Re: Obscure languages

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On Sunday 30 September 2001 16:42, you wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Boudewijn Rempt" <boud@...>
> To: "joe" <josephhill@...>
> Cc: <CONLANG@...>
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 3:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Re: Obscure languages
>
> > On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, joe wrote:
> > > Yes, but it's not that easy for a 13 year old to get to see a
>
> linguistics
>
> > > professor, is it?
> >
> > Don't underestimate yourself. Start with finding out who teaches what -
> > that should be on the University website, and then simply send some
> > mail. If that works, you can always ask for a meeting.
>
> Ok, suggestion on who I should mail, what subject?
My best suggestions, based on the staff list at their website,
(http://www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/people/staff/) would be
Dr Robert Vanderplank, whose homepage is at
  http://www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/fellows/vanderpr.htm.

Keep in mind that I don't actually know anyone at Oxford: I've
been at Leyden myself, where you can find courses in really
obscure languages, like Limbu. Leyden is one of the main centers
for descriptive linguistics in the world - in my biased opionion
absolutely the place to go once you have your bachelors degree.
But the library at Oxford should be all right.

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Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.valdyas.org
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