Hippocrene dictionary

[Robert Michael Robinson]

micc2 wrote:

> My experience  has been less than  exciting.
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> Since when did the Nahuas have a word for Czechoslovakia?
> (Checotlahtocayotl)  auditorium? (nenonotzaloyan, tlacacoyan)
> American....analyze...anthropologist....
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> I think that this series of dictionaries gives the authors a certain
> list of words that they must find a  gloss.
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> You can see that the sentiment is if not universal, at least it is a
> majority view since you can find the book on Abebooks.com for about
> $10.00 now.
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> Ian Robertson wrote:
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>> I expect this is old news to lots of you, but I have just become
>> aware of a
>> Nahuatl-English/English-Nahuatl dictionary by Fermin Herrera and
>> published
>> by Hippocrene books <http://www.hippocrenebooks.com> in 2003. Has anyone
>> seen this dictionary and/or have any comments to make about it? Don't
>> know
>> how I missed it...
>>
>> Thanks, Ian
>>
>> Ian G. Robertson
>> Department of Anthropology
>> Arizona State University
>> Tempe, AZ 85287-2402
>>
>> phone: 480-965-5110
>> fax: 480-965-7671
>>
>>
>>
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Listeros and Listeras,
It is important to recall that Nahuatl is not a dead language.
We may choose to emphasize Classical Nahuatl, the language is still a
living one.
One of the advantages of this group is that many of the members are
doing very serious investigations of modern nahuatl.
One of the joys of living in New York is the chance to try out my very
broken Nahuatl while ordering a sandwich in a deli.  For these men it is
a living language with modern words. I have also sat with people in
Mexico who were explaining the proper word for coffee to me,
drink-that-prevents-sleep. I believe there is a serious attempt to
express things in Nahuatl without borrowing words.

I am sure that there are scholars in this group are much more qualified
than I to comment on this and hope we get a lively discussion going.

hasta moxtla

R M Robinson