LINGUIST List 6.778

Mon 05 Jun 1995

FYI: De Proverbio, New list: ARCLING, New Discussion List

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1. , 'De Proverbio' NEWS
2. Malcolm Ross, New list: ARCLING
3. "R. F. Hahn", New discussion list

Hi,

I have some news regarding 'De Proverbio' and I intend to keep it brief for
everybody's sake.

In April the book publisher has been separated from the journal and has now
its own direct URL, that is http://info.utas.edu.au/docs/flonta/DPbooks

This month I have published there the 'Book of Proverbs' (Bible) in five
languages: Latin, English, French, German and Italian. Each chapter of one
language is cross-referenced with the same chapter of all the other
languages.
You are welcome to have a look...and, as there are more than 1,400 links in
the five books, I would be grateful for any information regarding faulty
ones!

I started 'constructing' the second issue of the journal, which is due in
September-October. You might be interested to read an illuminating article
written by Wolfgang Mieder about the proverbial rhetoric in Winston
Churchill. You can access the article directly at
http://info.utas.edu.au/docs/flonta/DP,1,2,95/CHURCHILL.html
or via the home page.

That's all from me for the moment. Thank you for your indulgence and I hope
to hear from you from time to time.

Ciao and best wishes,
Teodor

Dr Teodor Flonta Tel. (002) 202321
Department of Modern Languages (Italian) International +61 02 202321
University of Tasmania Fax. (002) 207813
GPO Box 252C International +61 02 207813
Hobart TASMANIA 7001
Australia
 e-mail: Teodor.Flontamodlang.utas.edu.au
 URL: http://info.utas.edu.au/docs/flonta/
 http://info.utas.edu.au/docs/flonta/DPbooks

We are happy to announce the establishment of ARCLING, an e-mail listserver
which exists to promote discussion on the interface between
archaeology/prehistory and language, conceived in the broadest terms. An
additional focus of the list is inter-relations of archaeology and language
with ancient DNA studies and comparative anthropology. Subscribers are
urged to post questions, ideas, notices of new findings, conference and
workshop announcements, book titles or reviews that relate to these
disciplines or related matters.

This list was mooted at the Language, Anthropology and Archaeology
symposium of World Archaeological Congress - 3 in New Delhi in December
1994.

Malcolm Ross (malcolm.rossanu.edu.au) is the primary list owner, doing
maintenance and coordinating policy. Roger Blench (rmb5hermes.cam.ac.uk)
and Matthew Spriggs (spriggscoombs.anu.edu.au) are the secondary list
owners, also involved in any policy decisions.

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list can swamp one's incoming e-mail and be a nuisance. To set this option,
subscribe as above, then send a message to listprocanu.edu.au with text as
follows:

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