Do you remember just a few weeks ago when I wrote, wondering if Norman Lewis was still alive? I open the New York Times today - and there's his obituary! How...
CALL FOR PAPERS SHARP 2007 Conference: Open the Book, Open the Mind The fifteenth annual conference of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and...
Michael Hancher
mh@...
Oct 3, 2006 2:02 am
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If James Kossuth is still on the list, could you e-mail me, please? The e-mail I have for you bounces. Thanks. Luanne Lvonschn@......
Luanne von Schneideme...
Lvonschn@...
Oct 18, 2006 7:16 pm
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Hi, Luanne, This offer interested me, so I bit. I don't really expect anything to come of it, but what the hell. Hi to your husband and to Joan. Best, Bob...
Robert Wachal
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Oct 18, 2006 7:41 pm
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The Preposition Project is now about 60 percent complete in characterizing the preposition behavior of 847 senses of 374 single-word and phrasal prepositions...
Ken Litkowski
ken@...
Oct 18, 2006 8:27 pm
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Charlotte, Did I respond to you? This came while I was abroad and I don't remember. Sorry. I'm now trying to clean up some old e-mail. I can tell you that...
Luanne von Schneideme...
Lvonschn@...
Nov 6, 2006 2:30 am
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Enid, if you're reading this, would you please get in touch? I haven't got your email address (which I would appreciate from anyone else, in case Enid has gone...
Orin K. Hargraves
orinkh@...
Nov 10, 2006 3:05 pm
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Reminder of approaching deadline: November 30, 2006 CALL FOR PAPERS SHARP 2007 Conference: Open the Book, Open the Mind * Plenary speakers will include Adrian...
Michael Hancher
mh@...
Nov 15, 2006 8:35 pm
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Application deadline: Dec. 1, 2006. The Laurence Urdang-DSNA Award for lexicographical study and research is again being offered by the Dictionary Society of...
Barnhart
Barnhart@...
Nov 19, 2006 5:03 pm
805
"Linguist sings the blues": http://content.perspicuity.com/?q=node/1 Enjoy! Erin...
Does anyone know why "Lookout Mountain" in San Diego was changed to "Dictionary Hill"? Is there some kind of retirement community for lexicographers out there ...
<<Does anyone know why "Lookout Mountain" in San Diego was changed to "Dictionary Hill"?>> If it had previously been known as "Lookup Mountain" you could...
Orin K. Hargraves
orinkh@...
Dec 15, 2006 2:42 pm
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Dear Erin and listers, I found the following explaining the origin of the name change. True Story: The Names Have Been Changed... In 1910, developers bought...
Barnhart
Barnhart@...
Dec 15, 2006 2:49 pm
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This San Diego Union-Tribune article gives a date: "Dictionary Hill, east of National City, was originally the more difficult to pronounce Encyclopedia Hill....
Ah, the magic of the Internet once again shines through: "Dictionary Hill, east of National City, was originally the more difficult to pronounce Encyclopedia...
Ken Litkowski
ken@...
Dec 15, 2006 7:14 pm
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Dear Luanne, I renewed my DSNA membership for 2007 just a moment ago. I received an introductory package when I joined in 2006 but I have received nothing...
Van
jecosten@...
Dec 17, 2006 8:21 pm
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Dear All, You might be interested in Anatoly Liberman's review of the Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary. Robert Beekes wrote a rejoinder to Liberman's...
I am not sure whether this group includes book announcements, but let me try one: My book, The Yale Book of Quotations, has been published by Yale University...
Fred Shapiro
fred.shapiro@...
Dec 20, 2006 6:58 pm
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A reminder! Please forward to other interested lists. Dear DSNA members, Abstracts for DSNA 2007 are due January 2, 2007. We invite interested participants to...
A forwarded message from the Alexander Library, at Rutgers: Dear Colleagues, You are cordially invited to the opening of the exhibition "Everything from A to...
PRESS RELEASE: TshwaneLex Electronic Dictionary Software Released January 23, 2007: TshwaneDJe HLT announces the release of software for publishing your...
Dear friends and colleagues, ANNOUNCING A NEW PORTAL: African Language Technology (AfLaT) URL: http://aflat.org Interest in language technology research for...
As from 26 January 2007 the Dictionary of the Dutch Language (Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal), in short the WNT, is available on the internet free of...
_________________________________ Call for papers: Lexicography discussion group session, MLA 2007, Chicago 150 Years of the OED In 1857, the Philological...
We're in need of a project editor to help out with features that will be included in a line of semi-bilingual dictionaries. See the description below. Needed:...
sherrise.roehr@...
Jan 30, 2007 6:41 pm
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I strongly urge that you consider Dr. Frank R. Abate for this position, as he has had more experience than anybody else I know in doing pretty much what you...
Laurence Urdang
urdang@...
Jan 31, 2007 1:18 pm
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Dear Folks, I'm trying to gauge interest in an architectural boat cruise the evening of Wednesday, June 13, at the DSNA conference. The tour would be 90...
Hi Erin, My wife and I would be interested in the architectural boat cruise. On another subject, none of the DSNA materials has so far given information about...
Sidney Landau
slandau1755@...
Jan 31, 2007 4:33 pm
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Dear Erin, I would love to go on the evening boat tour, though the daytime boat tour would be fine too. I cannot say for sure yet if I'll actually be there. I...