions about plagiarism would
undoubtedly be a breach of privacy, there is no reason to curtail
discussions that involve professionals giving advice to each other about
how to handle cases of plagiarism, if those discussions do not use names.
In fact, I think this forum _should_ be available for such purposes, since
many of us occasionally need advice about teaching matters, and we may
teach in universities where we are alone in Russian or East European
languages. Our colleagues may not have encountered similar cases.
        Your caution about generalizing these cases is well taken.  We
should not allow ourselves to become prejudiced against emigres, whether
those at the universities mentioned or at our own.  However, I seriously
doubt that the information given is enough to reconstruct the identity of a
specific student.
        --Laura Olson


From ggerhart at wolfenet.com  Mon May  6 15:50:58 1996
From: ggerhart at wolfenet.com (Genevra Gerhart)
Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 08:50:58 -0700
Subject: Plagiarism and Privacy
Message-ID: <MON.6.MAY.1996.085058.0700.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Bless you, Laura, you got it exactly right:  Seelangs _is_ just the
place to reduce the isolation unavoidable in such a small field as ours.
   And may I add that personal sympathy for the difficulties of new
immigrants should not becloud with uncertainty (a) any attempts to
acculturate them, and (b) the rules of academic conduct as interpreted
in this country. We are not helping them, other students, or ourselves
by allowing varying rules of acceptability.

--
Genevra Gerhart                         http://www.wolfe.net/~ggerhart/

2134 E. Interlaken  Bl.                 Tel. 206/329-0053
Seattle, WA  98112                      ggerhart at wolfenet.com


From aisrael at american.edu  Mon May  6 18:23:39 1996
From: aisrael at american.edu (Alina Israeli)
Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 14:23:39 -0400
Subject: FRENCH TRANSLITERATIONS
Message-ID: <MON.6.MAY.1996.142339.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Well, we have seen German last names (Winogradoff), English last names
(Vinogradov). It's time for the French ones.
Alina


From jgkrupala at mail.utexas.edu  Mon May  6 18:30:23 1996
From: jgkrupala at mail.utexas.edu (jennifer greene krupala)
Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 13:30:23 -0500
Subject: Pre-Revolutionary Books
Message-ID: <MON.6.MAY.1996.133023.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I am writing on behalf of a colleague who recently inherited some
pre-revolutionary books from a relative.  The books are works of literature
such as a jubilee edition set of the works of Tolstoy.  Does anyone know
what she needs to do to take them out of Russia and bring them to the U.S.,
or how to get that information?

Thank-you, Jennifer Greene Krupala


From lcj+ at pitt.edu  Mon May  6 21:10:02 1996
From: lcj+ at pitt.edu (L.C.J. Jacobson)
Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 17:10:02 -0400
Subject: Pre-Revolutionary Books
In-Reply-To: <v01530500adb3a25d2a3f@[128.83.254.135]>
Message-ID: <MON.6.MAY.1996.171002.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

> I am writing on behalf of a colleague who recently inherited some
> pre-revolutionary books from a relative.  The books are works of literature
> such as a jubilee edition set of the works of Tolstoy.  Does anyone know
> what she needs to do to take them out of Russia and bring them to the U.S.,
> or how to get that information?

Your friend will need to inquire at the Russian State Library (the former
Lenin Library).  There is an office affiliated with this institution that
issues export licenses on books and related cultural artifacts.  This
office is located across the street from the main building, but the
information desk near the main entrance will point it out to you.  Take
note that citizens of the RF are received on some days, and foreign
citizens are received on others.

In 1993 I purchased export licenses on a number of Russian reference
works.  It was for the most part a relatively painless process which
involved paying the ruble equivalent of a few dollars per volume in
"export tax."

The tricky part is that regulations on what is subject to export or
taxation upon export is subject to change.  I can tell you that in 1993 I
inquired about exporting a single beat-up copy of Beljaev's 1911 handbook
on reading _skoropis'_, and I was given a mild lecture, the gist of which
was that it would not be possible under any circumstances.

-jake
________________________________________________________________________
L.C.J. Jacobson         lcj+ at pitt.edu          http://www.pitt.edu/~lcj/


From bicknell at nexus.yorku.ca  Mon May  6 21:57:25 1996
From: bicknell at nexus.yorku.ca (Jeanette Bicknell)
Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 17:57:25 -0400
Subject: Cold War inquiry (fwd)
Message-ID: <MON.6.MAY.1996.175725.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Hello Everyone,

I thought this might be of interest.

Cheers,

Jeanette Bicknell (bicknell at nexus.yorku.ca)


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 13:22:01 EST
From: Tony Jackson <TEJACKSO at UNCCVM.UNCC.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list PHIL-LIT <PHIL-LIT at TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU>
Subject: Cold War inquiry

I have no idea whether posting this to phil-lit will help me
out, but I'll give it a try. I'm looking for academics to be on
a panel on literature and the Cold War. Specifically I need
someone who would consider this in literatures other than US
and British, and I would really be interested in some one who
considers it in relation to Eastern European, African, or Latin
American literature. This will be for a panel at the 20th c
lit conference next year in Kentucky. Know anyone who might
be interested??

Have them wire me at tejackso at email.uncc.edu or call at
704-547-4216.
Thanks,
Tony Jackson English Dept UNC CHarlotte


From rrobin at gwis2.circ.gwu.edu  Tue May  7 00:33:54 1996
From: rrobin at gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (Richard Robin)
Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 20:33:54 -0400
Subject: Plagiarism and Privacy
In-Reply-To: <318E1FE2.F41@wolfenet.com>
Message-ID: <MON.6.MAY.1996.203354.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Let me add my voice to those opinions so eloquently voiced by Laura Olson
and Genevra Gerhart. Just today my students and I were discussing the
Web's possibilities for cheating -- paper mills set up as Web sites. Or
even more ingenious: "made to order" papers and compositions written by
a stable of writers and paid for by secure credit card transfer (whenever
Netscape makes that available).

But the net cuts both ways. Using SEELANGS (or any other academic
listserv) to verify the honesty of student work is collegial cooperation
at its technological best. I have followed the original sleuthing with
vicarious interest. But I suspect I speak for nearly all of us when I say
that I would be hard put to name the colleges of the case(s) mentioned.
Some of us might have low enrollments, but there are still too many
students (and too many emigre kids, for that matter) at too many schools to
start worrying about witch-hunts.
-Rich Robin
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Richard Robin     <robin at gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>
Dept. of German and Slavic Languages and Literatures
The George Washington University
W A S H I N G T O N,  D. C. 20052


From slgould at students.wisc.edu  Tue May  7 02:01:45 1996
From: slgould at students.wisc.edu (Stephany Gould)
Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 21:01:45 -0500
Subject: Pre-Revolutionary Books
Message-ID: <MON.6.MAY.1996.210145.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

 In the spring and summer of 1994, (and, if I remember correctly, last
summer as well) books printed before the 1940s were officially not allowed
to be exported.

As a side note, the silliest part was that _anything_ labeled as a
"dictionary" or "encyclopedia" also needed special permission to be sent
out.  Therefore I officially needed to get special permission and to pay a
special fee to send out the very scholarly and important 100-page book
entitled  _The Encyclopedia of Dream Interpretation_.

************************************************
Stephany Gould
Dept. of Slavic Languages             Learning Support Services
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1432 Van Hise Hall                    279 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison WI 53706
(608) 243-7833                        slgould at students.wisc.edu
Fax: 262-7579
************************************************
Knee dime nib oak sight tea sue maw.


From ykripkov at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU  Tue May  7 03:45:17 1996
From: ykripkov at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU (Yelaina Khripkov)
Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 20:45:17 -0700
Subject: Tongue Twisters - Proverbs
Message-ID: <MON.6.MAY.1996.204517.0700.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

N. Novak wrote:

>Now, what I'd be interested in is if anybody could put down any poslovitsy
>that they know. (I've sort of been informally collecting them for a while,
>but there are many that I've heard once but have forgotten, & they often come
>in handy). Thanks, N. Novak (gjcnen at aol.com)

  How about the new book "The Comparative Russian-English Dictionary of
Russian Proverbs & Sayings" with 5543 entries by Peter Mertvago? Just
published by Hippocrene Books, Inc., 171 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016.
ISBN 0-7818-0283-0.
I found it fascinating and recommend it to everyone.
  Yelaina Khripkov

*****************************************************************************
Yelaina Kripkov                                 tel: (541) 346-4077 work
Dept. of Russian                                     (541) 345-9122 home
University of Oregon                            fax: (541) 346-1327
Eugene, OR 97403                                ykripkov at oregon.uoregon.edu


From rhunter at eckert.acadcomp.monroecc.edu  Tue May  7 14:53:54 1996
From: rhunter at eckert.acadcomp.monroecc.edu (Robert Hunter)
Date: Tue, 7 May 1996 10:53:54 EDT
Subject: what to do about plagiarism by emigres
Message-ID: <TUE.7.MAY.1996.105354.EDT.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

        After retiring from public school teaching in the US I taught in Russia
for a year and then established a year-long high school program for students
from the cities of Novgorod, Borovichi, and Staraya Russa to come to upstate
New York.  While teaching in Novgorod (high school and university), I was
appalled at the extent of all kinds of cheating.  Openly sharing answers,
shpargalki, and plagiarism were the norm --- except during the oral part of
final examinations.  To expect Russian students to come with an understanding
and willingness to abide by the American norms regarding academic honesty is, I
believe, naive.  One of the major issues covered in the orientation of the
Russian students coming to the US to study is the very different approach to
and standards regarding cheating/plagiarism.  Going over the meaning and
implications of cheating/plagiarism at the beginning of the semester is, I
contend, insufficient.  I believe the Russian students should be given a chance
, i.e., when caught cheating/plagiarizing, repeating the explanation, and
permitting the student to redo the work according to US academic standards.
        In explaining the meaning and implication of cheating/plagiarism in US
academic institutions, I believe it is important to emphasize how this fits
into the larger cultural picture.  This is important because the Russian
understanding of and respect for rules and law is different from the American.
In Russia, rules and laws and impediments meant to be circumvented one way or
another.  Here is a recent example.  A Russian businessman was learning about
Rotary.  At a Rotary meeting in the US, he said that he had only one question
regarding the possibility of organizing a club in Russia --- how important was
adherence to rules?  He then commented that, for cultural reasons, it would
be very difficult for future Russian Rotarians not to attempt to circumvent the
rules.
        I believe we owe Russian students, be they exchange or emigre, care and
consideration in learning our culture.  After having been given fair
explanation and warning, rigid adherence to standards should be the norm.
        Dobro,
        Robert Hunter

***************************************************************************
  Robert Hunter, M.Ed, M.A.               8 Red Fox Run
  Psychology Department                   Pittsford, NY 14534-3428
  Monroe Community College                Voice: (716) 248-5075
  Rochester, New York                     Fax: (716) 383-8723
                     rhunter at eckert.acadcomp.monroecc.edu
***************************************************************************


From gfowler at indiana.edu  Tue May  7 17:28:11 1996
From: gfowler at indiana.edu (George Fowler)
Date: Tue, 7 May 1996 12:28:11 -0500
Subject: Funding for non-Slavic languages at Indiana University SWSEEL
Message-ID: <TUE.7.MAY.1996.122811.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Greetings!

I've been asked to pass along the following announcement; anyone who is
interested should reply to the addresses within the announcement, and NOT
to me or the list!

George Fowler

_______________________________________________________________________________
ANNOUNCEMENT: 1996 Indiana University Summer Workshop Funding

SWSEEL has fellowships available for the following languages: first-year
Georgian, first-year Kazakh, first-year Turkmen, first- and second-year
Uzbek. Because of funding cuts there are fewer fellowships than expected
for each language listed above.

Because announcement of awards came so late, we are extending the
application deadline to May 13, 1996.

For further information, call 1-812-855-2608, fax to 1-812-855-2107, or
email SWSEEL at indiana.edu or jkolodzi at indiana.edu.

Jerzy Kolodziej
Dept. of Slavic Languages
Indiana University


From gfowler at indiana.edu  Tue May  7 17:31:36 1996
From: gfowler at indiana.edu (George Fowler)
Date: Tue, 7 May 1996 12:31:36 -0500
Subject: U. of Illinois/Chicago Baltic Studies Summer Institute
Message-ID: <TUE.7.MAY.1996.123136.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Greetings!

I've been asked to pass along the following announcement; anyone who is
interested should reply to the addresses within the announcement, and NOT
to me or the list!

George Fowler

_______________________________________________________________________________

The Baltic Studies Summer Institute at the University of Illinois at
Chicago, May 28-July 19, 1996, will offer the following courses:

Estonian
Latvian
Lithuanian
Baltic History
Baltic Culture

Scholarships are available. Registration deadline is May 14, 1996.

For information, contact the UIC Office of Continuing Education and Public
Service (M/L 165), 1033 W. Van Buren St., Suite 700N, Chicago, IL
60607-2919. Tel. 1-312-996-5225, fax 1-312-996-5227.


From rar at slavic.umass.edu  Wed May  8 02:42:53 1996
From: rar at slavic.umass.edu (ROBERT A ROTHSTEIN)
Date: Tue, 7 May 1996 22:42:53 -0400
Subject: Dr. Seuss in Russian
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9605020620.A3339-0100000@stirner.library.pitt.edu>
Message-ID: <TUE.7.MAY.1996.224253.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

        In 1973 the Leningrad branch of Detskaia literatura published
a 36-page edition of Doktor S'iuz, _Skazki pro slona Khortona_,
translated by Tat'iana Konstantinovna Makarova.  Her version of
"Horton Hatches the Egg" is called "Slon Khorton zhdet ptentsa,"
and "Horton Hears a Who" is called "Slon Khorton slyshit kogo-to."
In Makarova's translation Horton's credo reads:

        Po-moemu, mysl' moia ochen' prosta:
        slon veren ot khobota i do khvosta.

                        Bob Rothstein


From sipkadan at hum.amu.edu.pl  Wed May  8 11:55:28 1996
From: sipkadan at hum.amu.edu.pl (Danko Sipka)
Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 13:55:28 +0200
Subject: Azbukum - Serbian Summer Language School
Message-ID: <WED.8.MAY.1996.135528.0200.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

AZBUKUM   -   Centre for Serbian Language and Culture , Yugoslavia

President of  AZBUKUM and contact person: Ms Natasa Milicevic
address:  Dragise Brasovana 18, 21000 Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
telefon/fax: 381 21 58 838


Dear Sirs or Madams,
        We are addressing you believing that you, your associates and a
wider circle of people around you, would be interested in our newly formed
and completely authorised project.
        For the first time in Serbia and Yugoslavia a group of experts in
Serbian language and culture, mostly university lecturers, has established
AZBUKUM, a centre for studying and exploring Serbian language as well as
general knowledge of Serbian culture.

        COURSE ORGANISATION

        The courses will be held during the summer, starting 1st July 1996,
each course lasting for four weeks, offering the possibility for extension
according to the needs, wishes and abilities of the students.
        The basic four weeks course fee includes different courses in
Serbian Language and culture of the Serbs, regular consultation with the
teacher, as well as various additional programmes which will enable better
understanding of regional traditions and customs.
        The first day will start with the diagnostic test to establish
your standard of Serbian. According to ability the student will be placed
into a group with other students whose language skills are similar to his
own. At the first two levels students are recommended to attend only
language lessons. From the Intermediate to Advanced levels the students
are able to understand and study topics in culture, too.
        Our programmes include 10 to 14 students, with a maximum of 15.
All lessons will be of 45 minutes' duration. The daily programme, from
Monday to Friday, with the entire amount of 20 lessons per week, will be
scheduled to enable you to maintain the essential balance between
concentration and relaxation to achieve the best results.
        In addition to the scheduled lessons, students will have regular
opportunities for one-to-one work with their teacher.

BASIC PROGRAMME

A   Serbian Language        B   The Culture of the Serbs
      Beginners                   Literature
      Lower-Intermediate          Art
      Intermediate                Ethnography with Religion
      Upper-Intermediate          History of the Serbs
      Advanced                    Introduction to Serbian Culture (in English)

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

        Language courses are based on intensive study of structure and
vocabulary, development of oral communication skills, listening and reading
comprehension, progressive practice in writing skills, and guided
conversation.
        Courses in culture include lectures ex cathedra as well as lessons
and debate on issues of topical interest, using a variety of materials and
hosted by exclusive lecturers, well-known writers, artists, etc.
        All programmes involve a great deal of film, video and documentary
materials, question and answer sessions as well as analysing current events
both from linguistic and from cultural points of view.

ACCOMMODATION FEES

code               type                         total per person for 4 weeks

                 HOST FAMILY
S1         Standard single, self-cathering                 150 DEM
S2         Standard Double, self-cathering                 100 DEM

                 STUDIOS
S3         Standard Double, self-contained                 175 DEM

                 HOTEL "VOJVODINA" in the very centre of Novi Sad
S4         Single/Double, bed & breakfast                   40 DEM *
S5         Single/Double, half board                        50 DEM *
S6         Single/Double, full board                        60 DEM *

                 HOTEL "PARK"  1 mile from the centre of Novi Sad
S7         Single/Double, bed & breakfast                   22 DEM *
S8         Single/Double, half board                        27 DEM *
S9         Single/Double, full board                        32 DEM *

                 HOTEL "BOEM" in Sremski Karlovci
S10        Double, bed & breakfast                          16 DEM *
S11        Three or four beds room, bed & breakfast         14 DEM *

    * per person per night

                 STUDENTS RESIDENCE
S12        Double room with toilet                          70 DEM


ACCOMMODATION FEE NOTES

- Accommodation Arrangement Fee of 30 DEM is not included into the offered
  price.
- Book on time to be sure of your firs choice of accommodation.
- One weeks notice must be given to the Centre for any change to
  accommodation either prior to or after arrival. A cancellation charge of
  1 week's accommodation will apply if this is not given.
- In arranging accommodation AZBUKUM is acting as the supplier's agent.

If you are interested in our programmes, please contact AZBUKUM. We will
send you our brochures, price lists and the application form. You can write
or send a fax to our address:

AZBUKUM , Centre for Serbian Language and Culture
21000 Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
telephone / fax :  381 21 58 838
      contact person: Ms Natasa Milicevic, President of AZBUKUM

Payments
    Europe -  Make payments in favour of MB Union Bank account 9362401 with
       DEUTSCHE BANK A.G. Taunusanlage 12, P.O.Box 10 06 01 Germany,
       beneficiary AZBUKUM 440-0136131
    Other continents - Make payments in favour of MB Union Bank account
        36014965 with CITIBANK N.A. 399 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10043,
        beneficiary AZBUKUM 440-0136131
Please state the details of payment (Deposit, School Fees, Accommodation).
Credit Cards are not accepted.

COURSE START DATES  are:
    1st July 1996    or    15th July 1996     or    29th July 1996

COURSE TYPES
        There are 10 different courses in Serbian Language and Culture of
the Serbs. Maximum lessons per week will be 20. or 80 lessons on the basis
of 4 weeks. We offer a possibility to attend and combine courses you are
interested in, according to the model given below. Maximum group size is
15 students.

course code:            couses:
      J1                        Serbian Language (Beginners)
      J2                        Serbian Language (Lower-Intermediate)
      J3                        Serbian Language (Intermediate)
      J4                        Serbian Language (Upper-Intermediate)
      J5                        Serbian Language (Advanced)
      K1                        Serbian Literature
      K2                        Serbian Art
      K3                        History of the Serbs
      K4                        Serbian Ethnology and Religion
      K5                        Introduction to the Serbian Culture*
*This course will be held in English.

Possible combinations are:

Serbian Language (J1-J5) - 80 lessons
Serbian Language (J1-J5) and a course in Serbian Culture (K1-K5)
    - 40+40 lessons
Serbian Culture (K1-K5) - 80 lessons
Two courses in Serbian Culture (K1-K5) - 40+40 lessons

COURSE FEES
The price of a 4 week course, in any combination, with a maximum of 80
lessons is:
1.  West European countries, China and South Korea   -    600 DEM
2.  East Eauropean countries                         -    500 DEM
3.  USA, Canada , Australia and other countries      -    900 DEM

COURSE FEE NOTES
What is included:
    placement test,
    student card,
    certificate of attendance,
    listening centre,
    computer centre,
    a one-day excursion and
    certain social activities.
What is not included:
    Personal and Health Insurance,
    bank charges,
    course books,
    travel expences,
    special excursions,
    and some other social activities such as cinemas, theatres, concerts, etc.

SURROUNDINGS AND ACCOMMODATION

        The whole teaching programme will take place in Sremski Karlovci,
an acient cultural centre in the North of Serbia, which has a tradition of
high education that dates back to the beginning of 18th century. The lectures
and other lessons will be held at the High School of Sremski Karlovci, the
first Serbian high school which has a wide range of audio, video and computer
equipment.
        Students will be accommodated in Sremski Karlovci and Novi Sad, the
capital of Vojvodina Province which is only 20 minutes away from the school
by bus. Both towns are about 70 kilometers away from the capital of Serbia
and Yugoslavia, Belgrade.
        Both Sremski Karlovci and Novi Sad lie on the greatest European
river, the Danube, and their specific position offers a wonderful setting
for the programme. They have the leisure facilities of an international
holiday resort. During the summer, there is a well known Summer Theatre
Festival at the Petrovaradin Fortress, and many other concerts, exibitions
and musical events all over Serbia and Montenegro. All of them of the
highest calibre. Therefore, we offer half-day, full-day, weekend and
extended tours to suit everyone's interests.
        In addition, we organise an extensive selection of sporting
activities where professional coaching could be arranged, too. Available
sports activities are swimming, fishing, tennis, football, volleyball,
horse-riding, fitness training, etc.
        We will encourage all our students to take part in social and
recreational activities within and outside our school, such as social
evenings, video shows, discoteques and clubs, parties and barbecues,
cultural events, floating discoes, folk dancing, etc.

SHORT  COURSE  DESCRIPTION

        For the first year of its existence AZBUKUM offers you ten different
courses regarding two main topics: Serbian Language and Culture of the
Serbs. We hope that these concise descriptions of the courses may help you
to decide which subject(-s) you are most interested in.

A)  SERBIAN LANGUAGE

Beginners' and Lower-Intermediate Level  (J1-J2)
        An introduction to essential grammatical structures and training in
the spoken language. Students will learn to understand and use basic
vocabulary in everyday situations.
        In particular, they will learn how to do the following adequately:
    * introduce themselves and say what they do
    * state needs, likes and dislikes
    * make requests, invitations, suggestions,appologies
    * obtain information
    * respond politely to invitations and offers
    * give and respond to simple instructions
    * understand vital public notices and announcements
    * understand and write simple messages
    * say and write what they did on a past occasion
    * say and write what they are going to do;

Intermediate Level (J3)
        Students will consolidate what they already know, increasing their
accuracy and fluency by polishing these skills:
    * speaking and writing about themselves
    * describing what they have seen
    * understanding everyday conversation at normal speed
    * taking part in conversation
    * expressing their opinion
    * reading and writing about everyday topics
    * writing simple letters
    * communicating on the telephone;

Extra course
        In case that there is a certain interest, AZBUKUM will be more than
pleased to organize an introductory  course concerning Serbian folklore.
Traditional dances, songs and clothes will be presented. Thus students will
have an outstanding opportunity to spend unforgettable moments dancing,
singing and having great time together. Previous experience is not required.
Those interested are advised to contact us regarding the matter after their
arrival.

Upper-Intermediate Level (J4)
        Building on a firm base of the knowledge students already acquired,
they will learn to converse accurately and naturally in most situations
such as:
    * initiate a conversation
    * argue and defend their point of view
    * understand information in any written form (newspaper articles,
      publicity material, official publications)
    * understand the spoken word, including the recorded and broadcast
      material, on any general subject
    * express their wishes and intentions verbally or in writing
    * write a report or a formal letter to an official body;


Advanced Level (J5)
        At this stage students will move towards a high degree of accuracy
and fluency, and acquire the ability to use the language to express their
own ideas and personality. They will know how to:
    * present arguments on abstract subjects, verbally or in writing
    * take part in both formal and informal discussions on a variety of
      social, cultural and professional topics
    * make notes and write a report or summary of a speech or lecture
    * present a talk on a prepared subject
    * summarize verbally or in writing an article or a report
    * understand the written language in contexts relevant to their
      personal or professional life;

B)  THE CULTURE OF THE SERBS

Serbian Literature (K1)
        There are several possibilities this course will offer to students.
First of all, there is an insight into its history, from the beginnings to
the present day (12th -20th century). Besides, we offer a comparative study
of some of its most attractive flows such as spoken literature or
postmodernism. Finally, the most popular Serbian writers in the world -
Pavic, Kis, Pekic, Andric, etc,  will be closely examined as well as their
work.

Serbian Art (K2)
        A course studying the painting, graphics, architecture, sculpture,
and music of the Serbs by attempting to identify some of the underlying
ideas and themes. It will aim to give students a framework within which
they can gain a greater appreciation of the topics itself. Colour slides,
video materials as well as visits to concerts, galleries and museums will
be included. Visits to Serbian monasteries will be also organized.

History of the Serbs (K3)
        By giving a summary of Serbian history, this course aims to inform
students about the most important periods, processes and people. Thus,
students will acquire clearer insight into the context which not dealt
would unable understanding different aspects of Serbian culture. Therefore
the focus will be on comparative approach to the general historical and
cultural movements.

Serbian Ethnology and Religion (K4)
        The course will explore tradition, beliefs, customs and legends of
the Serbs, focusing on the mythology and seasonal folk customs particulary
emphasizing the vitality of surviving folk practices in their social context.
An overall view of the religion of the Serbs (from their settlements to the
Balkans until nowadays) will be also presented, with particular reference to
those people and periods of most strategic importance in thought and action.

Introduction to Serbian Culture (K5)
        The course aims to clarify the principles and processes which
affected creation of Serbian culture. We will consider many of its aspects:
main historical events, tradition and customs as well as the original invents
and influences taken from Oriental and Western cultures. Sculpture,
architecture, and painting will be understood in their context, and
particularly in their relationship with religion. Brief insight into the
outstanding literary works and authors will be also given. This is the only
course that will be held in English language.


GENERAL  INFORMATION

Arrivals
        The Centre arranges accommodation to start and end on Saturdays or
Sundays. Students arriving on a Saturday must leave on a Saturday. Those
arriving on a Sunday must leave on a Sunday.

Airport transfer
        Airport transfer from/to Surcin Airport (Belgrade) to/from Sremski
Karlovci or Novi Sad can be arranged at extra cost. Arrival instructions
will be given on confirmation of booking. All students requiring a transfer
need to complete the Transfer form and send it to the Centre no later than
10 days prior to arrival, otherwise we cannot guarantee to meet you.

Travel and Medical Insurance
        The Centre strongly advices students to take out medical and travel
insurance prior to leaving their country. AZBUKUM accepts students on the
assumption that they are in good health. We do not accept responsibility for:
    - loss or damage to any property belonging to students;
    - injury or loss to life to any participant;
    - loss of expences due to delays or changes in air, rail or other
      services, weather, quarantine, sickness, strikes or any other cause.

Centre Rules
        Students attending our Centre must abide by the rules of the Centre.
The Centre reserves the right to suspend any student for misconduct - without
refund of fees and travel costs to be borne by the student.

Visas
        It is student's responsibility to arrange all permits and visas and
to have valid pasport.

Responsibility
        Students are responsible for any damage they may cause and will have
to pay the full cost of replacement or repair.

What students need to bring
        Students should bring towels and casual clothes. Summer temperatures
in Yugoslavia can vary between 25 C and 36 C, therefore, it is advisable to
bring summer clothes as well as some sweathers. A swimming costume, tennis
racket and suitable sports wear and shoes will also be useful. Bed linen
and laundry facilities are available in all types of accommodation.

ENROLMENT DETAILS, CONDITIONS AND FEES FOR SUMMER 1996

How to enrol
    1. Choose the course(s) and a combination you are interested in.
    2. Complete the Application Form and send it to the Centre. The Form
       must be accompanied by a 200 DEM deposit receipt and three pasport
       size photographs of yours taken within the last 6 months. No booking
       will be confirmed without the receipt of a deposit made on your name.
    3. The Centre checks avaibility of course and accommodation and sends
       you:
           a) a confirmation letter and certificate of enrolment;
           b) invoice (balance of account).
    4. You pay any outstanding balance for course and accommodation and
       return your receipt of payment to the Centre not less than 15 days
       before your comming.
    5. All deposits and payments are non-returnable and non-transferable.
    6. If you have to cancel your booking, you must inform the Centre as
       soon as possible. Cancellation fees will be charged as follows:
           - More than 15 days befor arrival, loss of 200 DEM deposit;
           - Less than 15 days before arrival, loss of total fees;


From KEC7497 at tntech.edu  Wed May  8 14:26:09 1996
From: KEC7497 at tntech.edu (KEVIN CHRISTIANSON)
Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 09:26:09 -0500
Subject: Random House Russian-English Dictionary of Idioms
Message-ID: <WED.8.MAY.1996.092609.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear Seelangers:
Some of you might be interested to know that Sophia Lubensky's RANDOM HOUSE
RUSSIAN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF IDIOMS (publisher's price $75) is available for
$49 from Edward R. Hamilton, Bookseller / Falls Village, CT  06031-5000.  No
phone orders or credit cards. Add $3 s/h.  Be sure to include the cat. #
877166.

I'm passing along this info as a courtesy to Russian students/scholars. I'm not
employed by Edward R. Hamilton or affiliated with that remainder company in any
way.

christianson k / English <<kec7497 at tntech.edu>>
Envoy
To write so that a beggar /  would take it for money. // And the dying / would
take it for birth.  --Ewa Lipska


From edraitse at shiva.Hunter.CUNY.EDU  Wed May  8 20:19:05 1996
From: edraitse at shiva.Hunter.CUNY.EDU (Emil Draitser)
Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 16:19:05 -0400
Subject: what to do about plagiarism by emigres
In-Reply-To: <009A1F8B.F2D806C0.70@eckert.acadcomp.monroecc.edu>
Message-ID: <WED.8.MAY.1996.161905.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I second Professor Hunter's opinion on how plagiarism of the Russians
should be handled.
Emil A. Draitser,
Hunter College

On Tue, 7 May 1996, Robert Hunter wrote:

>         After retiring from public school teaching in the US I taught in
 Russia
> for a year and then established a year-long high school program for students
> from the cities of Novgorod, Borovichi, and Staraya Russa to come to upstate
> New York.  While teaching in Novgorod (high school and university), I was
> appalled at the extent of all kinds of cheating.  Openly sharing answers,
> shpargalki, and plagiarism were the norm --- except during the oral part of
> final examinations.  To expect Russian students to come with an understanding
> and willingness to abide by the American norms regarding academic honesty is,
 I
> believe, naive.  One of the major issues covered in the orientation of the
> Russian students coming to the US to study is the very different approach to
> and standards regarding cheating/plagiarism.  Going over the meaning and
> implications of cheating/plagiarism at the beginning of the semester is, I
> contend, insufficient.  I believe the Russian students should be given a
 chance
> , i.e., when caught cheating/plagiarizing, repeating the explanation, and
> permitting the student to redo the work according to US academic standards.
>         In explaining the meaning and implication of cheating/plagiarism in US
> academic institutions, I believe it is important to emphasize how this fits
> into the larger cultural picture.  This is important because the Russian
> understanding of and respect for rules and law is different from the American.
> In Russia, rules and laws and impediments meant to be circumvented one way or
> another.  Here is a recent example.  A Russian businessman was learning about
> Rotary.  At a Rotary meeting in the US, he said that he had only one question
> regarding the possibility of organizing a club in Russia --- how important was
> adherence to rules?  He then commented that, for cultural reasons, it would
> be very difficult for future Russian Rotarians not to attempt to circumvent
 the
> rules.
>         I believe we owe Russian students, be they exchange or emigre, care
 and
> consideration in learning our culture.  After having been given fair
> explanation and warning, rigid adherence to standards should be the norm.
>         Dobro,
>         Robert Hunter
>
> ***************************************************************************
>   Robert Hunter, M.Ed, M.A.               8 Red Fox Run
>   Psychology Department                   Pittsford, NY 14534-3428
>   Monroe Community College                Voice: (716) 248-5075
>   Rochester, New York                     Fax: (716) 383-8723
>                      rhunter at eckert.acadcomp.monroecc.edu
> ***************************************************************************
>


From MLLEMILY at ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu  Wed May  8 22:31:20 1996
From: MLLEMILY at ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (Emily Tall)
Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 17:31:20 -0500
Subject: outcome of plagiarism issue
Message-ID: <WED.8.MAY.1996.173120.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I'd like to thank all seelangers who contributed to the discussion on
plagiarism by emigres, especially the gentleman from Monroe Community
College. As a result of your comments, plus my own investigative
abilities honed by long hours watching "Law and Order" and "Prime
Suspect," I got the students to admit that what they wrote was
not really their own work. What was interesting was that they told
me that this is the way they were taught to write. ONe of them
remarked that he also found it difficult to write without digressions
and in the rather dry way they are taught to write essays in the U.S.
In any case, I suggested to both that they read the memoirs of
Shcharansky (whom they hadn't heard of) and Sakharov or Bonner and
write on that. Long live seelangs! Emily Tall


From mitrege at mail.auburn.edu  Thu May  9 00:46:43 1996
From: mitrege at mail.auburn.edu (George Mitrevski)
Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 19:46:43 -0500
Subject: Slavic associations
Message-ID: <WED.8.MAY.1996.194643.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear SEELANG-ers,

I would like to get a listing of associations that deal with Slavic
studies that I can put on the AATSEEL Web Page. Does anyone know if such a
thing already exists in printed form?

George.
************************************************************************
Dr. George Mitrevski                    office: 334-844-6376
Foreign Languages                          fax: 334-844-6378
6030 Haley Center                       e-mail: mitrege at mail.auburn.edu
Auburn University
Auburn, AL 36849-5204

List of my WWW pages: http://www.auburn.edu/~mitrege/index.html
************************************************************************


From d-powelstock at UCHICAGO.EDU  Thu May  9 02:05:19 1996
From: d-powelstock at UCHICAGO.EDU (David Powelstock)
Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 21:05:19 -0500
Subject: AATSEEL
Message-ID: <WED.8.MAY.1996.210519.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I am posting this call for papers on Polish Literature at AATSEEL 1996 for a
colleague.
                        -- dp


>Call for papers.  AATSEEL National Meeting, Washington, D.C., 28-30
>December 1996.
>
>A late panel on Polish Literature is being organized to be part of the
>AATSEEL National Meeting in December.  Papers dealing with
>Polish Literature, contemporary or old, are welcome.  Please, contact:
>
>Andrzej Karcz
>Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
>The University of Chicago
>1130 East 59th Street
>Chicago, IL 60637
>Phone: 312-702-8033 or 312-947-8345 (home, try here first)
>E-mail:akarcz at midway.uchicago.edu
>
>
>
>
****************************************************************
*       David Powelstock                (O)   312-702-0035              *
*       Slavic Languages & Literatures  (Dpt) 312-702-8033 (msg)        *
*       University of Chicago           (H)   312-324-5842 (msg)        *
*       1130 E. 59th Street                                     *
*       Chicago, IL  60637                                      *
****************************************************************


From RALPH at hum.port.ac.uk  Thu May  9 09:23:04 1996
From: RALPH at hum.port.ac.uk (Ralph Cleminson)
Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 09:23:04 GMT
Subject: Transcriptions
Message-ID: <THU.9.MAY.1996.092304.GMT.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

On Sun, 5 May 1996 Robert Orr wrote:> My favuorite one is still the spellingm,
 which I have seen on an officla
> Canadian document, "Vlagyimir".

This is standard Hungarian transcription, Hungarian "gy" representing
[d'].

======================================================================
Ralph Cleminson, Reader in Slavonic Studies, University of Portsmouth
ralph at hum.port.ac.uk
http://www.hum.port.ac.uk/Users/ralph.cleminson/home.htm
======================================================================


From dumanis at acsu.Buffalo.EDU  Wed May  8 18:24:52 1996
From: dumanis at acsu.Buffalo.EDU (Edward M Dumanis)
Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 14:24:52 -0400
Subject: what to do about plagiarism by emigres
In-Reply-To: <009A1F8B.F2D806C0.70@eckert.acadcomp.monroecc.edu>
Message-ID: <WED.8.MAY.1996.142452.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I'd like to commend Robert Hunter for a very good piece he wrote
comparing Russian and our culture with respect to academic standards.
Let me contribute my two cents.
Yes, the problem is very deep, and its roots are in a very different idea
on what is good.  From their early age children are taught there to help
each other and to appreciate such help.  At the very beginning of their
school life, they are involved in a tradition where when a student is
being questioned by the teacher and does not know the answer, the others
are trying to whisper the answer to that student ("podskazka"). Since
the teacher grades the answers, the answering student might get a better
grade for which s/he would be praised at home.  It gives the birth to the
mutual gratitude of students for this activity.  So, from the very
beginning, this particular type of academic dishonesty is encouraged
there by peers, and leads to ignoring and treating it as absolutely
normal other types of academic dishonesty later.

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at acsu.buffalo.edu>


From jamison at owlnet.rice.edu  Thu May  9 14:07:21 1996
From: jamison at owlnet.rice.edu (John J. Ronald)
Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 09:07:21 -0500
Subject: Radio Prague...
Message-ID: <THU.9.MAY.1996.090721.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

This seemed important for SEELANGS...
--J. Ronald


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Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 08:07:30 +0200 (MDT)
From: Radio Prague <cr at Radio.CZ>
To: Radio Prague's Dear Subscribers <cr at Radio.CZ>
Subject: News May 9, 1996

                    Radio Prague Message of the Day:

                Radio Prague is very pleased to announce
                that our Web site is officially opening
                      this Sunday, May 12, 1996 at

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                It is on Sunday, too, that the opening
                    of the virtual and real exhibits
                of the best pictures we received in our
    "History Online" (Dejiny po siti) drawing contest for Czech kids
                           will take place.
                     You can view the real exhibit
               at the National Technical Museum in Prague
                      from May 14 - June 12, 1996
          and you can visit the virtual exhibit from May 12 at

                      http://www.radio.cz/history/

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                     as the Internet is very large
           but the Radio Prague Internet Team is very small!
                  If you would be willing to help us,
                    please send an e-mail message at
                              cr at radio.cz
                     with a subject-line of "scout"
              and we will furnish you with all the details
             of exactly what it is that we need help with.


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From hdbaker at uci.edu  Thu May  9 15:13:22 1996
From: hdbaker at uci.edu (Harold D. Baker)
Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 08:13:22 -0700
Subject: Russian On-Line Class
Message-ID: <THU.9.MAY.1996.081322.0700.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Please contact me off-list at hdbaker at uci.edu if you wish your students to
participate in on-line communication in Russian on Wednesday, May 15, from
1:00 to 1:50 PM California time. I will help with technical details.

Harold D. "Biff" Baker
Program in Russian, HH156
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92717-5025 USA
hdbaker at uci.edu
1-714-824-6183/Fax 1-714-824-2379


From tejackso at unccvm.uncc.edu  Thu May  9 16:32:20 1996
From: tejackso at unccvm.uncc.edu (Tony Jackson)
Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 12:32:20 -0400
Subject: cold war inquiry
Message-ID: <THU.9.MAY.1996.123220.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Greetings folks. I'm trying to put together a panel on literature and the
cold war for the next 20th c lit conference. I myself will be dealing with
Brit Lit, I have someone doing US lit, and I think someone taking a Latin
American angle. Now I'd really like to get an East European or Russian view.
This inquiry was forwarded to this list recently from the phil-lit list, but
since no one responded I decided to sign on and make a personal request.
Anyone interested, or if you know someone who might be, Please send me a note to

tejackso at email.uncc.edu

Thanks,

Tony Jackson, English DEpt, UNC Charlotte


From avpst1+ at pitt.edu  Thu May  9 17:30:44 1996
From: avpst1+ at pitt.edu (Alexander V Prokhorov)
Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 13:30:44 -0400
Subject: cold war inquiry
In-Reply-To: <199605091632.MAA04432@mail.uncc.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.9.MAY.1996.133044.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Tony:

Could you tell me a bit more about the conference: where? when? who
organizes it?

Alex Prokhorov (U of Pittsburgh)

On Thu, 9 May 1996, Tony Jackson wrote:

> Greetings folks. I'm trying to put together a panel on literature and the
> cold war for the next 20th c lit conference. I myself will be dealing with
> Brit Lit, I have someone doing US lit, and I think someone taking a Latin
> American angle. Now I'd really like to get an East European or Russian view.
> This inquiry was forwarded to this list recently from the phil-lit list, but
> since no one responded I decided to sign on and make a personal request.
> Anyone interested, or if you know someone who might be, Please send me a note
 to
>
> tejackso at email.uncc.edu
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tony Jackson, English DEpt, UNC Charlotte

=========================================================
Alexander Prokhorov              Email: avpst1+ at pitt.edu
6200 Jackson Street              Voice: 1-412-362-5103
Pittsburgh, PA 15206             Fax:   1-412-624-9714


From fsciacca at itsmail1.hamilton.edu  Thu May  9 20:15:15 1996
From: fsciacca at itsmail1.hamilton.edu (Franklin A. Sciacca)
Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 15:15:15 -0500
Subject: "kamusy"
Message-ID: <THU.9.MAY.1996.151515.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

A student is translating a Russian version of a Khanty tale that includes
the word "kamusy."  Any idea of what it means (or which language it is?)
Also a line in Khanty with a Russian gloss:  ku-ku lep-shep, khep-shep
(pol-vesla, pol-lodki).  Thanks, Frank


From jdwest at u.washington.edu  Thu May  9 22:36:58 1996
From: jdwest at u.washington.edu (James West)
Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 15:36:58 -0700
Subject: "kamusy" (fwd)
Message-ID: <THU.9.MAY.1996.153658.0700.JDWEST@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>

"Kamusy" or "kamysy" (stress on first syllable) are the strips of reindeer
or elk-skin used on the skis of many of the northern Siberian peoples.
Probably adapted from any or all of the Uralic languages of NW Siberia,
the word has been in the Russian language since the 19th century at least.
In a recent (1992) book on the Khanty, which italicizes all the strictly
Khanty words it uses, the word "kamusy" is _not_ italicized.

                                               James West

On Thu, 9 May 1996, Franklin A. Sciacca wrote:

> A student is translating a Russian version of a Khanty tale that includes
> the word "kamusy."  Any idea of what it means (or which language it is?)
> Also a line in Khanty with a Russian gloss:  ku-ku lep-shep, khep-shep
> (pol-vesla, pol-lodki).  Thanks, Frank
>


From enjakab at phoenix.Princeton.EDU  Thu May  9 22:51:15 1996
From: enjakab at phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Edit N. Jakab)
Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 18:51:15 -0400
Subject: Transcriptions
In-Reply-To: <BFFE01E7D53@hum.port.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <THU.9.MAY.1996.185115.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

On Thu, 9 May 1996, Ralph Cleminson wrote:

> On Sun, 5 May 1996 Robert Orr wrote:> My favuorite one is still the spellingm,
>  which I have seen on an officla
> > Canadian document, "Vlagyimir".
>
> This is standard Hungarian transcription, Hungarian "gy" representing
> [d'].
> True.
> ======================================================================
> Ralph Cleminson, Reader in Slavonic Studies, University of Portsmouth
> ralph at hum.port.ac.uk
> http://www.hum.port.ac.uk/Users/ralph.cleminson/home.htm
> ======================================================================
>


From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Fri May 10 01:18:38 1996
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 21:18:38 -0400
Subject: NIS Job Opportunities (fwd)
Message-ID: <THU.9.MAY.1996.211838.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

This looks *very* cool and might be of interest to someone or to
someone's graduating students out there!

Devin



---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 8 May 96 22:26:20 EDT
From: Project Harmony <pharmony+ at igc.apc.org>
To: Multiple recipients of list <civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu>
Subject: NIS Job Opportunities

Project Harmony, an innovative, not-for-profit cultural and educational
exchange organization based in Waitsfield, Vermont (USA) is seeking Program
Coordinators to support new and ongoing program initiatives in Russia,
Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia and the United States.  Applicants must be
available to work beginning July, 1996.

Job Description will include the following elements:

* Organize with fellow FSU staff for recruitment, selection and
orientation of FSU participants for a variety of secondary and university
student and professional programs.  Extensive travel within FSU may be
necessary.

* Supervise and coordinate planning for numerous and varied PH
programs in the former Soviet Union (FSU) and/or USA.  This might require
frequent contact with Project Harmony FSU partners to assure timely and
accurate communication/arrangements for travel.

* Represent Project Harmony in negotiations with FSU or USA partners as
per advice and recommendations of Project Harmony directors.

* Manage the daily information flow inside and outside FSU office on
e-mail, telephone, fax and personal visits.

Prerequisite Skills/Experience:

* Excellent health

* Sense of adventure

* Cultural sensitivity and tolerance

* Proficiency in written and oral Russian and English (Ukrainian added
bonus)

* Independent living and work experience in Russia and/or Ukraine

* Experience hosting a foreign exchange student or living with a host
family in another culture.

* Leadership/translating experience with adult or teenage groups

* Proven desire and interest in working with adult and teenage groups in
FSU and USA

* Ability to manage and coordinate office staff (some of whom may be
Russian/Ukrainian nationals) i.e., establish work schedules, give and
receive constructive criticism

* Flexibility and grace under the demands of changing program tasks and
agendas, i.e., unforeseen trips to Russia/Ukraine hinterlands to meet
Project Harmony partners, trips to St. Petersburg to meet fellow staff,
troubleshooting trips for Project Harmony programs in progress.

* Computer literacy (Microsoft Works, Macintosh applications, E-mail,
networking)

* Willingness to adjust to extremely demanding work schedule, i.e.,
weekends and evenings.

Benefits:

* Health Insurance

* Salary (negotiable)

* Small organization which encourages and allows innovation and creativity
from all staff members

* Exploration of relatively uncharted territory for Americans in FSU


For further information contact:

Project Harmony
6 Irasville Common
Waitsfield, Vermont 05673
Telephone: (802) 496-4545


From h.stoffel at auckland.ac.nz  Fri May 10 15:57:30 1996
From: h.stoffel at auckland.ac.nz (- Hnas-Peter Stoffel)
Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 15:57:30 GMT+1200
Subject: "kamusy"
Message-ID: <FRI.10.MAY.1996.155730.GMT1200.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

As a skiing term kamas,kamus,kamys occurs in Russian as a doublet for
mekh, shkura (fur put on back of skis in order to ascend).
Hans-Peter Stoffel, Auckland (New Zealand)


From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Fri May 10 10:24:06 1996
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 06:24:06 -0400
Subject: COUNTERPART Jobs in Central Asia (fwd)
Message-ID: <FRI.10.MAY.1996.062406.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 8 May 96 22:31:04 EDT
From: Nathaniel L. Wells <nathan+ at nebula.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu>
Subject: COUNTERPART Jobs in Central Asia

The Counterpart Foundation is seeking to fill two positions in Central Asia:

**Field Director/Health Education Specialist**

Counterpart Foundation is seeking a specialist to manage a program to
promote maternal and child health eduation through local NGOs in the
former Soviet Union.

Duties include: Managing a field office and staff trainers; Training
health educators on key health education issues; Developing appropriate
health education materials, methodologies and messages in collaboration
with local health NGOs; Networking with local and international NGOs and
government health officials and professionals.

Required qualifications include: MPH or equivalent, extensive health
education and/or community development experience, program management
experience, at least five years of international health experience,
proficiency in Russian, Farsi or a Turkic language; ability to work
miracles and maintain sense of humor under challenging circumstances.  A
preferred candidate would also have clinical experience or NGO experience.

This is a two-year position and will be based in the CIS.

**Women's Microenterprise Specialist**

Counterpart Foundation is seeking a specialist to manage a program to
expand support services available to women microentrepreneurs in the
former Soviet Union.  This person would work in the office of an
indigenous CIS businesswomen's association, providing technical
assistance to help strengthen their capacity to provide non-financial
services to their membership.

Duties include: Providing technical assistance to a businesswomen's
association in microenterprise support services; developing a
comprehensive strategy for strengthening their internal management and
cost recovery mechanisms; coordinating external consultants and other
technical and financial assistance; providing technical advice on advocacy
efforts on behalf of women in microenterprise.

Required qualifications include:  At least five years experience in small
business, women's business training and government or governmental
relations; advanced degree in related field; proficiency in Russian or a
Turkic language;  Ability to maintain sense of humor under trying
circumstances.  A preferred candidate will have experience in small
business training for women in an international setting.

This is a two year position.

Counterpart Foundation is an international PVO based in Washington D.C.
with 30 years of experience in building local indigenous capacity to
serve community needs in a sustainable way.  Counterpart currently has
NGO and microenterprise programs in the Pacific and in eleven countries
of the CIS.

No phone calls please. For more information about these positions, please
send a resume and cover letter by email, fax, or standard mail to:

Joel Levin
Counterpart Foundation
910 17th Street NW, Ste. 328
Washington, DC 20006

Fax: (202) 296-9679
Email: jlevin at counterpart.org


From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Sat May 11 16:37:13 1996
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 12:37:13 -0400
Subject: this looks interesting
Message-ID: <SAT.11.MAY.1996.123713.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 10 May 96 17:36:55 EDT
From: Center for Civil Society International <ccsi+ at u.washington.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu>
Subject: Announcing Publication of The Post-Soviet Handbook


Center for Civil Society International, in cooperation with the University
of Washington Press, is pleased to announce the publication of...

                   The Post Soviet Handbook:
            A Guide to Grassroots Organizations and
        Internet Resources in the Newly Independent States

The Post Soviet Handbook documents the enormous variety of grassroots
initiatives which have emerged in the NIS over the past ten years. Entries
range from the Research Center for Human Rights in Moscow to the Red
Crescent Society in Azerbaijian and the Wildlife Foundation in Khabarovsk.
The Handbook provides extensive contact information for hundreds of
independent associations (including e-mail addresses) and describes their
principal programs and activities.

In addition, a special section introduces the abundance of Internet
resources related to the newly independent states, from electronic mailing
lists to World Wide Web and Gopher sites, as well as utilities for moving
from Latin characters to Cyrillic and vice-versa.

Other sections provide contact information for more than three dozen
clearinghouse organizations and describe more than 150 projects in the NIS
created by U.S.-based entities, ranging from cultural exchanges to
financial sector reforms and housing developments.

The Post-Soviet Handbook is 416 pages in length and sells for $19.95 plus
shipping and handling.

**********************************************************************

Ordering information follows for The Post-Soviet Handbook: A Guide to
Grassroots Organizations and Internet Resources in the Newly Independent
States (ISBN 0-295-97534-2)

University of Washington Press
Marketing Department
P. O. Box 50096
Seattle, WA  98145-5096

Tel. 206-543-4050
Fax. 206-543-3932
E-mail: uwpord at u.washington.edu

Toll free ordering in the US: 1-800-441-4115 (8am to 4pm PST)

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**********************************************************************

For those wishing to order the Handbook directly through CCSI:

In the U.S., for individual orders, send a check for $23.95 ($19.95
plus $4.00 shipping and handling) made out to "CCSI" to:

Center for Civil Society International
2929 NE Blakeley Street
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For rates for overseas orders, please contact us at ccsi at u.washington.edu

Information about the publication is also available from our homepage
under the "Publications" section:  http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/


From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Sat May 11 16:44:42 1996
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 12:44:42 -0400
Subject: Khorosho-Russian (fwd)
Message-ID: <SAT.11.MAY.1996.124442.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 08:55:19 -0600
From: Bruce Swayne <BSWAYNE+ at bsu.idbsu.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list FLTEACH <FLTEACH at UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU>
Subject: Khorosho-Russian

Our Russian instructor  has asked  me about an
interactive videodisc self-study program developed
at the Federal Language Training Laboratory called
Khorosho.  There is an article in FLAnnals, 26, No.3, 1993.

Is it now available?  Is is effective?

Thanks.
Bruce R. Swayne
Director, Modern Language Resource Center
Boise State University
bswayne at bsu.idbsu.edu


From Patrick.Seriot at slav.unil.ch  Sun May 12 12:52:28 1996
From: Patrick.Seriot at slav.unil.ch ((Patrick Seriot)) ()
Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 08:52:28 EDT
Subject: unposted conferences & workshops in Slavic Linguistics
Message-ID: <SUN.12.MAY.1996.085228.EDT.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

>The AATSEEL Slavic Linguistics Task Force Subcommittee on Graduate
>Education is looking for appropriate forums to host student-faculty
>discussions of graduate education.  If you are aware or become aware of a
>Slavic Linguistics conference or workshop that is not posted on the
>Linguist List, AATSEEL or AAASS web pages, will you please post it?

In September 5th to 7th, 1996, will be held in Lausanne (Switzerland) a
conference on
+Jakobson between East and West : 1915-1939;
For information ask :
Patrick SERIOT
pseriot at ulys.unil.ch

   _______________________________________________________________________
  |Patrick SERIOT       |    Bureau 5092     |    courrier electronique:  |
  |Lettres/Lang. slaves |--------------------|                            |
  |BFSH2                |Tel.41 21 692 30 01 |Patrick.Seriot at slav.unil.ch |
  |CH-1015 Lausanne     |Fax.41 21 692 29 35 |                            |


From mitrege at mail.auburn.edu  Mon May 13 02:57:25 1996
From: mitrege at mail.auburn.edu (George Mitrevski)
Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 21:57:25 -0500
Subject: AATSEEL Web Page: New this week
Message-ID: <SUN.12.MAY.1996.215725.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

New this week on the AATSEEL Web Page:

1) Several course syllabi have been contributed by Prof. Thomas Beyer,
Middlebury College. His web page  on Dostoevsky includes links to
student papers.
http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~aatseel/syllabi/russian-syllabi.html

2) We now offer one-stop browsing for Russian/Slavic fonts and keyboards
curtesy of Andrew M. Drozd. Select Macintosh or IBM from the main page:

http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~aatseel/

3) I have expanded extensively my web page on internet resources for a
course on Russian Culture:

http://www.auburn.edu/~mitrege/russian-culture/internet-resources.html

George.
************************************************************************
Dr. George Mitrevski                    office: 334-844-6376
Foreign Languages                          fax: 334-844-6378
6030 Haley Center                       e-mail: mitrege at mail.auburn.edu
Auburn University
Auburn, AL 36849-5204

List of my WWW pages: http://www.auburn.edu/~mitrege/index.html
************************************************************************


From crees at UKANVAX.BITNET  Mon May 13 23:09:53 1996
From: crees at UKANVAX.BITNET (Ctr for Russian and East European Studies)
Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 18:09:53 -0500
Subject: Univ. of Kansas Summer Institute in L'viv, Ukraine
Message-ID: <MON.13.MAY.1996.180953.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Please announce to qualified graduate students:

Two places are available for this summer at the KU-L'viv Summer Language
and Area Studies Institute in L'viv, Ukraine.  Both places carry full
scholarships for the program cost of $1800.  Some assistance with airfare
is also available.   Requirements:  students must have the B.A.
degree in hand, have completed three years of college level Russian or
Polish (or equivalent), and/or Ukrainian language (one year intensive);
demonstrated interest in current social science or humanistic topics; be
enrolled in or accepted in a graduate program.

Students receive 6 hours of Ukrainian language and area studies credit
from the University of Kansas.

Program dates:  20 June-3 August.

Interested students should IMMEDIATELY contact David Watson at the Center
for Russian and EAst European Studies at the University of Kansas.
Telephone: 913-864-4236   FAX: 913-864-4555
E-MAIL:  dmwatson at falcon.cc.ukans.edu


From mla08 at cc.keele.ac.uk  Tue May 14 11:50:16 1996
From: mla08 at cc.keele.ac.uk (J.M. Andrew)
Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 12:50:16 +0100
Subject: Why Europe Conference
Message-ID: <TUE.14.MAY.1996.125016.0100.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Further to preliminary announcements a couple of months ago, we are pleased
to enclose the more or less definitive programme for our Why Europe
Conference.

The booking form is now available and is available from:
Joe Andrew (mla08 at cc.keele.ac.uk)


        WHY EUROPE?

        PROBLEMS OF CULTURE & IDENTITY

        An International Conference to be held
        at Keele University, UK
        6 September - 9 September 1996

        Organised in cooperation with the Goethe Institut

        Programme


Friday 6 September


11:00-1:00      Registration

1:00    Lunch

2:00    Opening Remarks

2:15    Opening Adress: Nicole Questiaux (Conseil d'Etat)

3:00 Panel 1:   A Europe of Nations

1.      Chris Brewin (Keele): European Identity
2.      Brian Jenkins (Portsmouth): France & Europe: A Crisis of National
Identity?
3.      Jolyon Howorth (Bath): Being & Doing in Europe since 1947:
Contrasting Dichotomies of Identity & Efficiency

4:00    Tea

4:30    Panel 1 (continued)

4.      Jude Bloomfield (London): TBA
5.      Edward Acton (UEA): Redefining Russia

6:00     Official Opening Reception: Mike Tappin, MEP

7:00    Dinner

8:15    Keynote Speech: Bill Cash, MP

9:00 Film: Grosse Fatigue (dir. Michel Blanc)

Saturday 7 September
8:00 Breakfast

9:00    Panel 2: Ideas of Community & Citizenship

1.      Paul Hirst (Birkbeck): Citizens of Europe
2.      Margaret Canovan (Keele): Rethinking Nationhood
3.      Max Silverman (Leeds): Beyond Individualism & Community
4.      Alexandra Ioannidou (Thessaloniki): Another Understanding of
Diversity: Slavophones in Greek Macedonia
11:00 Coffee

11:30 Panel 3: Minority Rights in Europe: Integration & Standardizing
Mechanisms: Coordinator: Patrick Thornberry (Keele)
Papers will be given by representatives of The European Commission, UN Human
Rights Centre, The Council of Europe, & Minority Rights Group

1:30    Lunch

2:30    Keynote Speaker: Robert Picht (College of Europe, Bruges): Cultural
Understanding in Europe & European Culture

3:30 Panel 4: Nineteenth Century Identity & Culture

1.      Martina Lauster (Keele): From Cultural Nation to Political
Civilization: The Revision of the Anti-Western Concept of German Nationhood
between 1830 & 1848
2.      Simon Dixon (Glasgow): The Russians & Eurasia, 1880-1930
3.      Robert Reid (Keele): Ethnotope & C19 Russian Literature
4.      Robert Hudson (Derby): Songs of Love & Hate: the Role of the Serbian
Intelligentsia & Literature in Forging a Serbian Ethnic Identity

5:30    Reception in Bookshop

6:30 Dinner

8:00 Keynote Speaker: Wolfgang Ullmann, MEP

9:00    Film: La vie sexuelle des belges (dir. Jan Bucquoy)

Sunday 8 September

8:00 Breakfast

9:00 Panel 5:   Media Issues

1.      Christophe Texier (Aston): Television as a Vehicle for Cementing
European Identity.  The Case of the Transnational Channel ARTE
2.      Raymond Kuhn (QMWC): Towards a Single European Media Market?
3.      Susan Hayward (Birmingham): Women in the TV Media - France & Britain
4.      Peter Humphreys (Manchester): Regulating for Media Pluralism: the
Challenge facing Europe

11:00 Coffee

11:30 Panel 6:  Film
1.      Alison Smith (Keele): Hitmen, Hate & Grosse Fatigue: the Search for
the French Blockbuster
2.      Keith Reader (Newcastle): Nation - What Nation? (On Belgian Film)
3.      Chris Wagstaff (Reading): Italian Film
4.      Graham Roberts (Strathclyde): Double Lives: Europe & Identity in the
Later Films of Krzysztof Kie lowski

1:30    Lunch

2:30 Panel 7:   Gender & Identity

1.      Susan Bassnett (Warwick): Mapping Gender & Identity
2.      Claire Duchen (Sussex): Sisters under the Skin? Is there such a
thing as International Feminism?
3.      Murray Pratt (Warwick): Determining, Mobilising & Disrupting
Cultural Identity: Public & Published Discourses of AIDS in France &
Britain.

4:00    Tea

4:30 Panel 8:   Women in Contemporary European Societies

1.      Eva Kolinsky (Keele): Women in Germany
2.      Rosalind Marsh (Bath): Women in Russia & the Former Soviet Union
3.      Anna Bull (Bath): Class, Gender & Voting in Italy

6:30 Grand Dinner

8:15 Concert: The Bedford Singers, Songs from Europe


Monday 9 September


8:00 Breakfast


9:00 Panel 9:   Youth & Education

1.      David Coulby (Bath): Education for the New Europe
2.      Hilary Pilkington (Birmingham): Youth Cultural Identities in
Post-Soviet Russia
3.      Elena Omelchenko (Moscow): The Concept of  hestokost' [ ruelty'] in
Post-Soviet Youth Culyure
4.      Chris Warne (Keele): Transnational Affinities in a European Context:
the Case of Contemporary French Youth Culture


11:00 Coffee


11:30 Closing Address: (EK) Hans-Joachim Veen (Director of the Social
Science Research Institute of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation): European
Identity & Culture


12:30 Lunch & Close







From ursula.doleschal at WU-WIEN.AC.AT  Tue May 14 11:57:15 1996
From: ursula.doleschal at WU-WIEN.AC.AT (ursula.doleschal)
Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 13:57:15 +0200
Subject: CP 1251 fonts
Message-ID: <TUE.14.MAY.1996.135715.0200.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Does anybody know from where to download fonts for CP 1251 for Macintosh to
read Cyrillic?

Ursula Doleschal (ursula.doleschal at wu-wien.ac.at)
Institut f. Slawische Sprachen, Wirtschaftsuniv. Wien
Augasse 9, 1090 Wien, Austria
Tel.: ++43-1-31336 4115, Fax:  ++43-1-31336 744


From feszczak at sas.upenn.edu  Tue May 14 16:36:17 1996
From: feszczak at sas.upenn.edu (Zenon M. Feszczak)
Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 09:36:17 -0700
Subject: CP 1251 fonts
In-Reply-To: <v01510102adbe34c6a543@[137.208.69.34]>
Message-ID: <TUE.14.MAY.1996.093617.0700.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

>Does anybody know from where to download fonts for CP 1251 for Macintosh to
>read Cyrillic?
>
>Ursula Doleschal (ursula.doleschal at wu-wien.ac.at)
>Institut f. Slawische Sprachen, Wirtschaftsuniv. Wien
>Augasse 9, 1090 Wien, Austria
>Tel.: ++43-1-31336 4115, Fax:  ++43-1-31336 744

Somebody knows, and will be glad to tell you:

Try the Ukrainianization of Macintosh page, at:

http://www.osc.edu/ukraine_nonpubl/htmls/macukr.html

This is located at the infamous Infomeister site maintained by the infamous
Max Pyziur.

Look for the ER Fonts which you can access from the page.  These are
available in 1251 encoding, among others, for both Mac and Wintel.
These fonts allow Russian, Ukrainian, and other Cyrillic languages to
coexist peacefully, something which rarely happens in, say, a meeting of
the Parliament.

Na vse dobre,

Zenon M. Feszczak
Brotherhood of St. Cyril
Philadelphia Lavra


From gfowler at indiana.edu  Tue May 14 14:06:31 1996
From: gfowler at indiana.edu (George Fowler)
Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 09:06:31 -0500
Subject: Late call for papers: Folklore Panel at AATSEEL
Message-ID: <TUE.14.MAY.1996.090631.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Greetings!

I've been asked to post this announcement to SEELangs; please reply to Emil
Draitser at the coordinates given below, and NOT to me!

________________________________________________________________________________
Late Call for Papers: Slavic Folklore at AATSEEL

If you are interested in presenting a paper on the panel "Slavic Folklore",
which Emil Draitser has agreed to organize at the 1996 AATSEEL conference
Dec. 28-30 in Washington, DC, please send a proposal to him as soon as
possible. (For some reason, the only folklore panel proposed this year was
"Slavic Folk Poetry").

Emil Draitser
edraitse at shiva.Hunter.cuny.edu
Tel. (201) 861-2250
Fax  (212) 772-5138


From brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu  Tue May 14 14:32:56 1996
From: brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu (Benjamin Rifkin)
Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 09:32:56 -0500
Subject: OPI workshop in Russian
Message-ID: <TUE.14.MAY.1996.093256.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

ACTFL is presenting an OPI (Oral Proficiency Interview) Workshop hosted by
the International MBA Program, Schulich School of Business, York
University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 23-26, 1996.

For information and registration, please contact

Regan Greene
Professional Development Department
ACTFL
6 Executive Plaza
Yonkers, NY  10701
Tel. 914/963-8830, ext. 229
Fax. 914/963-1275

Registration Deadline:  September 13, 1996



**********************************************
Benjamin Rifkin
Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1432 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI  53706

e-mail:  brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu
telephone:  608/262-1623, 608/262-3498
fax:  608/265-2814


From ursula.doleschal at WU-WIEN.AC.AT  Wed May 15 13:12:46 1996
From: ursula.doleschal at WU-WIEN.AC.AT (ursula.doleschal)
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 15:12:46 +0200
Subject: CP 1251 fonts
Message-ID: <WED.15.MAY.1996.151246.0200.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

thanks a lot!

Ursula Doleschal (ursula.doleschal at wu-wien.ac.at)
Institut f. Slawische Sprachen, Wirtschaftsuniv. Wien
Augasse 9, 1090 Wien, Austria
Tel.: ++43-1-31336 4115, Fax:  ++43-1-31336 744


From Alexander.Boguslawski at Rollins.Edu  Wed May 15 14:08:16 1996
From: Alexander.Boguslawski at Rollins.Edu (Alexander Boguslawski)
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 10:08:16 -0400
Subject: SCANNING RUSSIAN TEXTS
Message-ID: <WED.15.MAY.1996.100816.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear SEELANGERS,

My question is for all the technologically advanced and inclined.  I would like
to scan Russian texts (books) and later edit and manipulate them with my word
processor (Word Perfect or Ami Pro).  What do I need to be able to scan the
texts in, and perform extensive word searches?  Is it possible at all?  Please
advise about the needed software, hardware, etc., taking under consideration
that you are responding to someone who does know how to use the computer (Win-
dows) but needs rather detailed explanations in matters like this one.  If you
find the topic challenging and worthy of posting to the list, respond thither.
If not, respond to ABOGUSLAWSKI at ROLLINS.EDU.  Your help will be greatly appre-
ciated.

Alexander Boguslawski, Professor of Russian
Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida 32789
Tel. 407-646-2380


From twoofus at execpc.com  Wed May 15 14:20:04 1996
From: twoofus at execpc.com (Burton & Rachel Davis)
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 09:20:04 -0500
Subject: FW: Help.
Message-ID: <WED.15.MAY.1996.092004.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear SEELANGers:

This may not be directly related to our field, but I agree with Mr.
Whitacre below that we should do what we can to help these kids.  These
kids want to see how far around the world their letter will get in two
weeks.  SEELANGS was the *best* place I could think of to give these kids a
boost.  Please take a second and reply to Stevie and Amanda and then
forward their message to someone else.

Thanks

***************************************************************************
Rachel Kilbourn Davis   No software will ever be able
twoofus at execpc.com      to compress information
                        to the extent a human female does
                        when she merely raises an eyebrow.
                                - James Fischer


---------------------
Forwarded message:
Subj:    Fwd: Help.
Date:    96-05-10 00:17:42 EDT
From:    InvestRptr
To:      InvestRptr

I am forwarding this message to everyone on the Investment Reporter
Magazine's mailing list. As a former teacher in the public schools, I like
to
do anything I can to further students' educational experiences.

Please take a moment to respond to Stevie and Amanda. I'm sure they will
get
a thrill from hearing from you and also learn more about our world!

Thanks!

Roger Whitacre
Investment Reporter Magazine


========Forwarded Message========

Subj: Help.
Date: 96-05-09 20:09:19 EDT
From: SMC1234
BCC:  InvestRptr

Hi, our names are Stevie and Amanda. We are in the 5th grade at the
Phillipston Memorial school, Phillipston, Massachusetts, USA. We are doing
a
science project on the internet. Our teacher says that we can reach anyone
anywhere in the world no matter if they're rich or poor.  We want to see
how
many different responses we can get back in two weeks and how our message
traveled through the internet. (We are onlly sending out 2 letters).

Please respond, then send this letter to anyone you communicate with on the
Internet.
Respond to SMC1234 at aol.com

1. Where do you live (state and country)?
2. What do you do for a living?
3. How/from whom did you get this letter.

Thank You
Stevie and Amanda


From jslindst at cc.helsinki.fi  Wed May 15 14:46:57 1996
From: jslindst at cc.helsinki.fi (Jouko Lindstedt)
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 17:46:57 +0300
Subject: FW: Help.
In-Reply-To: <01BB4242.6D3CDA80@philosophers.execpc.com>
Message-ID: <WED.15.MAY.1996.174657.0300.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Great. This was the third or fourth copy of those kids' letter I've
gotten. People who have tried to answer them have reported that their
account does not work. Their teacher has apparently not told them that
CHAIN LETTERS ARE FORBIDDEN ON MOST INTERNET SITES. People who send these
kind of chain letters -- which have nothing to do with Slavic studies --
to SEELangs should have thought twice.

Jouko Lindstedt
Slavonic and Baltic Department, University of Helsinki
e-mail: Jouko.Lindstedt at Helsinki.Fi or jslindst at cc.helsinki.fi
http://www.helsinki.fi/~jslindst/


From paulkla at mail.pressenter.com  Wed May 15 15:52:00 1996
From: paulkla at mail.pressenter.com (Paul A. Klanderud)
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 10:52:00 CDT
Subject: FW: Help
Message-ID: <WED.15.MAY.1996.105200.CDT.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

>Great. This was the third or fourth copy of those kids' letter I've
>gotten. People who have tried to answer them have reported that their
>account does not work. Their teacher has apparently not told them that
>CHAIN LETTERS ARE FORBIDDEN ON MOST INTERNET SITES. People who send these
>kind of chain letters -- which have nothing to do with Slavic studies --
>to SEELangs should have thought twice.
>
>Jouko Lindstedt
>Slavonic and Baltic Department, University of Helsinki
>e-mail: Jouko.Lindstedt at Helsinki.Fi or jslindst at cc.helsinki.fi
>http://www.helsinki.fi/~jslindst/
>
>

I agree with Jouko -- SEELANGS is not the place for this.  Besides, don't
these kids have some grammar or math or something to study?
******************************************************
Paul A. Klanderud
N8106 1130th Street
River Falls, Wisconsin 54022
tel: (715) 425-9507
e-mail: paulkla at mail.pressenter.com


From anelson at brynmawr.edu  Wed May 15 15:55:51 1996
From: anelson at brynmawr.edu (andrea nelson)
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 11:55:51 -0400
Subject: Tongue Twisters
Message-ID: <WED.15.MAY.1996.115551.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dorogie kollegi:

I know that this topic has cooled down a bit, but I just came across a
Russian ditty that I am enchanted with.  It may not be exactly a tongue
twister but it's fun and here it is:

ODNA DANA NAM GOLOVA
A GLAZA DVA
I UXA DVA
I DVA VISKA
I DVE SHCHEKI
I DVE NOGI
I DVE RUKI
ZATO ODIN I NOS I ROT
A ESLI VS'O NAOBOROT
ODNA RUKA
ODNA NOGA
ZATO DVA RTA
DVA JAZYKA
MY TOL'KO BY I ZNALI
SHTO ELI I BOLTALI


Andrea Nelson


From richard at ic.redline.ru  Wed May 15 22:15:56 1996
From: richard at ic.redline.ru (Richard Smith)
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 18:15:56 EDT
Subject: Summer Program: Rule of Law in Russia
Message-ID: <WED.15.MAY.1996.181556.EDT.>

***********************************
Summer Legal Russian Program
(July 2 - August 26, 1996)
***********************************
The Institute for International Communication and the International
Institute of  Russian Language and Culture, under the auspices of the
Tver InterContact  Group, a private, non-profit educational and
consulting  organization, announce  the opening of enrollment for their
Summer Legal Russian Program (SLRP).

SLRP will be based upon the just-completed Spring Legal Russian
Program, but this summer we will be offering entirely new options to our
students. SLRP will be divided into two 4-week Sessions, running from
July 2 through 28 and from July  30 through August 25, respectively.
Also, we will be opening up the school to a  wider variety of students, and
this summer no Russian proficiency will be required to participate. Each
Session will feature two tracks: 'A' track for students wishing to study
only Russian Law; 'B' track for students wishing to study both Russian
language and Law. All programs will be centered at the International
Institute of Russian Language and Culture, located in the ancient
provincial capital of Tver, in the heart of Central Russia and
conveniently located between Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Track A offers language courses at levels ranging from introductory
through advanced. Our instructors tailor each program curriculum to the
unique abilities, needs, and interests of the students. Track B offers a
professional legal internship, with the assistance of a translator.
Internships will be offered with the Tver Regional Prosecutor's office,
City Court of Tver, Tver Mayor's Office, and with the legal departments
of local law firms and businesses. Both language training and the
internship involve 10 hours per week.

Both tracks also offer 12 hours per week of seminars and consultations on
various aspects of Russian law, including: Criminal Law; Civil
Procedure; Constitutional Law; Tax Law; Civil Rights of Minorities and
Federation Citizens; Property Law; Commercial Transactions; Women
& the Law. The subject matter from the lectures will be supplemented
with excursions and presentations made at: Tver Regional Procurator's
Office; City Court of Tver; Tver Regional Court of Appeals; Tver
Mayor's Office; Tver Militia Headquarters; Tver Regional Customs
House; Tver City Prison.

In addition, students from both tracks will be invited to participate in
cultural area studies seminars and supplemental cultural excursions
offered to students attending the concurrent Summer School of Russian
Language and Area Studies, on Russian history, literature,
cinematography, politics, and economics.

As in the 1995 term, the Summer schools combined expect to host over
150 Russian students, and up to 100 International students from the
U.S., Canada, the E.C., Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand, and
Japan. Students will spend four relaxing weeks interacting with their
peers, studying Russian and Russian Law, and enjoying the culture of
Russia's friendliest town -- Tver, capital of the Tver Region between
Moscow and St. Petersburg. Students of all ages and abilities are
invited to apply for this special program. We especially invite law
students, law professors, professional attorneys, and professors and
students of political science.

Although no scholarships are available, financial support from the Tver
Regional Board of Education and the City Council of Tver already helps
us to make our programs the least expensive offered anywhere in Russia.
Exact prices and further information will be provided upon request.

For more information, please contact:

Richard Smith
International Programs Director
International Institute of Russian Language and Culture

P.O. Box 0565
Central Post Office
Tver 170000, Russia

Email:  legal at ic.redline.ru
Phone: +7.0822.425419, .425439
Fax:     +7.0822.571765


From jip%st-andrews.ac.uk at ukacrl.BITNET  Sat May 18 19:30:59 1996
From: jip%st-andrews.ac.uk at ukacrl.BITNET (J Ian Press)
Date: Sat, 18 May 1996 15:30:59 EDT
Subject: Duchovnye stichi
Message-ID: <SAT.18.MAY.1996.153059.EDT.>

I have a colleague here at St Andrews, Tat'jana Filossofova, who is working
on the Russian duchovnye stichi  of different groups of old believers in
the manuscript and oral traditions. She would be very grateful to hear of
anyone else working in this area and of any published works of which she
might not be aware published during the last ten years.

If you are able to help in any way, please send the information back to me
and I will pass it on to her.

Ian Press
jip at ST-ANDREWS.AC.UK


From ykripkov at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU  Sun May 19 03:38:53 1996
From: ykripkov at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU (Yelaina Khripkov)
Date: Sat, 18 May 1996 20:38:53 -0700
Subject: Script for "Ironiia sud'by"
Message-ID: <SAT.18.MAY.1996.203853.0700.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear SEELangers,

Does anyone know where to get a script for Riazanov's movie "Ironiia
sud'by, ili s legkim parom"?

Yelaina Kripkov

*****************************************************************************
Yelaina Kripkov                                 tel: (541) 346-4077 work
Dept. of Russian                                     (541) 345-9122 home
University of Oregon                            fax: (541) 346-1327
Eugene, OR 97403                                ykripkov at oregon.uoregon.edu


From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Sun May 19 05:26:42 1996
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 01:26:42 -0400
Subject: Position open in Vladivostok (fwd)
Message-ID: <SUN.19.MAY.1996.012642.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 16 May 96 14:42:23 EDT
From: Center for Civil Society International <ccsi+ at u.washington.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu>
Subject: Position open in Vladivostok

Date: Thu, 16 May 96 09:07:38
>From: Kathie Carley <kcarley at eurasia.org>



     The Eurasia Foundation, a privately managed, nonprofit grantmaking
     organization funded by USAID, seeks to fill the  following position:

     Far East Regional Director,based in Vladivostok. Serves as the Eurasia
     Foundation representative, decision maker, and spokesperson in the
     Russian Far East. Previous professional, managerial and analytical
     experience in the former Soviet Union, fluency in Russian, and strong
     computer skills required. Salary negotiable.  Must be U.S. citizen or
     legal resident of U.S.

     Send resume, cover letter and salary history to:Director of
     Administration, The Eurasia Foundation 1527 New Hampshire Ave, NW, 3rd
     Floor, Washington, DC 20036.  Fax 202-234-7377;
     E-mail address: kcarley at eurasia.org.



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        | International (ccsi at u.washington.edu) in Seattle, in  |
        | association with Friends & Partners.                  |
        | For more information about civic initiatives in the   |
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From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Sun May 19 05:27:47 1996
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 01:27:47 -0400
Subject: Job - Ukraine EPAC Jr Fellow (fwd)
Message-ID: <SUN.19.MAY.1996.012747.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 15 May 96 13:52:22 EDT
From: Center for Civil Society International <ccsi+ at u.washington.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu>
Subject: Job - Ukraine EPAC Jr Fellow

Environmental/ Legal-- Junior Fellow

The Central and East European Law Initiative (CEELI), a program of the
American Bar Association, is seeking one or two Junior Fellows for its
Environmental Public Advocacy Center (EPAC) Project.  CEELI currently
sponsors one EPAC in Lviv, Ukraine, in partnership with a Ukrainian
charitable foundation, and is planning another EPAC in Odessa or Kharkiv.
EPACs provide free public interest environmental legal services to
Ukrainian citizens and NGOs, and conduct environmental law training
programs for the public and legal community.

Primary responsibilities of the Junior Fellow may include maintaining
standards of a Western-sponsored program, cultural and communications
facilitation, assistance on reporting and publications (including a
quarterly newsletter in Ukrainian), and development of office policies and
procedures.

Applicants do not need to have a legal background.  Those with experience
in public interest organizations, office management, computers and
publications are preferred. Knowledge of Ukrainian and/or Russian and
cultural adaptability are crucial.

As with all CEELI positions, junior Fellows are volunteers who receive a
generous living stipend (currently $  per month), housing expenses,
round-trip airfare, and reimbursement of standard health insurance
expenses. Candidates should plan to be available for one year beginning
August 1st, 1996.

Applicants should respond ASAP to Stephen Stec, EPAC Project Director, at
the following e-mail addresses:

stec at magnet.hu
epac at epac.lviv.ua
epac at ugkc.lviv.ua

Environmental Public Advocacy Center
2 Krushelnitskoi
290000 Lviv, Ukraine
Tel/Fax:        +38 (0322) 27-14-46
Tel:            +38 (0322) 72-27-46
e-mail:         epac at ugkc.lviv.ua
                epac at epac.lviv.ua


From pyz at panix.com  Tue May 14 13:39:46 1996
From: pyz at panix.com (Max Pyziur)
Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 09:39:46 -0400
Subject: CP 1251 fonts
Message-ID: <TUE.14.MAY.1996.093946.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

>Does anybody know from where to download fonts for CP 1251 for Macintosh to
>read Cyrillic?
>
>Ursula Doleschal (ursula.doleschal at wu-wien.ac.at)
>Institut f. Slawische Sprachen, Wirtschaftsuniv. Wien
>Augasse 9, 1090 Wien, Austria
>Tel.: ++43-1-31336 4115, Fax:  ++43-1-31336 744

Please point your finally tuned web browser to:
http://www.osc.edu/ukraine.html#COMPSOFT.

There, courtesy of the infamous Zenon M. Feszczak and Gavin
"I-am-a-wonderboy" Helf, you'll find the fonts for which you are looking.

Wishing all of the best, infamously yours, I am


Max Pyziur
pyz at panix.com


From pyz at panix.com  Wed May 15 13:37:41 1996
From: pyz at panix.com (Max Pyziur)
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 09:37:41 -0400
Subject: The last word on Mac Cyrillic Fonts, was CP 1251 fonts
Message-ID: <WED.15.MAY.1996.093741.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

>thanks a lot!
>
>Ursula Doleschal (ursula.doleschal at wu-wien.ac.at)
>Institut f. Slawische Sprachen, Wirtschaftsuniv. Wien
>Augasse 9, 1090 Wien, Austria
>Tel.: ++43-1-31336 4115, Fax:  ++43-1-31336 744
>

Sometime ago Zenon M. Feszczak penned a ditty on where you should go
spelunking on the net for Mac Cyrillic fonts.

The Last Word,

Max Pyziur
pyz at panix.com


* * * * *


Pryvit, forlorn Macintosh users:

For information on converting your capitalist archetype of a garage-grown
genius computer into a truly Slavophile artifact, please aim your precisely
tuned Web browsers at one or both of the following sites, which may most
pleasantly function as the Tree of Knowledge in a metaphorical Byzantine
garden of Eden, even in the case of not particularly original sins:



"Russification of Macintosh", by the infamous Matvey Palchuk:

http://www.pitt.edu/~mapst57/rus/russian.html


"Ukrainianization of Macintosh", by the infamous yours truly:

http://www.osc.edu/ukraine_nonpubl/htmls/macukr.html



No need to be concerned with political or cultural orientation when
choosing between the sites.  In fact, the perfectionistic user will
undoubtedly want to peruse both sites.  Although there is a certain overlap
of information, in their exquisite union as independent entities, one
should be able to find more than adequate practical advice toward the
religious conversion of your CPU, along with a good healthy dosage of
absolutely senseless trivia.

<href=Eternal_Gratitude.gif> toward the infamous Max Pyziur and the
infomous Infomeister Supercomputer facility.

Surreptitiously, but rarely repetitiously, yours,

Zenon M. Feszczak
Spaghetti Westernizer


From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Tue May 21 01:25:33 1996
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 21:25:33 -0400
Subject: Info. Coordination conference in Latvia (fwd)
Message-ID: <MON.20.MAY.1996.212533.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 20 May 96 18:58:51 EDT
From: Center for Civil Society International <ccsi+ at u.washington.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu>
Subject: Info. Coordination conference in Latvia

        "The Development of Cooperation of Information Centres and
        Organizations of the Europe, CIS and the Baltics"

June 12-14, 1996, Jurmala, Latvia
Organizer:   Latvian Public Information Institute
Langugage:   Russian, English
Deadlines:   May 15, 1996
Information: Lyudmila Skripnik
             Organization Committee Chairman
             Latvian Public Information Institute
             2, Perses Str.
             LV-1011 Riga
             Latvia
             Phone:   +371-7223540
             Fax:     +371-2-572155

The announcement was provided by the Conference Diary service in
Berlin.

Thanks to CivilSoc member Dennis McConnel for sending us this
announcement.


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        | Society International (ccsi at u.washington.edu)         |
        | in Seattle, in association with Friends & Partners.   |
        |     For more information about civic initiatives in   |
        | the former USSR visit CCSI's web site at:             |
        |                                                       |
        |      http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/ccsihome.html     |
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From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Tue May 21 01:24:13 1996
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 21:24:13 -0400
Subject: ISAR Siberia position open (fwd)
Message-ID: <MON.20.MAY.1996.212413.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Forwarded message:
==================


JOB ANNOUNCEMENT - Siberia Project Coordinator
Application Closing Date:   June 14, 1996

ISAR serves as a clearinghouse on grassroots cooperation and information
exchange in Eurasia, providing technical and other forms of support to
individuals and grassroots groups striving to address complex
environmental problems in their communities.  ISAR's Russia program
maintains offices in the Far East and in Moscow, administering a grants
program and information centers.

ISAR currently seeks a dynamic individual to open a small, third office in
Russia to respond to the information needs of Siberian grassroots
activists, particularly those of Western and Central Siberia.  ISAR's
Siberia Project Coordinator will be responsible for establishing and
running this information center, to be located in Novosibirsk, Russia.

This two-year project requires extensive travel, especially during the
first six months.

Responsibilities:  The initial activities of the Project Coordinator
involve finding and establishing an office in Novosibirsk, hiring a
Russian colleague, and travelling to conduct an information needs
assessment of Siberian environmental NGOs.  Ongoing activities of this
position will be to:

1. Gather and disseminate information to the NGO community that will
strengthen the independent sector and the environmental movement.

2. Promote networking opportunities and access to information through
electronic mail, providing consultation on information gathering,
networking, and use of electronic mail systems.

3. Facilitate links between indigenous NGOs and US organizations with
parallel interests, and with foundations and government and private sector
organizations.


Required:
1.      Undergraduate degree in Russian or related field.
2.      Fluent spoken and written Russian language.
3.      Strong inter-personal skills.
4       Basic knowledge of political, environmental, and social issues in Russia.
5.      Knowledge of e-mail use, database systems, and other computer software.
6.      Two-year commitment to project.

Desirable:

1.      Experience living in the former Soviet Union, particularly
        in Western or Central Siberia.
2.      Volunteer or work experience in the non-profit sector.
3.      Environmental research and/or activist background.

Stipend:        $12,000, plus full medical benefits and housing allowance.

To Apply:       Please send resume and detailed cover letter to the attention of
Amy Wilson, Russia Program Manager, ISAR, 1601 Connecticut Ave., NW, #301,
Washington, DC 20009.


From mitrege at mail.auburn.edu  Tue May 21 03:06:50 1996
From: mitrege at mail.auburn.edu (George Mitrevski)
Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 22:06:50 -0500
Subject: New: Russian Art Web Page
Message-ID: <MON.20.MAY.1996.220650.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

My new collection of images of Russian art of the 19th century is ready
for your browsing at:

http://www.auburn.edu/academic/liberal_arts/foreign/russian/art/index.ht
ml

I hope you will find it useful for you Russian Culture courses. Soon I
will add Revolutionary posters.

George Mitrevski.
************************************************************************
Dr. George Mitrevski                    office: 334-844-6376
Foreign Languages                          fax: 334-844-6378
6030 Haley Center                       e-mail: mitrege at mail.auburn.edu
Auburn University
Auburn, AL 36849-5204

List of my WWW pages: http://www.auburn.edu/~mitrege/index.html
************************************************************************


From SCHAEKEN at let.rug.nl  Tue May 21 13:53:38 1996
From: SCHAEKEN at let.rug.nl (J. Schaeken)
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 15:53:38 +0200
Subject: Palaeoslavica and Prussica on the Web
Message-ID: <TUE.21.MAY.1996.155338.0200.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

The following documents are now available on the Web:

Edited by Frederik Kortlandt:
(1)The Freising Manuscripts:
http://www.let.rug.nl/~schaeken/fk-freis.html
(2) The Prussian Catechismus I:
http://www.let.rug.nl/~schaeken/fk-cat1.html
(3) The Prussian Catechismus II:
http://www.let.rug.nl/~schaeken/fk-cat2.html
(4) The Prussian Enchiridion:
http://www.let.rug.nl/~schaeken/fk-ench.html
(5) A Prussian Epigram (including a picture); A Prussian Proverb; Other Prussian
 Fragments:
http://www.let.rug.nl/~schaeken/kortlandt.html

Edited by Jos Schaeken:
The Kiev Folia:
http://www.let.rug.nl/~schaeken/kievfol.html

All documents are or will be incorporated in TITUS:
http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/titus or http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de

Frederik Kortlandt
Jos Schaeken
***********************************************************
Dr. J. Schaeken, Slavic Department, University of Groningen
P.O.B. 716, NL-9700 AS Groningen, The Netherlands
Tel.: + 31 50 3636065/5264945, Fax: + 31 50 3634900
Web: http://www.let.rug.nl/~schaeken/
HOME: Brinklaan 17, NL-9722 BA Groningen
***********************************************************


From SBROUWER at let.RUG.NL  Tue May 21 14:46:40 1996
From: SBROUWER at let.RUG.NL (S. Brouwer)
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 16:46:40 +0200
Subject: russian history
Message-ID: <TUE.21.MAY.1996.164640.0200.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear Seelangers,

Would anyone know if there have ever been attempts to interpret
Russian "mentality" and cultural history in anthropological terms?
Has Russian millenarianism (mainly of the XVII and XVIII cent.), for
instance, ever been treated as resulting from a problematical
acculturation? Has it been compared with Third World millenarianist
movements? Have the Petrinian reforms and their effects been studied
from the point of view of comparison with "cargo cults"? Etc.


Thanks for any suggestions!

Sander Brouwer

Dr.S.Brouwer
Slavic Dept.
University of Groningen
Postbus 716
9700 AS Groningen
The Netherlands
tel: +31 50 3636062
fax: +31 50 3634900


From roman at admin.ut.ee  Tue May 21 15:17:29 1996
From: roman at admin.ut.ee (Roman Leibov)
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 18:17:29 +0300
Subject: russian history
Message-ID: <TUE.21.MAY.1996.181729.0300.>

> Dear Seelangers,
>
> Would anyone know if there have ever been attempts to interpret
> Russian "mentality" and cultural history in anthropological terms?
> Has Russian millenarianism (mainly of the XVII and XVIII cent.), for
> instance, ever been treated as resulting from a problematical
> acculturation? Has it been compared with Third World millenarianist
> movements? Have the Petrinian reforms and their effects been studied
> from the point of view of comparison with "cargo cults"? Etc.
>
>
> Thanks for any suggestions!
>
> Sander Brouwer
>
> Dr.S.Brouwer
> Slavic Dept.
> University of Groningen
> Postbus 716
> 9700 AS Groningen
> The Netherlands
> tel: +31 50 3636062
> fax: +31 50 3634900
Dear Sander,
as far as I know - only in publicistics or semi-piblicistic works.
See, for instance, "high-brow" magazine "Vek XX i mir" (1989-1991).

Sincerely,
Roman Leibov


From LEONG at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU  Wed May 22 01:11:49 1996
From: LEONG at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU (Albert Leong)
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 21:11:49 EDT
Subject: Joseph Brodsky Symposium and Memorial, May 24
Message-ID: <TUE.21.MAY.1996.211149.EDT.>

TRIBUTE TO JOSEPH BRODSKY
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE
May 24, 1996

SYMPOSIUM
2:00-5:00 p.m., 115 Pacific Hall (13th Avenue & University Street)
Chair:  James L. Rice, University of Oregon

2:00   Film on Brodsky:  "A Maddening Space"
3:00   "Joseph Brodsky:  Tradition and Innovation"
        (Vladimir Ufland, St. Petersburg, Russia)
3:30   "'Poor Man's Marble...': Snow and Sensibility in Brodsky's Poetry"
        (Christopher Syrnyk, University of Oregon)
3:50   "'1867': Notes on Joseph Brodsky's 'Mexican Divertimento' and its
           Cinematic Sources"
        (Roman Timenchik, Hebrew University, Israel)
4:20   "Et in Arcadia ego:  Joseph Brodsky and Tom Stoppard"
        (Andrei Ustinov, Stanford University)
4:40    Discussant:  Lev Loseff, Dartmouth College & University of Oregon

MEMORIAL
7:00-9:00 p.m., Gerlinger Alumni Lounge (15th Avenue & University Street)

Remembering Joseph Brodsky:
   Lev Loseff
   Vladimir Ufland
   Andrei Ustinov
   James L. Rice
   Albert Leong, University of Oregon
   Garrett Hongo, University of Oregon

Films and Poetry Readings:
   "Brodsky in Oregon"
   "Brodsky in Venice"
   "Joseph Brodsky"

Music:
   Vivaldi, "Beatus vir in B-flat major
   Purcell, "Dido's Lament" (Anne Tedards, University of Oregon)
   J. S. Bach, "Erbarme dich" from St. Matthew Passion
   J. S. Bach, Andante from Sonato in A-minor for Solo Violin (Jessica Fashena,
        Eugene)
   J. S. Bach, Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major
   "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again"
   "How High the Moon"
   "A Slav Woman's Farewell" (Oleg Khripkov)

Book Exhibit

For information contact Albert Leong, Department of Russian, University of
Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1262.  Telephone (541) 346-4065; fax (541) 346-1327.
E-mail:  leong at oregon.uoregon.edu


From ktonkin at cyllene.uwa.edu.au  Wed May 22 03:10:33 1996
From: ktonkin at cyllene.uwa.edu.au (Katharine Tonkin)
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 11:10:33 +0800
Subject: Upper Silesian Dialect
Message-ID: <WED.22.MAY.1996.111033.0800.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I am not actually working in the area of Slavic studies but am a
Germanist with a few questions a Slav specialist might be able to answer.

I am writing about Horst Bienek, who was born in 1930 in the
then German province of Upper Silesia, just 6km from the Polish border.
In his novels about his childhood there (the "Gleiwitz Tetralogy"), Bienek
portrays an identity of the Upper Silesian people which is neither German
nor Polish, but is located somewhere between the two.  One of the ways in
which this is portrayed is through the characters' use of language.  They
use a lot of Polish expressions and syntax.

I have a couple of questions:

1. What exactly is "Wasserpolnisch"?  Bienek claims it was the dialect
spoken by the Germans in Upper Silesia, but I have since heard that it was
actually the dialect spoken by the Poles in this area.  Does anybody know,
or perhaps have any suggestions about possible sources of information?

2. Did the German Upper Silesians speak a dialect which was very much
influenced by Polish, or did they just have a different accent from
the Reich Germans?

3. Did the German Upper Silesians in the first half of this century
feel themselves to be, as Bienek asserts, more Upper Silesian than German?
Were they at pains to differentiate themselves from the Reich Germans up
to the outbreak of war in 1939?  (According to Bienek, as the war
progressed, the Upper Silesians' sense of identity was gradually eroded as
they identified more and more with "Germany" rather than Upper Silesia.)

I would be VERY grateful if anyone could help me with these questions!

Kati Tonkin


From lhauglan at midway.uchicago.edu  Wed May 22 15:14:42 1996
From: lhauglan at midway.uchicago.edu (Laurie Haugland)
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 10:14:42 -0500
Subject: Rus-Eng translations help needed
Message-ID: <WED.22.MAY.1996.101442.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Hello,

Can anyone help me translate the following Russian terms into English:

*Gruppa profilia                *Profil'
-----------------               --------
raznye izdeliia                 syr'e titana, titan
                                titanovyi porovok

I am mainly unsure of the headings marked with an *.
Thank you in advance!

Laurie Haugland
lhauglan at midway.uchicago.edu
laurie at pvv.unit.no


From dumanis at acsu.Buffalo.EDU  Wed May 22 15:32:02 1996
From: dumanis at acsu.Buffalo.EDU (Edward M Dumanis)
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 11:32:02 -0400
Subject: Rus-Eng translations help needed
In-Reply-To: <199605221514.KAA13489@woodlawn.uchicago.edu>
Message-ID: <WED.22.MAY.1996.113202.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

On Wed, 22 May 1996, Laurie Haugland wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Can anyone help me translate the following Russian terms into English:
>
> *Gruppa profilia                *Profil'
> -----------------               --------
> raznye izdeliia                 syr'e titana, titan
>                                 titanovyi porovok
>
> I am mainly unsure of the headings marked with an *.
> Thank you in advance!
>
> Laurie Haugland
> lhauglan at midway.uchicago.edu
> laurie at pvv.unit.no
>

"Profil' " here is "type," or "kind"

"Gruppa profiliia" is "The type of the Group," or "Group type."

"porovok" is misspelled "poroshok"



Edward Dumanis <dumanis at acsu.buffalo.edu>


From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Thu May 23 01:09:26 1996
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 21:09:26 -0400
Subject: LCTL volunteer experts sought (fwd)
Message-ID: <WED.22.MAY.1996.210926.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

This is an opportunity it get some more good "PR" out there for Russian
and other LCTLs from the former SU, Eastern Europe, etc.  With enrollment
problems a concern for most of us, this should be a priority.  This might
also provide an opportunity to establish links to your own programmatic
homepages that exist out there.  I think those who can should jump on
this service-oriented opportunity for the SEELANGS and other LCTLs
community.

Devin


___________________________________________________________________________
Devin P. Browne                                   Clairton Education Center
Foreign Language Teacher                                 501 Waddell Avenue
dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu                                      Clairton, PA  15025
                                                             (412) 233-9200


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 09:27:06 -0500
From: Less Commonly Taught LanguagesLouis-janus <lctl+ at tc.umn.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list FLTEACH <FLTEACH at UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU>
Subject: LCTL volunteer experts sought

Dear listserv readers:

    If you speak or know a Less Commonly Taught Language (LCTL) -- all
human languages except English, French, German, and Spanish) -- and would
like to volunteer your services in sharing your knowledge, we would like to
talk to you.

     On our new World-Wide Web page, the LCTL project will be listing
"Volunteer Experts" by language, with e-mail addresses.  So if someone in
cyberspace  wants to know about, say, vowel harmony in Turkish, she or he
can pose a question to one of our Turkish experts. We got the idea from
several people who found out about our work and wanted to assist us in
spreading the word about their languages.

    If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please send the LCTL
project a short e-mail message <LCTL at TC.UMN.EDU> with your name (optional),
e-mail address, the language of your expertise, and any specific areas you
feel particularly interested in (for example, Bulgarian dialects). We will
be pleased to
post your information on our experts page.

    Since the service is just beginning, it is impossible to predict how
popular it will be, or how many people will write the day before their term
paper is due asking you to write an essay on the development of the Korean
writing system.

     If your mailbox starts to overflow, we will remove your name and
e-mail address as soon as we can get to our computer (within a few
hours!)


Please write or call if you have questions.
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From mitrege at mail.auburn.edu  Thu May 23 01:37:28 1996
From: mitrege at mail.auburn.edu (George Mitrevski)
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 20:37:28 -0500
Subject: New this week on the AATSEEL Web Page
Message-ID: <WED.22.MAY.1996.203728.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

New this week on the AATSEEL Web Page:

Abstracts of papers from the "Tenth Conference on Balkan and South
Slavic Linguistics, Literature and Folklore", The University of Chicago,
2-4 May, 1996.

URI: http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~aatseel/conferences/BalkanSS.html

************************************************************************
Dr. George Mitrevski                    office: 334-844-6376
Foreign Languages                          fax: 334-844-6378
6030 Haley Center                       e-mail: mitrege at mail.auburn.edu
Auburn University
Auburn, AL 36849-5204

List of my WWW pages: http://www.auburn.edu/~mitrege/index.html
************************************************************************


From sipkadan at hum.amu.edu.pl  Fri May 24 13:50:51 1996
From: sipkadan at hum.amu.edu.pl (Danko Sipka)
Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 15:50:51 +0200
Subject: art, maps, photos,...
Message-ID: <FRI.24.MAY.1996.155051.0200.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

File bgdns.zip in the anonymous ftp archive:

ftp.amu.edu.pl/pub/Serbo-Croat (alias math.amu.edu.pl/pub/Serbo-Croat)
contains detailed maps, photos, and instructions how to get to summer
language schools in Belgrade (MSC) and Novi Sad (AZBUKUM). There are
detailed maps of Belgrade, Faculty of Philology and its surroundings,
which might help you find your school or conference building.

For those interested in Serbian art, file serpaint.zip
in the anonymous ftp archive:

ftp.amu.edu.pl/pub/Serbo-Croat (alias math.amu.edu.pl/pub/Serbo-Croat)
contains the following paintings:

File          Size  Author&Title
=================================================================
BIJELIC  JPG  57K   Jovan Bijelic "Woman Bathing"
IVANOVIC JPG  21K   Katarina Ivanovic "Self-portrait"
JAKSIC   JPG  28K   Djura Jaksic "On Guard"
KONJOVIC JPG  64K   Milan Konjovic "Wheat"
LUBARDA  JPG  34K   Petar Lubarda "Horses"
MILO     JPG  44K   Milo Milunovic "Still Life with Violin"
PJOV1    JPG  52K   Paja Jovanovic "Adornment of the Bride"
PJOV2    JPG  55K   Paja Jovanovic "The Migration of the Serbs
                                    under Arsenije Carnojevic"
PJOV3    JPG  78K   Paja Jovanovic "The Second Serbian Rebellion"
SUMANOV  JPG  34K   Sava Sumanovic "Drunken Boat"
VELICKOV JPG  49K   Vladimir Velickovic "Oil"



Danko Sipka


From klasson at HUSC.BITNET  Fri May 24 17:33:17 1996
From: klasson at HUSC.BITNET (Judith Klasson)
Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 13:33:17 EDT
Subject: Job Listing - Harvard
Message-ID: <FRI.24.MAY.1996.133317.EDT.>

Asst. Prof. of Slavic Linguistics.  Entry-level position to begin Sept. 1997
to teach at undergraduate and graduate levels, four courses per year and
tutorial work.  Prefer specialization in synchronic linguistics, but breadth
of interest in Slavic studies desirable.  Ph.D. (or foreign equivalent) and
native or near-native Russian and English are required.  Teaching experience
is highly desirable.  Five-year ladder appointment, possibly extendible for
an additional 3-year term as associate professor (non-tenured).  Send letter
of application, c.v., and at least 3 confidential recommendations to
Professor Michael S. Flier, Slavic Department, Boylston Hall 301, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA 02138 by November 1.  Will interview at AAASS in
Boston.  Harvard is an AA/EEO employer. Applications from women and minority
candidates are encouraged.


From krivink at HUSC.BITNET  Fri May 24 20:19:56 1996
From: krivink at HUSC.BITNET (Katerina Krivinkova)
Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 16:19:56 -0400
Subject: Hungarian books-sum&thanks
Message-ID: <FRI.24.MAY.1996.161956.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I'd like to thank everyone who responded to my request for info on Hungaria=
n
textbooks:

Wayles Browne=20
Eliot Borenstein
Keith Goeringer
John Ronald
John Kieselhorst
Edit N. Jakab


____________________________________________________________
John Kieselhorst recommended:
Ginter Karoly/ Tarnoi Laszlo (NOTE: Hung. names are given in reverse order,
family name first, then given name)
Ungarish fuer Auslaender
Tankoenyvkiado, Budapest 1991
ISBN 963 18 3520 0
Book was originally published in 1974.

____________________________________________________________
Keith recommended:
_Hungarian in Words and Pictures_ (_Magyar Nyelvk=F6nyv_):  ERDO"S
J=F3zsef et al. (Erdo"s, Kozma, Prileszky, and Uhrmann); Tank=F6nyvkiad=F3,
Budapest, 1986.

        _Hungarian: A Complete Course for Beginners_ (Teach Yourself
Series): PONTIFEX Zsuzsa; NTC Publishing Company, Lincolnwood (Chicago),
1993.

        _Learn Hungarian_: BA'NHIDI Zolt=E1n et al. (B=E1nhidi, J=F3kay, an=
d
Szab=F3); Tank=F6nyvkiad=F3, Budapest, 1965.

The first one is what I used when I started Hungarian, and it is pretty
good, once you get used to the system they use.  It is fairly
middle-of-the-road in terms of sophistication of explanation of grammar.

The second one is from the Teach Yourself series, and is good for that
series, but has some drawbacks (vocab is not cross-indexed in the glossary
in the back, and not every word that's given in a lesson is listed).
Nonetheless, if the goal of the learner is more communicative proficiency
than writing, this is the book -- it is the most modern.  Its grammar is,
however, pretty low level, since the book is designed more for tourists
than serious students. Also, not all grammar points are given (participles
and certain case suffixes are not even mentioned), so if grammar is what's
desired by the student, this may not be the best choice.

The third one is the best for grammar, but the weakest for conversation --
mainly because of its age.  It does have a good range of vocabulary, and
several useful appendices.

All of these books have keys to the exercises in the back, so all may
potentially be used for self-study. =20
________________________________________________________________
Extra thanks to Eliot Borenstein who downloaded, saved and forwarded some
replies to the same request posted on seelangs some time ago:
=20
Brian Horowitz wrote:
=20
>About Hungarian Texts:
>There are a few of them and while I cannot speak about them all, I can
>mention one which I used.
>Learn Hungarian by Z. Banhidi, Z. Jokay and D. Szabo, Budapest: Kultura, 1=
965.
>This is a comprehensive grammar with ridiculous Soviet-type texts, but
>with all the irregular forms an English student of Hungarian will ever
>need. If you like deductive methods for learning foreign languages, this
>is your book.
=20
I also worked through this book once upon a time. It is, how shall I say,
not terrible. It has a very good, linguistically sound treatment of
epenthetic vowels in stem-final consonant clusters.
=20
If I am not mistaken, Ohio State markets a large set of workbooks designed
to supplement this grammar textbook. I own the set, although I've never
used it for anything; unfortunately, it is packed away and I could not find
it quickly. I believe this is part of their long-distance language teaching
program, and I do not know who is in charge of the effort. Perhaps some
kind SEELanger from Ohio State can step in here.
=20
George Fowler
=20
=20
About Hungarian Texts:
There are a few of them and while I cannot speak about them all, I can
mention one which I used.
Learn Hungarian by Z. Banhidi, Z. Jokay and D. Szabo, Budapest: Kultura, 19=
65.
This is a comprehensive grammar with ridiculous Soviet-type texts, but with
all the irregular forms an English student of Hungarian will ever need. If
you like deductive methods for learning foreign languages, this is your
book.
=20
=20
Yes, OSU sells the Hungarian workbooks.
=20
The basic text used with the first four levels of materials listed below is
Bahnhidi, Jokay & Szabo, "Learn Hungarian", Budapest, 1965, 5th ed.,
available from Julius Nadas, 1425 Grace Ave., Lakewood, OH 44107
(216)226-8866. The text for levels 5, 6 and 7 is Karoly Ginter, ed., "Hogy
Mondjuk Helye-sen", Budapest, 1976 (also available from Julius Nadas).
=20
Level 1, 2      Elementary Hungarian I & II (student manual, instructor man=
ual
& audio cassettes)
Level 3, 4      Intermediate Hungarian I & II (student manual, instructor m=
anual
& audio cassettes)
Level 5, 6      Advanced Hungarian I & II (student manual, instructor manua=
l &
audio cassettes)
Level 7, 8      Reading Hungarian I & II (student manual, instructor manual=
 &
audio cassettes)
=20
These workbooks can be ordered from:
=20
Foreign Language Publications
The Ohio State University
311 Ohio Legal Center
Columbus, Ohio 43210
Phone: (614) 292-3838
Fax: (614) 292-
=20
From: James Kirchner <JPKIRCHNER at aol.com>
=20
=20
Besides "Learn Hungarian" there is a newer text, Erdos "Hungarian in Words
and Pictures" (Budapest: Tankonyvkiado), that appears to be pretty
substantial, although I haven't worked all the way through it yet myself.
The copy I got in Hungary bears the date 1990, but the catalog for
Schoenhof's books in Cambridge, MA, shows a 1988 edition for sale.
Unfortunately, I don't know if there are any recorded materials to go with
it. Individual booksellers I checked with in Hungary didn't know about any,
but the text has recorded sections indicated. Maybe someone wanting to test
it could check with the publisher.
=20
James Kirchner
=20
From: AnnMarie Mitchell <amitchel at library.berkeley.edu>
=20
I really liked Banhidi in the 1960's when I was the only person in the
Hungarian class who wasn't born in Hungary. It was so much better than
"Colloquial Hungarian," which was the only other grammar book available
here at the time.
=20
Most helpful, though, was the Foreign Service Institute book with all the
exercises. This is the book that actually taught me Hungarian. Since it's
US GPO, I don't suppose copyright would be a problem, if someone wanted to
use the exercises. (A person really needs an informant to get much out of
it. It's not a self-help book.) I doubt the book will be for sale anywhere,
unless someone is tremendously lucky in a used book store. Here's the
citation:
Foreign Service Institute (U.S.)
Hungarian basic course, units 1-[24, by] Augustus A. Koski [and]
Ilona Mihalyfy.
Washington, Dept. of State; [for sale by the Superintendent of
Documents, U.S. Govt. Print. Off.] 1962 [i.e. 1963]-64. 2 v. (Foreign
Service Institute basic course series)
=20
I think if a student could have Banhidi to look at and go through the
exercises in the FSI book in class with someone to help and correct the
mistakes, that student would have a real chance to learn to speak
Hungarian.
=20
AnnMarie Mitchell
Librarian for Polish Collections
University of California (Berkeley)
amitchel at library.berkeley.edu
=20
There are recordings to go with the book; additional recordings and
additional written materials for use with it "Individualized Instruction
materials" are available from Ohio State University. Perhaps someone at OSU
could confirm the proper address to contact. I have been using the book for
a long time and find it very systematic and clear.
Wayles Browne, Cornell University
=20
This book is still commonly found in larger bookstores (Borders, Barnes &
Noble, et al) in an edition put out by Hippocrene. The original is still
available from the US Government, along with a complete set of cassettes,
from the National Technical Information Service of the US Department of
Commerce. I think there's also a second volume with still another set of
cassettes. Audio-Forum also sells these materials, but with a bit of a
markup.
=20
James Kirchner
=20
I want to second everyone's assessment of Banhidi Jokai Szabo. It is very
competent and clear linguistically. I own a (fairly poor quality) set of 5
cassette tapes that go through lesson 23. I think they were recorded off a
record that used to accompany the book. the other books mentioned are
better for readings and conversations, but next to worthless for learning
the grammar, in my opinion.
=20
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Oscar E. Swan Dept.
of Slavic Languages & Literatures 1417 Cathedral of Learning Univ. of
Pittsburgh 15260 412-624-5707 swan+ at pitt.edu
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
=20
=20
TThere are recordings to go with the book; additional recordings and
additional written materials for use with it "Individualized Instruction
materials" are available from Ohio State University. Perhaps someone at OSU
could confirm the proper address to contact. I have been using the book for
a long time and find it very systematic and clear.
>Wayles Browne, Cornell University
=20
i have developed a hungarian "nano-course" which gives confident speaking
ability within a very small vocabulary and very basic grammar. i have
taught with it a few times, and gotten fine results. it can be followed by
ordinary published textbooks, in which case students build on their
elementary knowledge.
=20
=20
=20


From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Sun May 26 16:15:36 1996
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Sun, 26 May 1996 12:15:36 -0400
Subject: Job: Siberian Civics Initiative Support Center Network (fwd)
Message-ID: <SUN.26.MAY.1996.121536.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

_________________Forwarded message__________________________________

Job Announcement:

Executive Director for Siberian Civics Initiative Support Center Network
(non-profit).  Fluent spoken and written Russian and English languages.
High-level grant management experience or comparable business or educational
experience.  Computer literate.  Strong interpersonal skills.  Responsible
for coordination of 12-city network of nonprofit organizations, US funding
grant compliance/management (including financial reports), staff
supervision, and interfacing with US partner organizations.  Salary
commensurate with experience, moving related costs and housing compensated
if relocation necessary.  Start date negotiable.  To apply send cover
letter, resume, and references.

Contacts:

Sarah Lindemann (Russia, Novosibirsk)
Fax #:    3832-46-45-32
E-mail:   sarah at echo.nsk.su

Frances Rice (US, Maine)
Fax #:    207-846-6551
E-mail:   ECHOFLR at aol.com

Thanks to Kenneth C. Duckworth, Program Officer at the OREX MOscow officer
for posting this message.



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From asendelb at magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu  Mon May 27 01:31:08 1996
From: asendelb at magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Adonica A Sendelbach)
Date: Sun, 26 May 1996 21:31:08 -0400
Subject: International Language Development
Message-ID: <SUN.26.MAY.1996.213108.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear SEELANGERS,
The local news ran a piece on a website for an organization entitled
International Language Development.  The site allows individuals to see a
word/phrase/sentence in a foreign language, hear it pronounced, and see its
English translation.  The languages listed are French, German, Korean, Spanish,
Japanese, and RUSSIAN!  I myself haven't had the chance to check out the site,
so I'm not sure of its quality, but perhaps we could use it as a recruitment
tool.  The address is:
http:/www.ild.com
I'd be interested in comments on the site--do you think it would be useful for
recruitment?
Thanks, Donnie Sendelbach


From ICASULE at ocs1.ocs.mq.edu.au  Mon May 27 14:46:57 1996
From: ICASULE at ocs1.ocs.mq.edu.au (Ilija Casule)
Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 14:46:57 GMT+1000
Subject: Shevelov quote
Message-ID: <MON.27.MAY.1996.144657.GMT1000.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I am not very comfortable to admit that I have a quote from Shevelov
with the page number (155) but without the source (the details of
which I have displaced). I would appreciate it if someone could help
me locate the following quote (it refers to Shevchenko's historical
and revolutionary role in salvaging:
 "a tradition which by the beginning of the nineteenth century had
visibly reached the point of disintegration and extinction."
Thanks,
Ilija Casule
Macquarie University


From CCH.en.J.Kok at inter.NL.net  Mon May 27 19:35:15 1996
From: CCH.en.J.Kok at inter.NL.net (Carolien en Joop Kok)
Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 21:35:15 +0200
Subject: Russian prepositions v and na
Message-ID: <MON.27.MAY.1996.213515.0200.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

        Dear Seelangers,

        Who knows anything about a theory on spatial relations expressed
        by the russian prepositions 'v' and 'na' that says:
        'v' is used for buildings that are situated in the city (teatr)
        'na' is used for buildings situated outside the city (zavod).

        Who knows of any other theories/ articles/ books on the use of these
        prepositions in spatial relations.

        Thanks,
        Carolien

 =======================================================================
Carolien van Leeuwen                     Herman Colleniusstraat 52
Tel +31 50 313 17 30                     9718 KV  Groningen
e-mail CCH.en.J.Kok at inter.NL.net         The Netherlands
 =======================================================================


From ggerhart at wolfenet.com  Mon May 27 22:22:46 1996
From: ggerhart at wolfenet.com (Genevra Gerhart)
Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 15:22:46 -0700
Subject: AATSEEL Newsletters
Message-ID: <MON.27.MAY.1996.152246.0700.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear Reader:
It would appear that I have most of the AATSEEL Newsletters from 1967 to
1980.  (That is because I am a packrat.) Is there anyone in the whole
wide world who wants them?
Soonest positive reply will be the happy recipient.
Trying to clear the decks. gg
--
Genevra Gerhart                         http://www.wolfe.net/~ggerhart/

2134 E. Interlaken  Bl.                 Tel. 206/329-0053
Seattle, WA  98112                      ggerhart at wolfenet.com


From ewb2 at cornell.edu  Mon May 27 22:43:03 1996
From: ewb2 at cornell.edu (E. Wayles Browne)
Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 18:43:03 -0400
Subject: Russian prepositions v and na
Message-ID: <MON.27.MAY.1996.184303.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

>        Dear Seelangers,
>
>        Who knows anything about a theory on spatial relations expressed
>        by the russian prepositions 'v' and 'na' that says:
>        'v' is used for buildings that are situated in the city (teatr)
>        'na' is used for buildings situated outside the city (zavod).
>
I find this generalization doubtful: the post office and the railway
station are commonly within the city, but one says na pochte, na
vokzale/na stancii. Monasteries are often in far-away places, but one
says v monastyre. Likewise for barns: v ambare.

Wayles Browne, Assoc. Prof. of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics
Morrill Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853, U.S.A.
tel. 607-255-0712 (o), 607-273-3009 (h)
fax 607-255-2044 (write FOR W. BROWNE)
e-mail ewb2 at cornell.edu


From cronk at gac.edu  Tue May 28 13:31:02 1996
From: cronk at gac.edu (Denis Crnkovic)
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 08:31:02 -0500
Subject: Russian prepositions v and na
Message-ID: <TUE.28.MAY.1996.083102.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Carolien en Jook Kop inquired:

>        Who knows anything about a theory on spatial relations expressed
>        by the russian prepositions 'v' and 'na' that says:
>        'v' is used for buildings that are situated in the city (teatr)
>        'na' is used for buildings situated outside the city (zavod).


The only similar and more plausible theory I have heard (I don't remember
where, nor remember if it's in print) is that "v" is generally used for
enclosed paces,"na" for events, etc. and for places that were at one time
outside. Thus Russian has "na pochte" where "pochta" used to be a
designated drop spot at a crosroads, "na zavode" where "zavod" was
originally an industrial outdoorenterprise (like bell casting),  "na
vokzale" originally not more than a designated stop. I am not commenting
here on the validity of the theory, since I have not researched it in even
the shallowest depth. I would be interested in knowing, however,  if there
is material on this anywhere.

With sincere wishes for a relaxing and productive summer to all,

Denis

Denis Crnkovic

Justus tu es quidam Dominus.


From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Tue May 28 20:07:36 1996
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 16:07:36 -0400
Subject: Request for Cooperation-Ukraine Economic Transition Project (fwd)
Message-ID: <TUE.28.MAY.1996.160736.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 28 May 96 12:53:19 EDT
From: Center for Civil Society International <ccsi+ at u.washington.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu>
Subject: Request for Cooperation-Ukraine Economic Transition Project (fwd)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: Dennis McConnell - Maine Business School <mac at MAINE.MAINE.EDU>


*****************************************************************
                     Request for Cooperation
                   Economic Transition Project
           International Renaissance/Soros Foundation
                        Donetsk, Ukraine
*****************************************************************
I  have received an inquiry from Donetsk, Ukraine about  possible
cooperation on an economic transition project in Ukraine.

Mr.  Vyacheslav  Koval, Executive Director of  the  International
Renaissance Foundation/Soros Foundation in Donetsk, has  informed
me  that  a  group of specialists from  universities  and  public
organizations  in  the Donetsk Region is currently  developing  a
project  designed  to (1) assist Ukraine,  and  particularly  the
Donetsk Region, reform the economy and (2) train Ukrainian econo-
mists in the new economic system.

Mr.  Koval would like to contact scholars and  professionals  who
might be interested in becoming partners in the project, and  who
would be interested in sharing their ideas on economic reform and
economic training necessary to operate in the new circumstances.

The main purposes of the project are:

* the  broadening  of the outlook, knowledge  and  perception  of
  students and specialists who deal professionally with the prob-
  lems of economic transition in Ukraine;

* assistance to representatives of the regional/local governments
  to improve their understanding of the transitional process  and
  mechanisms for its implementation;

* personnel  training  for the management of  necessary  economic
  reforms in Ukraine

The hope is that the "Economic Transition Project" will result in
a  permanent school/seminar on the problems of creating a  market
economy  in  Ukraine,  and the integration of  Ukraine  with  the
European Community.

Mr. Koval is currently drafting the project, and is interested in
working  with  foreign individuals/organizations  experienced  in
dealing with similar issues in other Eastern and Central European
countries.  Thus, he would like to find organizations and  people
interested in cooperating with him and sharing their ideas  about
the project.

If  members  of  the list want to know more  about  the  Economic
Transition  Project,  review the proposal, provide input  to  the
proposal,  and  cooperate with the Foundation  as  partners,  Mr.
Koval would be very pleased to provide more details.

Mr.  Koval  notes  that  there is  an  immediate  opportunity  to
participate in a TACIS ACE Program of joint research. To partici-
pate  in the program he requires the cooperation of two  institu-
tions which are in European Community countries. The deadline for
project submission is June 14, 1996.

To contact Mr. Koval:
                      Mr. Vyacheslav Koval
                       Executive Director
           International Renaissance/Soros Foundation
                  25 Shevchenko Blvd., Room 209
                         Donetsk 340017
                             Ukraine
                    TEL/FAX: (380 622) 954-750
                      TEL: (380 622) 952-065
                  Email: FOUND at SOROS.DONETSK.UA
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From jflevin at ucrac1.ucr.edu  Tue May 28 21:12:26 1996
From: jflevin at ucrac1.ucr.edu (Jules Levin)
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 17:12:26 -0400
Subject: Russian prepositions v and na
Message-ID: <TUE.28.MAY.1996.171226.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

The only comment I would add to Denis Crnkovic's reference to open vs.
enclosed spaces is that v seems to be the marked member; with "v" you are
definitely inside, but with "na" you may be in or out.  Note also the
"literalness" of 'v' as opposed to the more metaphoric or abstract flavor of
'na':  v kvartire ~ na kv.  Also, whatever the historic logic, many modern
spaces probably take their preposition by analogy with already existing
usages involving analogous spaces.

Jules Levin


From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Tue May 28 23:23:23 1996
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 19:23:23 -0400
Subject: SEEKING Position in Eastern Europe or Russia (fwd)
Message-ID: <TUE.28.MAY.1996.192323.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 19:08:18 -0400
From: Ronald L. Webb <rlwebb+ at VOYAGER.NET>
To: Multiple recipients of list TESLJB-L <TESLJB-L at CUNYVM>
Subject: SEEKING Position in Eastern Europe or Russia

---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------
Sender:       "TESLJB-L: Jobs and Employment Issues (TESL-L sublist)"
              <TESLJB-L at CUNYVM.BITNET>
Poster:       "Ronald L. Webb" <rlwebb at VOYAGER.NET>
Subject:      SEEKING Position in Eastern Europe or Russia
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I'd be very appreciative if anyone can assist me with information about
possible teaching positions in Eastern Europe or Russia.

I have a BA in English and almost-an-MA in American Lit/Composition.  While
I have no TESL coursework or certification (a shortcoming, I know), I do
have three years' college work in Russian and some minor-league experience
in an ESL environment.

Frankly, I'm a bit desperate right now, and would value any information
anyone can share.

Listening out. . . .

Ron Webb
rlwebb at voyager.net


From richard at ic.redline.ru  Tue May 28 23:37:37 1996
From: richard at ic.redline.ru (Richard Smith)
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 19:37:37 EDT
Subject: Russian Summer: Vacation and Study
Message-ID: <TUE.28.MAY.1996.193737.EDT.>

*************************************************************
Summer School of Russian Language and Area Studies
(June 25 - September 16, 1996)

Summer Legal Russian Program
(July 1 - August 25, 1996)
*************************************************************

UPDATE

The International Institute of Russian Language and Culture has set a
deadline for applications for the above programs.

All applications for the Russian Language and Area Studies program
must be received by June 10, 1996 (for students intending to begin their
studies in June or July); or by July 10, 1996 (for students intending to
begin their studies in August). All applications for the Legal Russian
program's first session (beginning July 1) must be received by June 15,
1996. All applications for the Legal Russian program's second session
must be received by July 15. Several openings remain in both the
Language program, and in each session on the Legal program.

REMINDERS

Students of all ages, and from all countries of the world are invited to
apply to the Summer schools, although the Legal Program is specifically
geared towards students and professionals interested in the legal system,
constitutional framework, and political dynamincs of the Russian Federation.
Both programs will be held in the ancient provincial capital of Tver, located
at the source of the Volga River astride the main highway and rail routes
between Moscow and St. Petersburg. Students may enroll in the Language
program for from 2 to 12 weeks; or in the Legal program for one or two
4-week sessions.

Although no scholarships are available, financial support from the Tver
Regional Board of Education and the City Council of Tver already helps us
to make our programs the least expensive offered anywhere in Russia. Exact
prices and further information will be provided upon request.

For more information, please contact:

Richard Smith
International Programs Director
International Institute of Russian Language and Culture

P.O. Box 0565
Central Post Office
Tver 170000, Russia

Email:  richard at ic.redline.ru
Phone: +7.0822.425419, .425439
Fax:     +7.0822.571765


From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Wed May 29 00:05:55 1996
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 20:05:55 -0400
Subject: Russian Collaborator? (fwd)
Message-ID: <TUE.28.MAY.1996.200555.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 14:11:12 +0000
From: Michele Whaley <MWhaley+ at mail.asd.k12.ak.us>
To: Multiple recipients of list FLTEACH <FLTEACH at UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU>
Subject: Russian Collaborator?

Dear Listniki:

A collegue from Iowa and I have been working on a wonderful exchange with
our Russian students. We were put in touch by a conference presenter who
had met us both, and I'm hoping that I can work the magic again.

We started out by having level II students exchange e-mail, on proscribed
topics and sharing projects developed on HyperStudio with more advanced
levels. The e-mail students could add whatever extra information they
wanted. Several kids ended up writing back and forth a lot, and one such
pair inadvertently suggested to me that they do something with
descriptions.

We ended up sharing two major HyperStudio projects each: the Iowans sent us
a wonderful murder mystery, recycling all sorts of activities and house
vocabulary. We sent them a scavenger hunt for a missing hedgehog. In
between was the e-mail, and then both sets of kids put their pictures and
descriptions into a puzzle for the other school. (You should have seen my
kids today: "This one plays basketball! Which one looks tallest, and also
runs? I was happy to realize that they are learning to scan text because of
working on these projects.)

This has been wonderful, but now the other teacher is returning for a
Master's degree, and I am very sad to lose such collaboration.

We both have Cyrillic fonts, Eudora, Claris Works, and HyperStudio 2.0. I
am hoping that there is another Russian teacher out there who wants to
exchange projects.

I have to mention that one of the delights of working with Ericka was that
she and I agreed that, while it was nice to try for correctness, getting
the projects out was more important than perfection. I'm hoping for another
person whose kids aren't always perfect!

If you know someone who isn't necessarily on this listserve, would you mind
sharing my search? It has been a wonderful semester!

Michele




---------------------------------
Michele Whaley, East High School
4025 East Northern Lights Blvd.
Anchorage, AK 99508
907-263-1297


From sipkadan at hum.amu.edu.pl  Wed May 29 06:22:27 1996
From: sipkadan at hum.amu.edu.pl (Danko Sipka)
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 08:22:27 +0200
Subject: PYCCKOE B/HA
Message-ID: <WED.29.MAY.1996.082227.0200.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I would also be very interested in getting information
about available literature on v/na in Slavic languages
(not only in Russian). A student of mine is writing a
MA paper on how to formalize Polish <-> Serbo-Croatian
transfer of prepositions, and one of the things that
has to be done is to describe and possibly formalize
the differences in how these two languages use w/na:u/na.

Not only that Slavic native speakers have problems when they
learn other Slavic language, but they will also have
doubts in their own mother tongue. For example, S-Cr native
speaker will use either u po{tu/na po{tu when institution is
meant, or recently Jan Miodek, one of the leading Polish
normative linguists, has discussed the usage of na Uniwersytecie
vs. w Uniwersytecie, saying that Polish native speakers
frequently correct themselves saying w, and he prescribes na.

Serbo-Croatian usage can be described as follows.

                           u/na (spatial and pseudospacial)
                            |
                            |
                   ----------------------------------
                 place                     institution/situation
                   |                                 |
                   |                                 |
            --------------                   ----------------
        open              enclosed       regular         exception
         |
         |                U              NA              U
         |                  ku}i           poslu          {etnji
    -----------             manastiru      Fakultetu      {koli
 regular     exception      sobi           Katedri        ...
                            dvorani        misi
 NA            U            crkvi          predstavi
   trgu         parku       zgradi         ...
   ulici        gradu       ...
   stadionu     ...
   livadi
   predgra|u
   selu
   ...

It seems to me that differences between Slavic languages are in
the regular/exception branching.

The place vs. situation/institution difference can be illustrated
using the following examples:

biti u crkvi na misi
biti u pozori{tu na predstavi

Using narrative convention, and including historical or foreign
language influence date, one could speculate on the fact that some
places are perceived differently from the other, like 'grad' (city)
is perceived more as enclosed than 'selo' village, or 'park' (park),
particularly the French one is perceived as closed object... But
all this will help neither the process of teaching nor formalization
for the purposes of NLP. This above would take only two yes/no decisions,
and two lists of exceptions.

Danko Sipka


From jmelliso at email.unc.edu  Wed May 29 10:10:43 1996
From: jmelliso at email.unc.edu (John Ellison)
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 06:10:43 -0400
Subject: flow chart
In-Reply-To: <199605270131.VAA27026@top.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Message-ID: <WED.29.MAY.1996.061043.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

A friend is doing a translation project and needs to translate the term
"flow chart " as used in mathematical modeling into Russian. Can anyone
suggest the proper term for her. Dictionaries at our disposal have thus
far been little help. Please reply off-line to <johne at nando.net>

Thanks,
John Ellison


From rrobin at gwis2.circ.gwu.edu  Wed May 29 12:49:00 1996
From: rrobin at gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (Richard Robin)
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 08:49:00 -0400
Subject: Russian enrollments stats
Message-ID: <WED.29.MAY.1996.084900.0400.RROBIN@GWIS2.CIRC.GWU.EDU>

Could anyone direct me towards statistics for the following:

1.  No. of 4-yr. colleges in the country that teach russian
2.  No. of 2-yr. colleges in the country that teach russian
3.  Year/Grade
4.  Estimated national enrollments: in 1st year, 2nd year and overall,
number of students taking Russian language in any capacity.

Any pointers will be greatly appreciated.
Regards, Rich Robin
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Richard Robin     <robin at gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>
Dept. of German and Slavic Languages and Literatures
The George Washington University
W A S H I N G T O N,  D. C. 20052


From brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu  Wed May 29 16:16:14 1996
From: brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu (Benjamin Rifkin)
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 11:16:14 -0500
Subject: suggestion for Vision 2020 - Dec. '96
Message-ID: <WED.29.MAY.1996.111614.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I'm wondering if the profession might benefit from a panel dedicated to
strategies and solutions that are working at the 2020 panel in Washington
this year.  We could ask colleagues who have had some successes in
increasing enrollments in Slavic languages and/or literature courses on the
secondary and post-secondary levels in order to hear what they did, how
they did it, etc., in order to try implementing similar strategies in our
own institutions.  I think that some solution-oriented presentations might
be more productive for us than more diagnosis of the problems or reflection
on the issues the problems have raised for the profession.

Who is organizing the Vision 2020 panel this year?

I'd appreciate a discussion of this idea on the list or, if people want to
respond directly to me, I could post a summary to the list.

Ben Rifkin


**********************************
Benjamin Rifkin
Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1432 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive, Madison, WI  53706
(608) 262-1623; fax (608) 265-2814
e-mail:  brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu


From swan+ at pitt.edu  Wed May 29 15:35:43 1996
From: swan+ at pitt.edu (Oscar E Swan)
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 11:35:43 -0400
Subject: Russian prepositions v and na
In-Reply-To: <199605271935.VAA01346@altrade.nijmegen.inter.nl.net>
Message-ID: <WED.29.MAY.1996.113543.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

On v/na, you might want to consult Alan Cienki, Spatial cognition and the
semantics of prepositions in English, Polish, and Russian (Munchen: Otto
Sagner, 1989), including the bibliography. I liked Danko Sipka's
contribution to the discussion and think it's worth giving some thought
to. Would he please reply off-line to me with a reference to the bit on w/na
uniwersytecie. One notices a lot of vacillation between w/na
with academic units: sala, zaklad, uczelnia.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oscar E. Swan   Dept. of Slavic Languages & Literatures
1417 Cathedral of Learning   Univ. of Pittsburgh  15260
412-624-5707      swan+ at pitt.edu
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From ewb2 at cornell.edu  Wed May 29 14:17:58 1996
From: ewb2 at cornell.edu (E. Wayles Browne)
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 10:17:58 -0400
Subject: PYCCKOE B/HA
Message-ID: <WED.29.MAY.1996.101758.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Danko Sipka offers a carefully worked out and detailed algorithm
for choosing u or na:

>Serbo-Croatian usage can be described as follows.
>
>                           u/na (spatial and pseudospacial)
>                            |
>                            |
>                   ----------------------------------
>                 place                     institution/situation
>                   |                                 |
>                   |                                 |
>            --------------                   ----------------
>        open              enclosed       regular         exception
>         |
>         |                U              NA              U
>         |                  ku}i           poslu          {etnji
>    -----------             manastiru      Fakultetu      {koli
> regular     exception      sobi           Katedri        ...
>                            dvorani        misi
> NA            U            crkvi          predstavi
>   trgu         parku       zgradi         ...
>   ulici        gradu       ...
>   stadionu     ...
>   livadi
>   predgra|u
>   selu
>   ...
>
...
>Using narrative convention, and including historical or foreign
>language influence date, one could speculate on the fact that some
>places are perceived differently from the other, like 'grad' (city)
>is perceived more as enclosed than 'selo' village, or 'park' (park),
>particularly the French one is perceived as closed object...
I wonder about one point. As I understand it, na selu (like the Polish
na wsi) means 'out in the countryside' (the opposite of 'in the city'),
whereas u selu (Polish we wsi) means 'in a/the village'. So the branch
with u gradu doesn't seem like an exception. There should be a branch
labelled 'inhabited places' including grad, selo, kolonija,
zemlja 'a country', drz^ava 'a state', as well as such concrete items as
Vars^ava, Sarajevo, S^estine, Slovenija, Vorarlberg, Arizona...
and then a branch for exceptions, such as Rijeka (takes na or u),
Florida (takes na), etc.

Wayles Browne, Assoc. Prof. of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics
Morrill Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853, U.S.A.
tel. 607-255-0712 (o), 607-273-3009 (h)
fax 607-255-2044 (write FOR W. BROWNE)
e-mail ewb2 at cornell.edu


From MLLEMILY at ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu  Wed May 29 23:22:38 1996
From: MLLEMILY at ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (Emily Tall)
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 18:22:38 -0500
Subject: suggestion for Vision 2020 - Dec. '96
Message-ID: <WED.29.MAY.1996.182238.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I applaud Ben's idea. Emily Tall


From sipkadan at hum.amu.edu.pl  Wed May 29 22:31:57 1996
From: sipkadan at hum.amu.edu.pl (Danko Sipka)
Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 00:31:57 +0200
Subject: Y/HA
Message-ID: <THU.30.MAY.1996.003157.0200.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I would first like to thank to Oscar Swann, for his
information about Cienki's book, and to Frank Joseph Miller, who has
informed me about Dorothy Soudakoff's dissertation related to
Slavic prepositions at Indiana University 10-15 years ago, as well
as about textbooks by M.V. Vsevolodova (Moscow), where she contrasts
Russian prepositional usage with that in the other Slavic languages.

Wayles Browne writes:

>I wonder about one point. As I understand it, na selu (like the Polish
>na wsi) means 'out in the countryside' (the opposite of 'in the city'),
>whereas u selu (Polish we wsi) means 'in a/the village'. So the branch
>with u gradu doesn't seem like an exception.

Yes, you may interpret these examples differently, but it will not
eliminate this branch. You will still have examples like 'u brdima'
'u vukojebini', etc., which stay even after a new branch (inhabited:
yes/no) is added. A part of the problem might be eliminated by
giving a specific definition to 'being enclosed', the definition which
produces the shortest list of exceptions. In general, the aim would be
to have the number of branches as low as possible (people will have to
learn less, and machines would have to go through less loops = will be
faster).

>There should be a branch
>labelled 'inhabited places' including grad, selo, kolonija,
>zemlja 'a country', drz^ava 'a state', as well as such concrete items as
>Vars^ava, Sarajevo, S^estine, Slovenija, Vorarlberg, Arizona...
>and then a branch for exceptions, such as Rijeka (takes na or u),
>Florida (takes na), etc.

Yes, this is one solution. The other would be to add a more general
rule for onyms, saying that they are governed by the same preposition
as their appellative, with certain exceptions. This would take care not
only about toponyms, but also about onyms such as names of restaurants,
buildings, galleries... This rule might be implemented at the very top
of the algorithm - onym: yes/no, and if yes, jump to appelative if the
onym in question is regular one.

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Slavic Department, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
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Translation Experts Poland
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From ggerhart at wolfenet.com  Thu May 30 00:34:56 1996
From: ggerhart at wolfenet.com (Genevra Gerhart)
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 17:34:56 -0700
Subject: suggestion for Vision 2020 - Dec. '96
Message-ID: <WED.29.MAY.1996.173456.0700.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear Ben,
As you may know, I am among the unwashed.  What the  ... is Vision 2020?
Actually, we don't need vision so much as people who can see!
Truly yours, gg
(PS Glad to see you're still here.)
--
Genevra Gerhart                         http://www.wolfe.net/~ggerhart/

2134 E. Interlaken  Bl.                 Tel. 206/329-0053
Seattle, WA  98112                      ggerhart at wolfenet.com


From DIBSJP at SJUMUSIC.stjohns.edu  Thu May 30 01:10:22 1996
From: DIBSJP at SJUMUSIC.stjohns.edu (DIBS, JOSEPH P)
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 21:10:22 EDT
Subject: bohemia!!!!!!!
Message-ID: <WED.29.MAY.1996.211022.EDT.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

can anyone help a grad student who is writing a masters thesis upon
the role of ethnicity in the history of bohemia... did many bohemians
"become" german during the aust-hung period or WWII, did many become
slavophiles during the turn og the century, or slavic under communist
regime... what about the role of the gypsies, nationalism, etc...
what does it mean to be bohemian?    thank you if anyone can help
a wayward and confused student at st. john's university (NYC).


From escatton at cnsvax.albany.edu  Thu May 30 03:13:37 1996
From: escatton at cnsvax.albany.edu (Ernest Scatton)
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 22:13:37 -0500
Subject: PYCCKOE B/HA
In-Reply-To: <v02120002add209b7cd12@[132.236.102.22]>
Message-ID: <WED.29.MAY.1996.221337.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

For what it is worth, in Bulgarian the contrast between na/v meaning sort
of 'at a place' vs. 'in a location' is pretty general (see Wayles's last
posting):

na kino 'at/to the movies' vs. v kinoto 'in the movie theatre'
na teatyr 'at/to the theatre' vs. v teatyra 'in the theatre'


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Ernest Scatton                                       Germanic & Slavic Hum254
518-442-4224 (w)                                               UAlbany (SUNY)
518-482-4934 (h)                                                    Albany NY
518-442-4217 (fax)                                                      12222
                  http://cnsvax.albany.edu/~alin220/slav_dept (WWW)


From rcormani at magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu  Thu May 30 12:37:26 1996
From: rcormani at magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Rosa-Maria Cormanick)
Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 08:37:26 -0400
Subject: ALL: Romanian Language (fwd)
Message-ID: <THU.30.MAY.1996.083726.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Forwarded message:
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              <INTER-L at VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU>
From: Lucinia Bal <lbal at OFFICE.SOROSCJ.RO>
Subject:      ALL: Romanian Language
To: Multiple recipients of list INTER-L <INTER-L at VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU>

A group of students from the University "Babes Bolyai" in Cluj is =
producing a directory with all universities outside Romania having =
departments of Romanian language and Romanian studies. Besides checking =
all information sources in the country, they would like to have  to have =
the most recent information directly from the universities.=20

In case you know of such departments, could you please forward to us the =
following information (even if not all of it):

name of the department
head of the department
name of the university
adress (street, e-mail, tel/fax)

I will summarize for anyone needing the information. Thank you!

Lucinia Bal
Educational Adviser
The Soros Foundation
Str. Tebei No.21
3400 Cluj-Napoca, ROMANIA


From asendelb at magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu  Thu May 30 14:16:38 1996
From: asendelb at magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Adonica A Sendelbach)
Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 10:16:38 -0400
Subject: suggestion for Vision 2020 - Dec. '96
In-Reply-To: <v02110103add1e2a20658@[144.92.181.142]> from "Benjamin Rifkin"
 at May 29, 96 11:16:14 am
Message-ID: <THU.30.MAY.1996.101638.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear colleagues,
In response to Ben Rifkin's suggestion for Vision 2020, I'd like to add that
maybe we should also find out if language depts. in other countries have had
the same problems with enrollments and have come up with solutions.  This came
to mind after I watched a 1994 movie "The Browning Version" last weekend.
Albert Finney plays a Latin teacher forced to retire from a British public
school, so that a modern languages dept. can be created.  His response is
"These things come in cycles. Remember a few years ago Russian was the hottest
language.  Then came Perestroika, and now no one wants to study Russian." Or
something like that.
Has anyone heard of solutions to the problem from the Brits, Germans, French,
etc.?  Do they all have enrollment problems in this post-Perestroika era?
Donnie Sendelbach
Sendelbach.1 at osu.edu


From HOUTZAGE at let.RUG.NL  Thu May 30 15:30:48 1996
From: HOUTZAGE at let.RUG.NL (H.P. Houtzagers)
Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 17:30:48 +0200
Subject: suggestion for Vision 2020 - Dec. '96
Message-ID: <THU.30.MAY.1996.173048.0200.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Donnie Sendelbach wrote:
> Has anyone heard of solutions to the problem from the Brits, Germans, French,
> etc.?  Do they all have enrollment problems in this post-Perestroika era?

The Dutch certainly do. In the eighties we in Groningen (the smallest
of the three Slavic departments in Holland) had enrollments of about
30  students each year. In 1990 and 1991 the number increased
to an average of 55,  then it dropped to 20. As for solutions, we
can't think of any.

Peter Houtzagers



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Dr. H. Peter Houtzagers, Slavic Department, Groningen University,
The Netherlands, tel: +31 50 3636061/3636067, fax: +31 50 3634900,
web: http://www.let.rug.nl/~houtzage/
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From vakarel at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU  Thu May 30 23:06:06 1996
From: vakarel at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU (Vakareliyska)
Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 15:06:06 -0800
Subject: enrollments
Message-ID: <THU.30.MAY.1996.150606.0800.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

    Re the recent inquiries on enrollments and enrollment-boosting
strategies, I'd like to mention that two subcommittees of the Slavic
Linguistics Task Force associated with AATSEEL are currently working on
both these issues, and we will be presenting findings both at the SLTF
Roundtable at the upcoming AATSEEL conference, and in reports which will be
posted on the AATSEEL webpage. The Subcommittee on Intra-University
Promotion is currently developing a rolling enrollment survey which we plan
to post over SEELANGS regularly on a semester basis, beginning in fall
1996. Semester enrollment figures for courses in all Slavic languages and
in Slavic linguistics from each department that participates in the survey
will be posted on the webpage, so that there will be an opportunity to
compare the present term's enrollments with past terms and years.
Participants in the survey will also have an opportunity to indicate
specific enrollment-boosting strategies which they are using, so that we
can track the success of these strategies over time by comparing enrollment
figures.
        The Intra-University Promotion subcommittee will also be developing
and conducting a market study of selected Slavic departments this summer
and fall, in conjunction with the Marketing Department of the Charles H.
Lundquist School of Business at the University of Oregon. The subcommittee
for promotion of Slavic languages and linguistics outside the university,
which is chaired by Jeanmarie Rouhier-Willoughby, is working on ways of
boosting enrollments and interest in Slavic languages and linguistics
through promotion in the secondary schools, the media, and the community,
as well as over the Internet. I haven't been able to reach Jeanmarie or
Andrew Corin, chair of the SLTF, in the last 24 hours in order to issue a
joint posting about this or to provide more details about the work of
Jeanmarie's subcommittee (it seems they both are out of town), but I think
it will be safe for me to speak for both subcommittees in saying that we
will be happy to discuss our activities and the outcome of these projects
in any AATSEEL forum, and of course we invite everyone to attend the SLTF
Roundtable to hear about them there as well. I know I can also speak for
Jeanmarie in saying that we'd appreciate hearing your ideas and suggestions
(vakarel at oregon.uoregon.edu, jruewilo at ukcc.uky.edu).

Cynthia Vakareliyska
Chair, Subcommittee on Intra-University Promotion
Slavic Linguistics Task Force


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C. Vakareliyska                               vakarel at oregon.uoregon.edu
Asst. Professor of Slavic Linguistics                tel: (541) 346-4043
Department of Russian                                fax: (541) 346-1327
University of Oregon
Eugene OR 97403-1262


From OLGA at HUMnet.UCLA.EDU  Thu May 30 23:34:12 1996
From: OLGA at HUMnet.UCLA.EDU (Olga T. Yokoyama)
Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 15:34:12 PST
Subject: enrollments
Message-ID: <THU.30.MAY.1996.153412.PST.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Thank you, Cynthia, for your posting re the SLTF subcommittees.

The latest surge of interest in enrollemnts, in connection with Ben
Rifkin's suggestion to discuss enrollment problems at Vision 2020, is
very encouraging. I do not know how Vision 2020 is run and if its
organizers will be interested in making it available for this
discussion, but some of this will definitely come up at the SLTF
Roundtable, which will report on the activities of its everal
subcommittees this year, including those Cynthia Vakareliyska mentioned
in her posting. There will be a discussion planned after the brief
report. The TF is chaired by Andrew Corin, and my knowledge of the TF as
a whole is rather sketchy at this point, but I thought I'd pitch in with
this info in my capacity as its member while the topic is "hot" and
Andrew seems to be out of town. Enrollment has also been a major concern
for the 2020 people.

Incidentally, there was a call for papers for SLTF RT earlier this
spring, and - rather discouragingly at the time - no-one volunteered an
abstract (as far as I know). "Luchshe pozdno, chem nikogda", but I must
say that it is somewhat disconcerting that a lot of enthusiasm that the
seelangs readership occasionally exhibits regarding various topics close
to our hearts is often a duplication of effort based on lack of
information. It is also unfortunate that the enthusiasm is rarely
followed up to an organized end. I hope that Ben's suggestion is an
exception to this tendency and that he is successful in getting his idea
materialize at one forum or another.

Olga Yokoyama


From dhwst4+ at pitt.edu  Fri May 31 01:47:35 1996
From: dhwst4+ at pitt.edu (Dova H Wilson)
Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 21:47:35 -0400
Subject: LAST CHANCE!!! (fwd)
Message-ID: <THU.30.MAY.1996.214735.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

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Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 11:40:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Dova H Wilson <dhwst4++ at pitt.edu>
To: dhwst4+ at pitt.edu
Subject: LAST CHANCE!!!


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From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Fri May 31 21:22:50 1996
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 17:22:50 -0400
Subject: position open in Kiev (fwd)
Message-ID: <FRI.31.MAY.1996.172250.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 31 May 96 13:56:45 EDT
From: Eric Johnson <eric+ at sovam.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu>
Subject: position open in Kiev

Internews Ukraine is searching for an Accounting Manager to staff its Kiev
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% Processes invoices for payment during the month.
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% Transmits vouchers electronically and on paper to Internews USA
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% Briefs Internews Chief Financial Officer on Internews Ukraine issues
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% Reviews Job Status Reports for accuracy and completeness and briefs
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   operating as a US non-profit organization doing business in the
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% Reports to US Project Director for Internews Ukraine
% Fluency in English and Russian/Ukrainian
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% Degree in Accounting or Business preferred

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From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Fri May 31 21:31:15 1996
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 17:31:15 -0400
Subject: JOB OPPORTUNITY - IREX/MOSCOW (fwd)
Message-ID: <FRI.31.MAY.1996.173115.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

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Date: Thu, 23 May 96 13:08:04 EDT
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To: Multiple recipients of list <civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu>
Subject: JOB OPPORTUNITY - IREX/MOSCOW (fwd)



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