Fwd: Re: Anither Launey citation

[Michael McCafferty]

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    Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:11:09 -0500
    From: Michael McCafferty <mmccaffe at indiana.edu>
Reply-To: Michael McCafferty <mmccaffe at indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: [Nahuat-l] Anither Launey citation
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a pedagogical perspective:

Karttunen and Campbell's introduction to the language is the most 
efficient entrada I'm aware of. You can have students up and running 
(i.e. grinding :-) with the Florentine by the second semester. I'm 
curious about what others are using.  ?

I haven't used Launey's ideas at the beginning level, and "Old 
Andrews," while valuable, is a might overwhelming for the average 
undergrad beginner--but great for the ""second-year" student and 
beyond. "New Andrews" has a very nice faux-leather cover.

Sullivan a is a great source of historically documented examples. Just 
wonderful in that regard.

Michael

Quoting Frances Karttunen <karttu at nantucket.net>:

> In our instructional material for learning Nahuatl, Joe Campbell and
> I have cited Launey's grammar, comparing it favorably to the other
> works available (Garibay-pretty much useless; Anderson's translation
> of Clavigero with accompanying workbook-well-intentioned, but doesn't
>  work as instructional material; Sullivan-misunderstands some of the
> phonology but is very good with references; Andrews-polemic, throws
> up roadblocks to learning, and doesn't tell where he gets things).
>
> Also, in the Introduction to my Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, I
> state (p. xxxiv), "The two modern sources most compatible with this
> dictionary are Andrews' Introduction to Classical Nahuatl and Michel
> Launey's Introduction à la langue et à la litterature azteques I.
>
> I have always been an admirer of Launey and have not ignored him at all.
>
> Frances Karttunen





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