LINGUIST List 7.155

Wed Jan 31 1996

FYI: Dictionaries on the Web, New Conf List, Amharic course

Editor for this issue: Ljuba Veselinova <lveselinemunix.emich.edu>

Directory

1. Robert Beard, Dictionaries & Linguistic Fun on the Web
2. Peter White, New Conference List
3. "Grover Hudson", Amharic course

This is to announce several new pages on websites at Bucknell. The
first contain links to over a hundred electronic dictionaries and
thesauri on the World Wide Web representing 44 languages. Most of
these dictionaries may be used online though some must be downloaded.
The URL is:

http://www.bucknell.edu/~rbeard/diction.html

I have also placed four short pieces on various aspects of linguistics
designed to attract undergraduates to linguistics programs by
explaining what linguistics is. For some time now we have been
posting hard copies around campus during the semester and they make a
noticeable difference in the enrollments. Feel free to download them
and put them to good use so long as authorship is preserved. Their
page is located at:

http://www.bucknell.edu/departments/linguistics/fun.html


Robert Beard Bucknell University
Russian & Linguistics Programs Lewisburg, PA 17837
rbeardbucknell.edu 717-524-1336
Russian Program http://www.bucknell.edu/departments/russian
Morphology on Internet http://www.bucknell.edu/~rbeard

The latest NLLIA Conference Schedule of Linguistics and Related Topics
is now available on the World Wide Web at URL:

	http://www.cltr.uq.oz.au:8000/nllia/conf.html

All conference information received up to 31 January '96 is included.
The next list will be available on 1st April '96.

Please direct any concerns, and conference information to me at the
address below.

Regards

Peter White
Director, NLLIA Language & Technology Centre
CLTR
The University of Queensland, Qld 4072
Australia
peterwlingua.cltr.uq.oz.au

An intensive Amharic language course this summer, June 17-July 19 At
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI There will be an
introductory course, and higher-level courses if demand justifies
this. The course begins on June 17 with a 3-day series of lectures on
Ethiopian area studies. 5 hours per day of instruction for 8 credits.
USDOE Title VI 'FLAS' fellowships are available for grad students.
Apply for fellowships by Feb. 16, though consideration will continue
through April 9.

For more information e-mail to Grover Hudson:
 hudsonpilot.msu.edu
or Write/phone/fax:
 Dr. Yacob Fisseha,
 African Studies Center, 100 CIP
 Michigan State University
 East Lansing, MI 48824-1035
 Tel. 517-353-1700/FAX 517-432-1209)
E-mail: