Re: Obscure languages

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On Saturday 29 September 2001 21:32, you wrote:
> Quoting joe <josephhill@...>:
> > > It is especially helpful to look in used bookstores near said
> > > universities. *remebering one such delight near UNT*  Foolish students
> > > tend to dump textbooks after finishing their courses.
> >
> > I live in Oxfordshire (England) but I can't really take a course, being
> > only 13, and having school, do you think Oxford U will do any of these
> > courses?
>
> Almost certainly. After a quick perusal of Oxford's
> website, I couldn't find any online listing of courses
> taught, but I have no doubt that there are resources
> for a wide variety of languages there.  I don't know
> what kinds of requirements they have to take courses,
> but Oxford's libraries are world-famous (especially the
> Bodleian library), so I would take advantage of them
> if you can.  (They may be closed to the public; UChicago's
> Regenstein library is, but I don't know what Oxford's
> policies are.)
>
You need to get a reader's card, which you only get when you
have some kind of a recommendation. But there'll no doubt be
linguistics professors who rather want to stimulate an early
interest in obscure languages, and are willing to talk to a 13-year
old who has heard of Yugh.

In Leyden, which probably has even more grammars of obscure languages,
the same principle holds, but you can also buy a reader's card, perhaps
that's possible in Oxford, too.

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