4.1099 Queries (2nd mailing) (5/131)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Wed, 27 Feb 91 22:01:14 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 1099. Wednesday, 27 Feb 1991.

[ Some copies of 4.1099 were corrupted. This is a second mailing]

(1) Date: Wed, 27 Feb 91 09:40:01 EST (9 lines)
From: Editors of PmC <PMC@NCSUVM>
Subject: _Swift Current_?

(2) Date: Wed, 27 Feb 91 15:48:07 +0100 (MET) (72 lines)
From: garof@sixcom.sixcom.it
Subject: text-linguistic image acquisition in arabic proverbs

(3) Date: Wed, 27 Feb 91 10:08 EST (27 lines)
From: CALLEGRE@umtlvr.bitnet
Subject: UTOPIAN STUDIES SCHOLARS

(4) Date: Wed, 27 Feb 91 13:14 EST (15 lines)
From: "Joel Elliott (jeliot@unc)" <JELIOT@UNC>
Subject: The term "multiculturalism"

(5) Date: Wed, 27 Feb 91 17:45:14 EST (8 lines)
From: Sebastian Heath <OW401004@BROWNVM>
Subject: Re: 4.1092 Rs: OE fonts; Ancient Greek Medicine

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Date: Wed, 27 Feb 91 09:40:01 EST
From: Editors of PmC <PMC@NCSUVM>
Subject: _Swift Current_?

If you know of a Canadian electronic journal titled _Swift Current_
please let me know. Thank you.

Eyal Amiran
Co-editor, Postmodern Culture

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Date: Wed, 27 Feb 91 15:48:07 +0100 (MET)
From: garof@sixcom.sixcom.it
Subject: text-linguistic image acquisition in arabic proverbs

Keywords: text linguistic arabic proverb

I am trying to help a friend with her research in Arabic proverbs, and
have a few questions about what she is studying.

Her research is occupied with the following:

"With the Text-linguistic concept of the closeness of the text, I seek
the signals of the self-contained status of the proverb as well as of
the arabic traditional line of verse on the rhythmical, phonetical,
syntactical and semantic levels; which are the devices and which are the
most recurring characteristics."

1. What are "text-linguistics"? Is it an approach or hypothesis which
states that the creation of an image by text (ie. phrase or sentence) is
made possible by the words' semantics, argument structure,
pronunciation, phrasal syntax, etc.?

2. What is the text-linguistic "concept of the closeness of the text"?
To what would the text be "close", and based on which criteria? Is
"closeness" a statistical concept?

For what regards the seeking of "signals of the self-contained status of
the proverb":

3. Is this an example of how "text-linguistics" empower the
comprehension of a proverb?

4. What could constitute valid "signals" in a general human experience of
poetry or proverbs. Are there recurrent human perceptually-based
primitives?

5. Is there any computational or automatic method for extracting signals
from text?

6. Is there any computational or automatic method for constructing
images, based on such signals, from text?

7. Does anyone have any experiences to share, be they in a similar
approach to analyzing poetry, prose, proverbs, manners of speech, etc.?

8. Are there any arabists out there?

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Date: Wed, 27 Feb 91 10:08 EST
From: CALLEGRE@umtlvr.bitnet
Subject: UTOPIAN STUDIES SCHOLARS

Dear Editors,

Could you please post the following announcement.

This is an appeal to all "humanists" in literary studies, philosophy,
history, theology.

I am studying UTOPIA / UTOPIAS / UTOPIANISM from literary, historical,
philosophicsl-theoretic points of view. I would like to hear from
scholars involved in similar or close activity, or anyone familiar with
the state of Utopian Studies in North America.

I have heard about the *Society for Utopian Studies*. Does anyone know
how to reach Michael S. Cummings or Nicholas D. Smith, editors of
Utopian Studies I and II ?

Thanks. I will welcome responses in English and French. I can also read
German and Italian.

Christian Allegre
Departement d'Etudes francaises
Universite de Montreal
(CALLEGRE@UMTLVR.BITNET)

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Date: Wed, 27 Feb 91 13:14 EST
From: "Joel Elliott (jeliot@unc)" <JELIOT@UNC>
Subject: The term "multiculturalism"

Hello,

I would like to know when the term "multiculturalism" first appeared in
scholarly discourse (or in any other kind of discourse). What other
terms have been used for this idea of cultural diversity? (e.g.,
bicultural, intercultural, etc.).

Thanks,

Joel Elliott
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

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Date: Wed, 27 Feb 91 17:45:14 EST
From: Sebastian Heath <OW401004@BROWNVM>
Subject: Re: 4.1092 Rs: OE fonts; Ancient Greek Medicine

while i am not elli mylonas, i also have an interest in oe fonts. i
told the listserv at west virginia to send me the file but was told
that i am not authorized. is the font on any of the mac ftp servers?
thanks, sebastian heath.