LINGUIST List 9.1059

Wed Jul 22 1998

FYI: Humor Journal, Chinook, Writing Systems URLs

Editor for this issue: Martin Jacobsen <martylinguistlist.org>

Directory

  • Don L. F. Nilsen, HUMOR: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMOR RESEARCH
  • David Robertson, Chinook
  • Sergei V. Rjabchikov, Writing Systems Homepages

    Message 1: HUMOR: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMOR RESEARCH

     Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 13:16:16 -0700 (MST)
    From: Don L. F. Nilsen <don.nilsenasu.edu>
    Subject: HUMOR: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMOR RESEARCH


    Linguists:

    Victor Raskin, Chair of Linguistics at Purdue University is the editor of HUMOR: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMOR RESEARCH. There are many articles about joking, and about language play in this journal. If you are interested in receiving a free sample copy, please let me know at <don.nilsenasu.edu>, and send my your current mailing address. Thanks.

    Don L. F. Nilsen 8-) <don.nilsenasu.edu> (602) 965-7592; FAX: (602) 965-3451 Executive Secretary International Society for Humor Studies English Department Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-0302

    Message 2: Chinook

     Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:53:28 -0700 (PDT)
    From: David Robertson <droberttincan.tincan.org>
    Subject: Chinook


    hlaXayem! Announcing a new discussion group / list covering topics related to the Chinook Jargon: CHINOOK.

    For those linguists, native people, historians, and all others interested in this still-living pidgin language.

    Discussions about all related topics will occur on this list -- origins of the language, proper meanings of words, variations in usage, current geographical distribution of the language, tutorials, history, influence of this trade language on local languages, and much more.

    CHINOOK's debut coincides with planning for the first-ever Chinook Jargon workshop / conference in Mission, British Columbia the 3rd weekend this September.

    Coupled with continued strong academic and tribal interest in the language, and the development of websites and language programs dealing with this subject, we offer a very useful resource in the form of this newsgroup.

    Subscribe by sending the message subscribe chinook your.email.address to us at the following address: majordomotincan..org

    - and if your email goes out with an attached "signature file", please end the above message with the word END--

    hayas masi, Dave Robertson

    Message 3: Writing Systems Homepages

     Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 16:34:16 +0400
    From: Sergei V. Rjabchikov <srjabchikovhotmail.com>
    Subject: Writing Systems Homepages




    Dear Editor,

    I have published three homepages:

    1) "The Linear A and the Phaistos Disk: A Slavonic Key" Home Page <http://www.openweb.ru/windows/rongo/disk.htm>;.

    2) "RONGORONGO, Easter Island Writing" Home Page (articles on the decipherment of the Easter Island writing system) on the World Wide Web: <http://www.openweb.ru/windows/rongo/index.htm>; (The Rapanui Chant "He Timo te Akoako": Origin and Interpretation. Rongorongo Script: Reading of Some Records. The Glyphs on the Spanish Treaty. Rongorongo: The Milky Way and Antares. "The Numerals" in the Easter Island Vocabulary: An Astronomical Report. Linguistic Evidence of Early Peruvian-Rapanui Contacts. Dr Schuhmacher's Renunciation? Bibliography).

    3) "Tmutarakan', an Outlying Land" Home Page <http://www.openweb.ru/windows/rongo/tmtrkn.htm>;. I offer the etymology of the name of the ancient Russian town of Tmutarakan'.

    Yours sincerely,

    Sergei V. Rjabchikov srjabchikovhotmail.com

    http://www.openweb.ru/windows/rongo/index.htm http://www.kuban.ru/users/Rjabchikov/index.htm http://www.openweb.ru/windows/rongo/disk.htm http://www.openweb.ru/windows/rongo/tmtrkn.htm