| Re: Proposed closure of Department of Linguistics and English Language, Durham, UK |
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| Erick Andrews (eandrews@bogusstar.net) |
2003/08/26 14:52 |
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From: "Erick Andrews" <eandrews@bogusstar.net>
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Subject: Re: Proposed closure of Department of Linguistics and English Language, Durham, UK
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 20:52:35 -0000
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 19:54:02 UTC, "abcdef00001@abcdef.com" <abcdef00001@abcdef.com> wrote:
> Apologies for cross-posting, but hopefully lots of people will see this.
>
> See protest website: http://www.hlm.clara.net/linguistics/home.htm
>
> The Department of Linguistics and English Language at the University of
> Durham learned on 18 June that the management of the University is
> proposing to close us down, a move that would terminate the teaching of
> Linguistics at Durham. The last intake of undergraduate and graduate
> students is planned to be October 2003, and all current undergraduate
> and graduate students have already been informed of these intentions in
> writing.
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At the risk of showing my complete ignorance in the matter, perhaps you
may solicit an opinion or support from Prof. Noam Chomsky, MIT, Cambridge,
Massachusetts.
I understand that he is Professor Emeritus of the Linguistics Department there.
Sorry, I do not have his email or a specific snail mail address.
Just a thought.
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Best,
Erick Andrews
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