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Title: Tunica Language Is Resurrected
Body: From http://www.k-international.com Before Europeans began to explore what is now the United States, the Tunica people lived in the Mississippi River Valley. However, by 1800’s, they were down to less than 100 members living in Marksville, Louisiana. They merged with a few friendly tribes, including the Biloxi, the Ofo and the Avoyel. These tribes all spoke languages from completely different families, so the Tunica communicated with their new brethren in French. The last fluent Tunica speaker died in the 1940’s. Fast forward to 2010, when tribe member Brenda Lintinger contacted Judith Maxwell, a linguistics professor at Tulane University, in an effort to help revive the language of her ancestors. Despite the difficulties, members of the tribe are enthusiastic about reviving the language. That enthusiasm was clearly on display at a tribal powwow in May of this year. Members of the tribe read stories from a children’s book written in Tunica by Ms. Lintinger. Read the full blog post at http://www.k-international.com/blog/tunica-language-is-resurrected Read a related article at http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/la-s-tunica-tribe-1081775.html
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Title: Tunica Language Is Resurrected
Body: From http://www.k-international.com Before Europeans began to explore what is now the United States, the Tunica people lived in the Mississippi River Valley. However, by 1800’s, they were down to less than 100 members living in Marksville, Louisiana. They merged with a few friendly tribes, including the Biloxi, the Ofo and the Avoyel. These tribes all spoke languages from completely different families, so the Tunica communicated with their new brethren in French. The last fluent Tunica speaker died in the 1940’s. Fast forward to 2010, when tribe member Brenda Lintinger contacted Judith Maxwell, a linguistics professor at Tulane University, in an effort to help revive the language of her ancestors. Despite the difficulties, members of the tribe are enthusiastic about reviving the language. That enthusiasm was clearly on display at a tribal powwow in May of this year. Members of the tribe read stories from a children’s book written in Tunica by Ms. Lintinger. Read the full blog post at http://www.k-international.com/blog/tunica-language-is-resurrected Read a related article at http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/la-s-tunica-tribe-1081775.html
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Title: Online Course Open to the Public: Reading Thai for Research Purposes
Body: Online Course Open to the Public Reading Thai for Research Purposes Tuesday, September 6, 2011 through Thursday, December 15, 2011 Taught by Prof. Robert Bickner, Dept. of Languages and Cultures of Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison Class meets online every Tuesday and Thursday, 9:25 am to 10:40 am, Central Standard Time The course will be an on-line seminar focusing on strategies for reading and interpreting Thai language source material for research purposes. Readings will be chosen by the course participants and discussion will include a close reading of selected passages, focusing on the coherence strategies used by the author in creating the text. Discussion will be in English. Three years of prior study of Thai, or the equivalent, is appropriate preparation for the course. Thai language proficiency assessment will be conducted prior to the beginning of the course. Enrollment is open to non-UW-Madison students. Consent of instructor is required. For more information, please contact Prof. Bickner at rbickner at wisc dot edu. The course will meet online and all students will need access to high-speed internet, either Windows XP (or higher) or Mac OS v 10.4 (or higher), 2 GB RAM recommended. Additional computer system requirements available upon request.
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Title: Online Course Open to the Public: Reading Thai for Research Purposes
Body: Online Course Open to the Public Reading Thai for Research Purposes Tuesday, September 6, 2011 through Thursday, December 15, 2011 Taught by Prof. Robert Bickner, Dept. of Languages and Cultures of Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison Class meets online every Tuesday and Thursday, 9:25 am to 10:40 am, Central Standard Time The course will be an on-line seminar focusing on strategies for reading and interpreting Thai language source material for research purposes. Readings will be chosen by the course participants and discussion will include a close reading of selected passages, focusing on the coherence strategies used by the author in creating the text. Discussion will be in English. Three years of prior study of Thai, or the equivalent, is appropriate preparation for the course. Thai language proficiency assessment will be conducted prior to the beginning of the course. Enrollment is open to non-UW-Madison students. Consent of instructor is required. For more information, please contact Prof. Bickner at rbickner at wisc dot edu. The course will meet online and all students will need access to high-speed internet, either Windows XP (or higher) or Mac OS v 10.4 (or higher), 2 GB RAM recommended. Additional computer system requirements available upon request.
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Title: Italian Accademia della Crusca Threatened by Budged Cuts
Body: From http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/19/italian-language-under-threat-cuts Italian language under threat from cuts, warns academy Accademia della Crusca, a leading linguistic institute, is to lose all its funding in the government austerity drive Tom Kington August 19, 2011 In a summer when Italy's latest debt-driven austerity budget threatens to slash pensions, close schools and shut down local services, one woman is warning that Italians stand to lose something less tangible but in some ways far more important – their language. Nicoletta Maraschio is fighting to stop the closure of the Accademia della Crusca, the Florence-based institute she runs which has been considered the foremost custodian of the Italian language since it published Italy's first dictionary in 1612. Almost 400 years on, the government has announced plans to eliminate the academy's €190,000 (£165,000) annual funding as part of its cull of dozens of state-funded research organizations which employ fewer than 70 people. The academy's small size today – just six staff and about 25 freelance researchers – belies the huge influence it had on the nascent Italian language through the dictionaries it published until the 1920s. Today the academy's scholars are studying early Italian but also offer online advice about modern Italian. Read the full article at http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/19/italian-language-under-threat-cuts
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Title: Italian Accademia della Crusca Threatened by Budged Cuts
Body: From http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/19/italian-language-under-threat-cuts Italian language under threat from cuts, warns academy Accademia della Crusca, a leading linguistic institute, is to lose all its funding in the government austerity drive Tom Kington August 19, 2011 In a summer when Italy's latest debt-driven austerity budget threatens to slash pensions, close schools and shut down local services, one woman is warning that Italians stand to lose something less tangible but in some ways far more important – their language. Nicoletta Maraschio is fighting to stop the closure of the Accademia della Crusca, the Florence-based institute she runs which has been considered the foremost custodian of the Italian language since it published Italy's first dictionary in 1612. Almost 400 years on, the government has announced plans to eliminate the academy's €190,000 (£165,000) annual funding as part of its cull of dozens of state-funded research organizations which employ fewer than 70 people. The academy's small size today – just six staff and about 25 freelance researchers – belies the huge influence it had on the nascent Italian language through the dictionaries it published until the 1920s. Today the academy's scholars are studying early Italian but also offer online advice about modern Italian. Read the full article at http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/19/italian-language-under-threat-cuts
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Title: Special Issue of KinoKultura on Georgian Cinema
Body: The Georgian National Film Center and KinoKultura are pleased to announce the launch of a special issue on Georgian cinema at http://www.kinokultura.com/specials/12/georgian.shtml Guest Editors: Salome Sepashvili, Tamara Tatishvili (Georgian National Film Center) Editorial by Salome Sepashvili and Tamara Tatishvili Articles: Zaza Rusadze: "Georgian Film in Emigration" Zaza Rusadze: "The Identity and Place of Contemporary Georgian Cinema" Lela Ochiauri: "Georgian Cinema before and after Independence" Mariam Kandelaki: "Georgian Animation" Reviews: Lela Ochiauri on Aleko Tsabadze’s Rene Goes to Hollywood (2010) Irina Demetradze on Rusudan Pirveli's Susa (2010) Lela Ochiauri on Keti Machavariani’s Salt White (2011) Teo Khatiashvili on Salome Jashi’s Bakhmaro (doc., 2011) Beumers, B. [SEELANGS] KinoKultura Special issue (12) on Georgian cinema. SEELANGS listserv (SEELANGS@bama.ua.edu, 26 Aug 2011).
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Title: Special Issue of KinoKultura on Georgian Cinema
Body: The Georgian National Film Center and KinoKultura are pleased to announce the launch of a special issue on Georgian cinema at http://www.kinokultura.com/specials/12/georgian.shtml Guest Editors: Salome Sepashvili, Tamara Tatishvili (Georgian National Film Center) Editorial by Salome Sepashvili and Tamara Tatishvili Articles: Zaza Rusadze: "Georgian Film in Emigration" Zaza Rusadze: "The Identity and Place of Contemporary Georgian Cinema" Lela Ochiauri: "Georgian Cinema before and after Independence" Mariam Kandelaki: "Georgian Animation" Reviews: Lela Ochiauri on Aleko Tsabadze’s Rene Goes to Hollywood (2010) Irina Demetradze on Rusudan Pirveli's Susa (2010) Lela Ochiauri on Keti Machavariani’s Salt White (2011) Teo Khatiashvili on Salome Jashi’s Bakhmaro (doc., 2011) Beumers, B. [SEELANGS] KinoKultura Special issue (12) on Georgian cinema. SEELANGS listserv (SEELANGS@bama.ua.edu, 26 Aug 2011).
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Title: Distance Course in the Endangered Karaim Language of Lithuania
Body: From http://linguistlist.org/issues/22/22-3380.html Uppsala University (Sweden) and Vilnius University (Lithuania) start in September 2011 a distance course in the highly endangered Karaim language spoken in Lithuania. The purpose of the course is to provide a first overview of the status of Karaim in the Turkic language family, the phonology, grammar, morphology, and syntax of Karaim, as well as certain elementary language skills and reading skills in different writing systems for Karaim. For more information contact professor Eva A. Csato eva.csato at lingfil dot uu dot se.
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Title: Distance Course in the Endangered Karaim Language of Lithuania
Body: From http://linguistlist.org/issues/22/22-3380.html Uppsala University (Sweden) and Vilnius University (Lithuania) start in September 2011 a distance course in the highly endangered Karaim language spoken in Lithuania. The purpose of the course is to provide a first overview of the status of Karaim in the Turkic language family, the phonology, grammar, morphology, and syntax of Karaim, as well as certain elementary language skills and reading skills in different writing systems for Karaim. For more information contact professor Eva A. Csato eva.csato at lingfil dot uu dot se.
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Title: Gaelic Culture Given a Loud Slàinte Mhath from across Scotland
Body: From http://www.scotsman.com/news/Gaelic-culture-given-a-loud.6821223.jp?articlepage=1 Gaelic culture given a loud slàinte mhath from across Scotland by John Ross August 19, 2011 A MAJORITY of Scots believe Gaelic traditions should not be lost and more should be done to promote the language. New research published by the Scottish Government yesterday also shows that 70 per cent of people think there should be more opportunities to learn Gaelic and 53 per cent want to see it used in everyday life. But some have still to be convinced, with half the 1,009 people interviewed saying nothing would encourage them to use Gaelic more or learn the language. Read the full article and the many comments following it at http://www.scotsman.com/news/Gaelic-culture-given-a-loud.6821223.jp?articlepage=1
Source: The Scotsman
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Title: Gaelic Culture Given a Loud Slàinte Mhath from across Scotland
Body: From http://www.scotsman.com/news/Gaelic-culture-given-a-loud.6821223.jp?articlepage=1 Gaelic culture given a loud slàinte mhath from across Scotland by John Ross August 19, 2011 A MAJORITY of Scots believe Gaelic traditions should not be lost and more should be done to promote the language. New research published by the Scottish Government yesterday also shows that 70 per cent of people think there should be more opportunities to learn Gaelic and 53 per cent want to see it used in everyday life. But some have still to be convinced, with half the 1,009 people interviewed saying nothing would encourage them to use Gaelic more or learn the language. Read the full article and the many comments following it at http://www.scotsman.com/news/Gaelic-culture-given-a-loud.6821223.jp?articlepage=1
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Title: Article on the Language of German Youth
Body: From http://www.germany.info Read an article about current trends in the way young Germans speak – including words like Gammelfleischparty and Bildschirmbräune – at http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/__pr/GIC/2011/08/Youth__Language__S.html
Source: German Missions in the United States
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Title: Article on the Language of German Youth
Body: From http://www.germany.info Read an article about current trends in the way young Germans speak – including words like Gammelfleischparty and Bildschirmbräune – at http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/__pr/GIC/2011/08/Youth__Language__S.html
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Title: German Jungle – Twist Your Tongue Contest on Facebook
Body: Discovering the German language and having fun at the same time is the goal of the Goethe-Institut through German Jungle – Twist Your Tongue, a program beginning September 15 on the Facebook pages of the Goethe-Instituts in the USA. By using an app, young people between 18 and 25 will be asked to say a tongue-twister in a comic way. Everything will be recorded on a webcam or cell phone and saved to the app. Facebook fans will be able to view all of the videos and vote on them. The top five videos will win a language course in Germany. Even those who do not submit videos will have a chance to win just by voting. Learn more at http://www.facebook.com/notes/goethe-institut-new-york/german-jungle-twist-your-tongue-the-goethe-institut-brings-tongue-twisting-to-fa/10150277225503049
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Title: German Jungle – Twist Your Tongue Contest on Facebook
Body: Discovering the German language and having fun at the same time is the goal of the Goethe-Institut through German Jungle – Twist Your Tongue, a program beginning September 15 on the Facebook pages of the Goethe-Instituts in the USA. By using an app, young people between 18 and 25 will be asked to say a tongue-twister in a comic way. Everything will be recorded on a webcam or cell phone and saved to the app. Facebook fans will be able to view all of the videos and vote on them. The top five videos will win a language course in Germany. Even those who do not submit videos will have a chance to win just by voting. Learn more at http://www.facebook.com/notes/goethe-institut-new-york/german-jungle-twist-your-tongue-the-goethe-institut-brings-tongue-twisting-to-fa/10150277225503049
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Title: Ohio Classical Conference
Body: The Ohio Classical Conference has as its purpose the advertisement of classical language learning and the encouragement of classical studies in the state of Ohio at all educational levels, and the promotion of the common professional interests of its members. To accomplish its purpose, the Ohio Classical Conference holds an annual meeting, publishes a newsletter called Humanitas, maintains an up-to-date list of teachers of Classics in the state and sponsors other appropriate activities. You can learn more about and join the Ohio Classical Conference by visiting its website at http://www.xavier.edu/occ/index.cfm
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Title: Ohio Classical Conference
Body: The Ohio Classical Conference has as its purpose the advertisement of classical language learning and the encouragement of classical studies in the state of Ohio at all educational levels, and the promotion of the common professional interests of its members. To accomplish its purpose, the Ohio Classical Conference holds an annual meeting, publishes a newsletter called Humanitas, maintains an up-to-date list of teachers of Classics in the state and sponsors other appropriate activities. You can learn more about and join the Ohio Classical Conference by visiting its website at http://www.xavier.edu/occ/index.cfm
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Title: Report: Building a Cyberinfrastructure for Digital Classicists
Body: From http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub150abst.html "Rome Wasn't Digitized in a Day": Building a Cyberinfrastructure for Digital Classicists by Alison Babeu The author provides a summative and recent overview of the use of digital technologies in classical studies, focusing on classical Greece, Rome, and the ancient Middle and Near East, and generally on the period up to about 600 AD. The report explores what projects exist and how they are used, examines the infrastructure that currently exists to support digital classics as a discipline, and investigates larger humanities cyberinfrastructure projects and existing tools or services that might be repurposed for the digital classics. Download the report at http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub150abst.html
Source: Council on Library and Information Resources
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Title: Report: Building a Cyberinfrastructure for Digital Classicists
Body: From http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub150abst.html "Rome Wasn't Digitized in a Day": Building a Cyberinfrastructure for Digital Classicists by Alison Babeu The author provides a summative and recent overview of the use of digital technologies in classical studies, focusing on classical Greece, Rome, and the ancient Middle and Near East, and generally on the period up to about 600 AD. The report explores what projects exist and how they are used, examines the infrastructure that currently exists to support digital classics as a discipline, and investigates larger humanities cyberinfrastructure projects and existing tools or services that might be repurposed for the digital classics. Download the report at http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub150abst.html
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