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James McElvenny
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Linguist and intellectual historian.
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And here’s the open access manuscript

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Linguistic description between Kleinstaaterei and the Word of God: a case study of the 1838 Lutheran mission to South Australia
This paper presents a case study of the linguistic work conducted by the German Lutheran missionaries Christian G. Teichelmann (1807–1888) and Clamor W. Schürmann (1815–1893) in producing grammars and...
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October 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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(aber, ja, um Missverständnisse zu vermeiden: #climatechangeisreal)
July 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Bah! Ich habe meine ganze Schulzeit bei 40 Grad im Outback verbracht.
July 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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i.e. Voegelin as quoted in Hockett (ed.), just in case it’s not clear. Link to book on archive.org in the post.
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June 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Sorry, I don’t know. The most fun anecdote I know about that period is the attached from C. F. Voegelin.

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„Charles F. Voegelin has told me of the relation between Bloomfield and Sapr as he observed it in the 1930’s. Each had deep respect for the other, but with certain reservations. Sapir admired Bloomfield’s ability patiently to excerpt data and to file and collate slips until the patterns of the language…“ „…emerged, but spoke deprecatingly of Bloomfield’s sophomoric psychology. Bloomfield was dazzled by Sapir’s virtuosity and perhaps a bit jealous of it, but in matters outside language referred to Sapir as a ‚medicine man‘.“
June 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Interesting! And is there a connection to “slim” as in American “slim customer”?
June 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM