History of Slavonic languages

[Dean Worth]

Dear List,
        My response to U.K. resulted from quick, careless reading, and was
uncalled for; apologies. Dean Worth



At 12:54 PM 5/29/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Gosh, that's funny. I've know Professor Schenker for ages, and he always
>seemed Polish to me. But, doubtless, Vam vidnee (Russian). Dean Worth
>
>
>At 01:32 PM 5/29/01 +0200, you wrote:
>>The problem is not with the subject per se but with the authors. In my first
>>philology course "Introduction to Slavic Philology" our main study book was
>>Schenker's "The Dawn of Slavic". There you'll find very interesting facts
>>presented in a very dry and boring fashion. I would be dead bored if not for
>>the professor who was a great lecturer. There was only one bad thing about
>>him. He was Bulgarian, so he continuously made fun about Macedonian language
>>and culture :(.
>>
>>Regards,
>>U.K.
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <J.Dunn at SLAVONIC.ARTS.GLA.AC.UK>
>>To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
>>Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 1:19 PM
>>Subject: Re: History of Slavonic languages
>>
>>
>>> For some of us poor, benighted, culturally-deprived souls the fun does not
>>> begin until you get to the history of the Slavonic languages, though I
>>> accept that capturing the ludic essence of language history in print has
>>> proved somewhat elusive.  I did, however, find the following curiosity in
>>> Moscow a few years ago:
>>>
>>> Tat'jana Mironova, Neobychajnoe puteshestvie v Drevnjuju Rus': Grammatika
>>> drevnerusskogo jazyka dlja detej, Moscow, Roman-gazeta, 1994.
>>>
>>> For some people this would no doubt qualify as child abuse.
>>>
>>> John Dunn.
>>>
>>>
>>> >Stephen asked: "Does anyone know of any fun books/courses about the
>>history
>>> >of Slavonic languages?"
>>> >
>>> >I say: By the time you get to the history of Slavonic languages, fun has
>>had
>>> >its day.
>>> >
>>> >Genevra Gerhart
>>> >
>>> >http://www.members.home.net/ggerhart
>>> >New email address: ggerhart at home.com
>>> >206-329-0053
>>> >
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>>> John Dunn
>>> Department of Slavonic Studies
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>>>
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>>> e-mail    J.Dunn at slavonic.arts.gla.ac.uk
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