... Thanks for the reference. The article I was trying to find is in VT 23, _Words and Devices_ by Pat and Carl. They have an extended essay on the subject,...
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Peter
pengolodh_dk
May 6, 2004 6:29 pm
... I am a big fan of VT, and I miss the stuff you, Carl Hostetter, Arden Smith, Pat Wynne et. al. wrote about the different aspects of Tolkien's languages....
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jonathan_avidan
May 6, 2004 10:04 pm
... grammatical ... Kotebh jonathan_avidan: Just this kind of articles, such as Bill's, is the purely external- diachronic perspective on Tolkien's artlangs...
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falmarendur
May 6, 2004 10:43 pm
Hello, I'd like to get PE14, but I've got a problem: PayPal doesn't accept my credit card, as I forgot my password, and I don't know how does this of the...
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jonathan_avidan
May 8, 2004 3:50 am
While trying to devise an etymology for _aníra_, apparently "desires, wishes" as in the King's Letter I stumbled upon the note given in Etymological Notes...
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Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
May 14, 2004 1:16 pm
_A Gateway to Sindarin: A Grammar of an Elvish Language from J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings_ by David Salo • Hardcover: 550 pages • Publisher:...
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Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
May 15, 2004 11:46 pm
The current debate on Efling regarding the supposed "Sindarin"; verb **_hanna-_ 'to thank' has thus far yet to deal with the _real_ issue: the fact that this...
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finsen@...
ravenduongla...
May 17, 2004 9:28 am
And so cheap! caio Graeme ... From: "Carl F. Hostetter" <Aelfwine@...> To: <elfling-d@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 11:13 PM Subject:...
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calwen76
May 17, 2004 10:03 am
... Not for me :) so I'll have to start saving some bux since it would definitely be worth _reading_ and at least I hope to find some of David's assumptions...
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calwen76
May 17, 2004 10:04 am
... Eru'. ... _ 'add ... Tengwar_ ... initial ... this ... the ... So here we go! Thanks for that, Carl. Lucy...
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finsen@...
ravenduongla...
May 17, 2004 10:24 am
The the Australian peso to the USD is not so great (it's the delivery that's a killer). Is the Czech Republic part of the Euro zone? If so, your currency is...
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calwen76
May 17, 2004 10:48 am
... delivery that's ... your ... thought ... No, the Czech Republic (or Czechia, as we should get used to) is not a part of Eurozone, the current rate being 1...
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treowgeweorc
May 18, 2004 8:21 pm
- Perhaps it's time to warm up the copy machine... :-o...
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Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
May 19, 2004 12:49 am
Sifting though his post to Elfling today (<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/29691>), we can extract three positions espoused by Helge Fauskanger...
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Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
May 19, 2004 1:03 am
... All joking aside, and before discussion of David's forthcoming book goes any further, I want to make a few things explicit: 1) So long as David has gotten...
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finsen@...
ravenduongla...
May 19, 2004 2:44 am
... Well, you actually... can extract ... Hey, is this actually written by Carl Hostetter, their isn't a single mention of the word "Untolkien"? And...the rest...
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finsen@...
ravenduongla...
May 19, 2004 2:46 am
<waggling a warning finger> Yes "treowgeweorc" - *real* scholars don't joke! caio Graeme ... This message was sent through MyMail http://www.mymail.com.au...
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treowgeweorc
May 19, 2004 2:51 pm
There once was a student named Salo Who's PhD research went fallow Because he took action With a director named Jackson Now his CV looks a little bit shallow. ...
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Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
May 19, 2004 4:11 pm
Funny! But again, all joking aside: Assuming that David's book is written with scholarly and linguistic rigor, then having it published by an academic press by...
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treowgeweorc
May 19, 2004 4:50 pm
... It would help to the extent that it was subject to peer review....
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Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
May 19, 2004 7:00 pm
Good point. One presumes that a book published by an academic press would have to have been peer-reviewed. Who might those peers be? (Other than Helge, of...
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finsen@...
ravenduongla...
May 19, 2004 10:36 pm
Other qualified linguists I assume (who I note are in short supply here, or are labeled as "Untolkien" AKA, Lisa, Helge, David). One doesn't need to be a...
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treowgeweorc
May 20, 2004 2:55 am
... "Untolkien" AKA, Lisa, Helge, David). ... peer in the discipline. Now, which "discipline" would that be? Interesting methodological question. How does one...
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Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
May 20, 2004 3:13 am
... As indeed they could have been (well, not Lisa, as to my mind she is unqualified for the position), if they could be trusted not to release materials...
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finsen@...
ravenduongla...
May 20, 2004 3:38 am
... Linguistics I assume. But which branch though?...good point. ... True...so why the discussion? This is prehaps the point Salo was trying to make. Since...
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treowgeweorc
May 20, 2004 3:39 am
... However, not everything that goes into VT is material from the Tolkien estate, as a glance at the back issue catalogue will confirm. So there are two...
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finsen@...
ravenduongla...
May 20, 2004 3:51 am
... VT is a fanzine, no matter how many linguistic terms you put into it. It is not peer reviewed (except by a vetted insular editorial team) and while it's...
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treowgeweorc
May 20, 2004 4:05 am
... this is really a hobby (ok, an amateur field if you like), any "peer review" is a moot point as there are no real peers (in the sense that we are...
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Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
May 20, 2004 4:23 am
... I object. I do not "hate" these folks; and the only, but enormous, obstacle is that they cannot be _trusted_. ... Hm... _Vinyar Tengwar_, requires citation...
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Carl F. Hostetter
endorendil
May 20, 2004 4:27 am
... Ah, but I _do_ deposit _VT_ gratis in the major Tolkien research libraries and archives, and send it gratis to certain prominent professional academics...
