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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>No, I do not mind at all that you share the thesis with other people.</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>Fra:</B> haroldfs@ccat.sas.upenn.edu [mailto:haroldfs@ccat.sas.upenn.edu]<BR><B>Sendt:</B> sø 05-11-2006 18:02<BR><B>Til:</B> Jan Heegård Petersen<BR><B>Emne:</B> Local case-marking in Kalasha<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Dear Jan,<BR><BR>Thanks for this; do you mind if I share it with other people interested in the<BR>languages of this area? I am not a specialist in this area (my field is<BR>Dravidian) but as you may know we had a workshop on the languages of<BR>Afghanistan and its neighbors back in 2003 and I'm working on a volume of<BR>papers (focussing on language policy in the area) that came out of the<BR>workshop.<BR><BR>H. Schiffman<BR><BR>Quoting Jan Heegård Petersen <janhp@hum.ku.dk>:<BR><BR>> I try again.<BR>> Jan<BR>><BR>> ________________________________<BR>><BR>> Fra: Harold F. Schiffman [<A href="mailto:haroldfs@ccat.sas.upenn.edu">mailto:haroldfs@ccat.sas.upenn.edu</A>]<BR>> Sendt: fr 03-11-2006 19:30<BR>> Til: Jan Heegård Petersen<BR>> Emne: Re: Local case-marking in Kalasha<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Dear Jan Petersen,<BR>><BR>> After looking at this further, I see that no PDF version of your thesis<BR>> was attached. Do you want to try again to send it?<BR>><BR>> Thanks,<BR>><BR>> HS<BR>><BR>><BR>> On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, [iso-8859-1] Jan Heegård Petersen wrote:<BR>><BR>> > Dear Prof. Schiffman,<BR>> ><BR>> > Some months ago I promised you a version of my PhD thesis "Local<BR>> case-marking in Kalasha". Here it is as a pdf-version (2 vols). The public<BR>> defense will be 2 November. The evaluation committee consists of Prof.<BR>> William McGregor (Arhus University), Prof. Ruth Schmidt (Oslo), and dr.phil.<BR>> Elisabeth Engberg-Petersen (Copenhagen, chair).<BR>> > There are a couple of things that you should know before reading it.<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > First, the thesis should have been edited, adjusted, and proof-read more<BR>> carefully. You will find many repetitions, a few contradictions, poor<BR>> formulations, unfortunate presentation strategies, and discussions and<BR>> perspectives closed off too early. I should have spent a month more working<BR>> on these aspects before submitting the thesis. So it goes ...<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > Second, the evaluation committee has criticized various points, for<BR>> example, lack of detailed theoretical discussions, and uncertainty as to how<BR>> to interpret the semantic networks that I propose for the case endings and<BR>> the postpositions. Both aspects will probably be raised as points of<BR>> discussion during the defense. And I realize that I should have been more<BR>> explicit and careful in explaining the networks.<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > Third, more thinking could have been made of it as concerns the question of<BR>> case-marking layers in Kalasha with respect to Masica's model. The committee<BR>> suggests a fusional perspective where Loc1-a mediates and fusions the<BR>> > other endings. For example,<BR>> > STEM + Loc-a- + Loc3-ai --> STEM + Loc3-ai<BR>> > STEM + Loc-a + Abl3-aw --> STEM + Abl3-aw<BR>> ><BR>> > I am not sure that I am ready to fully accept this hypothesis, but I<BR>> acknowledge that it is relevant for a discussion of Masica's model. More<BR>> specifically you will see that I fail to see the relevance of the semantic<BR>> parameter 'verticality vs. horizontality' for the local case endings, as<BR>> Elena Bashir has suggested for the local cases in Khowar (and which has been<BR>> a major inspiration in my work). What matters for the distribution of the<BR>> local case endings are a parameter such as<BR>> > topological/Euclidean aspects of Figure, Ground or the Figure-Ground<BR>> constellation, whether the localization is bounded or not bounded (or<BR>> '(un)demarcated'), or whether it is '(in)accessible), I believe. I am aware<BR>> that this analysis may raise some discussions in the future.<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > Best wishes,<BR>> > Jan Heegård<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR><BR><BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>