History of Slavonic languages

[Dean Worth]

Dear Genevra,
        As usual, things you know little about seem uninteresting; things you
delude yourself into thinking you DO know something about, DO seem
interesting, even fun (you won't believe this, but the FALL OF THE JERS is
a real gas). Get off your high chair with this stuff. Dean



At 06:30 PM 5/29/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Dear Laura,
>As you may have suspected, I'm much too old to accept "fun" as an adjective,
>in any case.
>It's a great pity that these professors do not find it worth their while to
>write an interesting History of Slavonic Languages.
>Regards,
>Genevra Gerhart
>
>http://www.members.home.net/ggerhart
>New email address: ggerhart at home.com
>206-329-0053
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
>[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of L. Friend
>Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 12:17 PM
>To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
>Subject: Re: History of Slavonic languages
>
>
>Professor Katarzyna A. Dziwirek of the University of Washington's
>Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures teaches an excellent
>introductory course:
>
>"SLAV 351 History of the Slavic Languages (5) VLPA
>External and internal history of Slavic literary languages from the
>beginnings to the present time, including the development of writing
>systems, external attempts at reform, and the development of vocabulary."
>
>Professor Herbert Coats of UW has regularly taught a very interesting --
>yes, even fun -- graduate-level course entitled "Diachronic Slavic
>Linguistics."
>
>Both professors use their own packets of handouts, rather than a published
>textbook.
>
>Regards,
>
>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>*<*>
>  Laura Friend, M.A.   "lcf at u.washington.edu"
>  Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures    (206) 543-6848
>  Language Learning Center                        (206) 685-9401
>  University of Washington
>  Seattle, WA  98195-3580
>
>On Sat, 26 May 2001, Stephen Pearl wrote:
>
>> I would like to pass along a question from a friend : "Does anyone know of
>> any fun books/courses about the history of Slavonic languages?"  Thanks
>>
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