Histling-l Digest, Vol 41, Issue 9

[Olle Engstrand]

Sorry, it-s La Sapienza   /OE


On 19 Oct 2010, at 08:55, Olle Engstrand wrote:

> I have found that the University of Pisa, Italy - also La Spaienza in Rome - provide good academic environments for the study of historical linguistics.
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> Olle Engstrand
> PhD, Prof. em.
> http://www.ling.su.se/staff/olle/olle.html
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> On 19 Oct 2010, at 08:13, Scott wrote:
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>> I will wait to see who answers.  Fifty years ago UT, UNC, and Columbia had
>> top notch programs in Historical Romance Linguistics; today that field is on
>> life-support: generative grammar and the concept that the current spoken
>> language is the only language worth studying have become a cancer on the
>> field of linguistics.  Perhaps some Historical Germanic Linguistics survive
>> in the US.  You may have better luck in Europe depending upon the languages
>> in which you are fluent.  I know the joke: Asking linguists how many
>> languages they speak is comparable to asking economists how much money they
>> make; however, a command of French, German, and Spanish will take you
>> further than English and French alone.
>> 
>> N. Scott Catledge, PhD/STD
>> Professor Emeritus
>> history & languages
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>>  1. Study-Abroad, Undergraduate (Ross Clarke Kettleson)
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>> Not to disrupt the stream of conference calls, but I'm an undergrad in
>> Linguistics at McGill University, 2nd year, looking for a Uni with a good
>> Historical Linguistics or PIE-centred undergrad program to which I can
>> transfer for a semester abroad. The partner institutions offered at McGill
>> are a bit sparse on either the historical side or the Linguistics side
>> completely, and I thought that this would be the prime place to ask for
>> suggestions or advice.
>> Thanks;
>> Ross Kettleson
>> McGill University
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