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linguistlist.org>Dear LINGUIST Subscribers, Thanks to the generous support of individuals and institutions, LINGUIST is ready for the new millenium, with an enthusiastic crew and plans for improvement of our services. As 1999 comes to a close, we would like not only to acknowledge those of you who have contributed to LINGUIST, but also to let you know what your contributions have enabled LINGUIST to do thus far. Thanks to your support, LINGUIST has: - Provided graduate fellowships for 13 student editors since 1993, when the LINGUIST Editorial Support Fund began. Without these students, there would be no LINGUIST. And, as LINGUIST contributors, you can also take pride in helping deserving linguistics students attain their goals. The results, to date: 13 M.A. degrees completed or in progress 5 Ph.D. degrees completed or in progress 2 teaching jobs secured 4 jobs in the computer industry secured 5 international students funded, bolstering LINGUIST's attempt to function as a truly international institution. - Begun hosting other linguistics-related mailing lists (see http://linguistlist.org/list-archives.html). We now archive 34 lists in addition to the LINGUIST family of lists. - Upgraded our customized editing software so that it now handles Western European characters (Latin 8859-1). - Begun upgrading our listserv, in response to the Y2K menace. This, in fact, has proved to be a blessing in disguise. When the call for help went out, many of you who had already contributed did so again. However, because of the incredible generosity of two private and anonymous donors who offered to foot the entire bill, we are now able to use the surplus funds to further improve LINGUIST. As a direct result of your generosity, LINGUIST approaches the year 2000 with plans for: - Expanded support for multiple mailing lists (including multi-list searching capabilities and a feature like LINGLITE which will summarize the postings of multiple lists selected by the user). - Website analysis intended to improve site navigation and information retrieval. - Continuing improvements in our editing software, enabling it to handle an even wider range of characters. - Improvements in the software supporting our collections of primary data: - the database of dissertation abstracts http://linguistlist.org/dissop.html - the directory of programs in linguistics http://linguistlist.org/program/ - the directory of information about individual linguists http://linguistlist.org/persop.html As you can see, your generosity has been put to good use. On behalf of the LINGUIST crew, and the 12,000+ people who use LINGUIST, a sincere and heartfelt thank you to the 1999 contributors whose names are listed below. 1999 Contributors to LINGUIST Mainstays ($100 and over) Individuals Anonymous Ann-Marie Andrew Alan K. Engel Graeme Forbes Kevin Gregg Carolyn Hartnett Monica Macaulay & Joe Salmons Patrick Juola Elizabeth Liddy John McCarthy Wolfgang Meyer Rebecca Larch Moreton Dipika Mukherjee David Parkinson Chi-lin Shih & Richard Sproat Carlota Smith Hiroaki Tanaka Karl Teeter Catherine Walter Jung Ju Yoon Arnold Zwicky Institutions Microsoft Cornell University Microsoft Matching Gift (fr. David Parkinson) Ohio Univ. Linguistics Dept. Max Planck Institute Turku University Aculab Univ of Maryland, Dept. of Education Harvard University University of North Texas Rutgers University University of Surrey City University of Hong Kong Ohio State University Linguistic Assoc. of Great Britain (2 donations) Pacific Search Consultants Univ of Canterbury Stanford Univ., Computer Sci Dept Univ of Minnesota, Asian Langs Dept Rijksuniversiteit Groningen University of Basel, English Dept. Riksuniversiteit Groningen Univ of British Columbia Harvard Univ Michigan State Univ Univ of Canterbury, N.Z. Systran - Luxembourg Arizona State University Univ. of Alberta Europaeische Akademie Bozen Univ of Edinburgh Tegic Communications Univ of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Anthropology Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept. of Cog. Science Linguistic Society of America Linguistics Club, Univ. of Connectticut University of S. Carolina U. of Montana - Missoula English Dept. of College of William and Mary Ozark Center for Language Studies Univ of Canterbury Univ of Michigan, Dept of Asian Langs Univ of Canterbury, New Zealand Supporters ($50 - $100) Mark Alberding Joao Andrade Peres Julie Auger Stefano Bertolo Garland Bills J. C. Bradfield Corina Chen Donna Christian Virginia Clark Linda Coleman Hortensia Curell Laura J. Downing Francisco Dubert-Garcia Susan Fischer Charles Gribble Carolyn Grinnell Kirkpatrick Martin Haspelmath Richard Hudson Frances Ingemann Pauline Jacobson Suzanne Kemmer Andrew Mackie Lisa Reed and Marc Authier Richard McGinn M. Lynn Murphy Geoffrey Nathan Kunio Nishiyama Mari Olsen Barbara Olson-Herrarte Ingo Plag James L Fidelholtz & Rosa Graciela Montes Catherine Rudin Andreas Schramm George A. Senf Maria Sifianou Dan Slobin Ute Smit Hyun Suk Song Xulio Sousa Pius ten Hacken Elly van Gelderen Catherine Walters Thomas Wasow Doug Whalen Ronnie Wilbur Dovie R. 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