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Michael Biggins Cv Highlights
MICHAEL BIGGINS CV HIGHLIGHTS 5405 NE 74th Street Telephone: (206) 543-5588 Seattle, WA 98115 USA E-mail: [email protected] PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Affiliate Professor, Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Washington, 2000 - present. Teach courses in Slovenian language (all levels), advanced Russian language, Slavic to English literary translation, Slovenian literature. Head, International Studies Units, University of Washington Libraries, 2004-present. Oversight and coordination of staff and activities of Near East Section, Slavic and East European Section, Southeast Asia Section, and materials processing for South Asia. Head, Slavic and East European Section, University of Washington Libraries, 1994 - present (tenured, 1997). Librarian for Slavic, Baltic and East European studies. Interim Librarian for Scandinavian Studies, 2011- 2012. Coordinator for International Studies units (Near East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Slavic), 1997-1999, 2004-present. Fund group manager, International Studies (Slavic, East Asia, Near East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Latin America and others), 2010-present. Slavic Catalog Librarian and South Slavic Bibliographer, University of Kansas Libraries, 1988-1994 (tenured, 1993). Assistant Professor of Russian, Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., 1986-1987. Instructor of Russian, Middlebury College Russian Summer School, Middlebury, Vt., 1986-87. Assistant Professor of Russian, St. Michael's College, Colchester, Vt., 1985-1986. Russian Language Summer Study Abroad Instructor/Group Leader, University of Kansas, led groups of 20-25 U.S. students enrolled in summer intensive Russian language program in Leningrad, Soviet Union, 1981 and 1982. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND PhD, Honors, Slavic Languages and Literatures: University of Kansas (1985). MS, Library and Information Science: University of Illinois/Champaign-Urbana (1988). MA, Honors, Germanic Languages and Literatures: University of Kansas (1978). -
Acta Neophilologica 40
ACTA NEOPHILOLOGICA 40. 1-2 (2007) Ljubljana MIRKOJURAK JAKOB KELEMINA ON SHAKESPEARE' S PLAYS SANDROJUNG WORDSWORTH' S "TINTERN ABBEY" AND THE TRADITION OF THE " HYMNAL" ODE JANES STANONIK MARCUS ANTONIUS KAPPUS: A REEVALUATION DARJA MAZI- LESKOVAR THE FIRST TRANSLATIONS OF LEATHERSTOCKING TALES JERNEJA PETRIC LOUIS ADAMJC'S "OLD ALIEN" AS A RELIC OF ETHNIC DIFFERENTIATION IN THE U.S.A. TATJANA VUKELIC UNDERSTANDING ZORA NEALE HURSTON' S THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD BRANKA KALOGJERA "OLD" VS. "NEW" ETHNICITIES AND MULTIPLE IDENTITIES IN SANDRA CISNEROS' CARAMELO MAJDASAVLE INDIRECT NARRATION: ON CONRAD' S HEART OF DARKNESS AND FITZGERALD' S THEGREATGATSBY DARJA MARINSEK FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IN AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN' S LITERATURE BRIGITA PAYSIC TIME AS THE FIFTH ELEMENT IN MARGARET LAURENCE'S MANAWAKA CYCLE JOHANN GEORG LUGHOFER EINE ANNAHERUNG AN HAND DES FALLBEISPIELS BERTHA VON SUTTNER MIHA PINTARIC THE ROLE OF VIOLENCE IN THE ROMANCES OF CHRETIEN DE TROYES SPELA ZAKELJ L' IRONIE DANS L' ALLEGORIE CHEZ RUTEBEUF PATRIZIA FARINELLI SUL FANTASTICO NELLA NARRATIVA Dl TABUCCHI UROS MOZETIC FROM DOUBLEVALANT TO MONOVALANT DISCOURSE: THE ROLE OF THE TRANSLATOR MIRKOJURAK BERNARD HICKEY. IN MEMORIA M ACTA NEOPHILOLOGICA 40. 1-2 (2007) Ljubljana MIRKOJURAK JAKOB KELEMINA ON SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS ........... .... .. .. ... ........... .... ....... ..... ......... .. 5 SANDROJUNG WORDSWORTH'S "TINTERN ABBEY" AND THE TRADITION OF THE "HYMNAL:' ODE ....... 51 JANES STANONIK MARCUS ANTONIUS KAPPUS: A REEVALUATION .......................................................... 61 DARJA MAZI- LESKOVAR THE FIRST TRANSLATIONS OF LEATHERSTOCKING TALES .............................................. 75 JERNEjA PETRIC LOUIS ADAMIC'S "OLD ALIEN" AS A RELIC OF ETHNIC DIFFERENTIATION IN THE U.S .A. 89 TATJANA VUKELIC UNDERSTANDING ZORA NEALE HURSTON'S THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD ............ -
EBU Tech 3232-1982 Displayable Character Set for Broadcast Teletext
DISPLAYABLE CHARACTER SETS FOR BROADCAST TELETEXT Tech. 3232-E Second edition - June 1982 CONTENTS 1 Introduction........................................................................................................................................3 2. EBU inquiry....................................................................................................................................4 3. Analysis of the replies from EBU members...................................................................................4 3.1 Minimum number of characters required ..................................................................................4 3.2 Two or more languages on one page .......................................................................................6 4. Establishment of multilingual character repertoires.......................................................................8 4.1 Constraints that have to be taken into account.........................................................................8 4.2 Significance of the repertoires ..................................................................................................8 4.3 Character repertoires for languages written in Latin-based-alphabets.....................................9 4.4 The combination of non-Latin-based alphabets together with a limited selection of Latin- based characters - ..................................................................................................................11 5. Conclusion ...................................................................................................................................14 -
Cultural Achievements of the Slovene Diaspora in Australia
Between Europe and Australia Cultural Achievements of the Slovene Diaspora in Australia The first Slovene experiences of Australia, if one of the first documented visits of a Slovene to Australia is taken into consideration, go back into the colonial period. A certain Matija Kliner arrived to Australia sometime between 1857 and 1859, when he was working on the Austrian (Habsburg) military ship on its journey around the world. Rihard Poga~nik came to Australia in 1860, working as a navigation officer on one of the steamers owned by Lloyd's from Trieste (Trst). Anton Dolenc was during 1890 and 1891 on an Austrian military ship likewise making its way around the world and also stopped in Australia. He kept a diary about his journey on which he reported in the then Slovene papers. It is interesting, though, that none of these early Slovene visitors of Australia decided to stay for good, although the gold rush still swept the land and attracted many settlers from other European countries. According to some authors (Ogrin), the first Slovenes that actually migrated to Australia to settle there came in 191 0. The exact number of Slovenes that migrated before the Great War is difficult to ascertain, for they were citizens of the Austro Hungarian monarchy who declared themselves as Austrians. It is known that in Australia during the war broke out racial unrest against the migrants from South East Europe, i.e. including those from the Austro-Hungarian monarchy with Slovenes, who were, according to some data, under closer surveillance because of possible German affiliations and sympathies (Birsa). -
Country Report on France ______
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL POLICIES POLICY DEPARTMENT FOR CITIZENS' RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGAL AFFAIRS Life in cross-border situations in the EU A Comparative Study on Civil Status ANNEX III - COUNTRY REPORT B FRANCE This Report has been prepared by Lukas Rass-Masson for Milieu Ltd, under contract to the European Parliament, Directorate-General Internal Policies, Directorate C for Citizens Rights and Constitutional Affairs (Contract No IP/C/JURI/IC/2012-019). The views expressed herein are those of the consultants alone and do not represent the official views of the European Parliament. Milieu Ltd (Belgium), 15 rue Blanche, B-1050 Brussels, tel: 32 2 506 1000; fax 32 2 514 3603. PE 474.395 EN Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs _________________________________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.......................................................................... 3 1. GENERAL RULES .................................................................................. 4 1.1 Civil Status Registration System ........................................................ 4 1.1.1 Type of civil status registration system.......................................... 4 1.1.2 Organisation.............................................................................. 4 1.1.3 Accessibility............................................................................... 6 1.1.4 Notion of civil status .................................................................. -
International Register of Coded Character Sets to Be Used with Escape Sequences for Information Interchange in Data Processing
INTERNATIONAL REGISTER OF CODED CHARACTER SETS TO BE USED WITH ESCAPE SEQUENCES 1 Introduction 1.1 General This document is the ISO International Register of Coded Character Sets To Be Used With Escape Sequences for information interchange in data processing. It is compiled in accordance with the provisions of ISO/IEC 2022, "Code Extension Technique" and of ISO 2375 "Procedure for Registration of Escape Sequences". This International Register contains coded character sets which have been registered in accordance with procedures given in ISO 2375. Its purpose is to identify widely used coded character sets and associate with each a unique escape sequence by means of which it can be designated according to ISO/IEC 2022 and ISO/IEC 4873. The publication of this International Register should promote compatibility in international information interchange and avoid duplication of effort in developing application-oriented coded character sets. Registration provides an identification for a coded character set but implies nothing about its status; it may or may not be part of a standard of an international, national or a corporate body. However, if such a standard is published subsequently to the registration, it would be appropriate for the escape sequence identifying the character set to be specified in the standard. If it is desired to register a set, application should be made to the Registration Authority through an appropriate Sponsoring Authority as specified in ISO 2375. Any character set can be a candidate for registration if it meets the requirements of ISO 2375. The Registration Authority ascertains that the proposals received are formally in accordance with this International Standard, technically in accordance with ISO/IEC 2022, and, where applicable, with ISO/IEC 646 and ISO/IEC 4873, and meet the presentation practice of the Registration Authority. -
Slovene Studies 9/1-2 (1987) 141-145
Slovene Studies 9/1-2 (1987) 141-145 POSSIBILITIES OF A COMPARATIVE YUGOSLAV LITERATURE Marija Mitrovic In Yugoslavia two books in all have been written with the title 'Yugoslav Literature:'* Milos Savkovic published his lugoslovenska knji~evllost J-lJI in 1938, and Antun Barac wrote his lugoslovenska knji~evnost in 1954. The latter has been translated into several languages. In addition, Preg/ed lugoslovenske knji~evnosti by D. Stefanovic and V. Stanisavljevic has had more than ten editions and was very popular in Yugoslavia as a high school textbook. In all these surveys Serbian, Croatian, Slovene and (in the last-named book) Macedonian literatures were lined up one against another with no effort to put them into any kind of relationship. In encyclopedias (Enciklopedija lugoslavije, I st and 2nd eds., Enciklopedija Leksikografskog 7.avoda, Prosvetina Enciklopedija) there are only histories of the national literatures-Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian. There have been several attempts at theoretical discussions of Yugoslav literary history (in 1956, 1962, 1967) but all of them failed and were labeled 'unitarist' for not sufficiently recognizing the specifics of each national literature. And the efforts to assemble a team of literary historians who would write a history of Yugoslav literature have also failed-attempts that were made by Professor Ivo Franges of Zagreb and Professor J. Rotar of Ljubljana. Something easy and simple in a country with one nationality has, in a country with many, to be prepared for a long time and can only gradually be achieved. Writing about Yugoslav music or painting raises no questions at all. For example, in the late sixties there were several very well organized exhibitions under the general title "Jugoslovenska umetnost XX veka" in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade and the respective catalogues treated Yugoslav painting as a whole. -
Of Basic Slovene
7 DAYS OF BASIC SLOVENE W E E K 1 A big thanks to all my readers around the globe, for learning Slovene with me! And a special thanks to my cousin, Jeannie Banh, for creating the illustrations for my blog! Learning Slovene can be fun and simple, it all depends on your mindset. Trust in yourself and practice as much as you can! VENE SL UT O B A The official language of Slovenia is Slovene. Worldwide, there is about 2.5 millions speakers, and soon you can become one too! Slovene is categorized as a Western South Slavic language and has its own distinct characteristics. In Slovenia, there are around 50 dialects, which are divided into seven regions. The Slovene alphabet has three extra letters: č, š, ž but four letters Slovene is a very precise less: q, w, x and y. and detailed language. It has three genders: The letter č sounds like ch - chocolate masculine, feminine and (čokolada). The letter š sounds like sh neuter. - shawl (šal). And the letter ž is pronounced as g, like giraffe (žirafa). And three grammatical numbers: singular, dual In Slovene, every syllable is important, and plural. This applies especially those super scary long to nouns, verb words with many š, č. conjugation, adjectives and so on. slaščičarna "sla-sh-chi-char-na" (confectionery) Slovene has six declensions : nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, locative and instrumental. They are often referred by numbers, from 1 to 6. Declensions are probably one of the most confusing concept of the language. Fortunately, you can easily get by with knowing a few basics. -
JANKO LAVRIN: SLOVENE INTELLECTUAL AMBASSADOR Janja Jaz Hocem Zivljenja,Jaz Hocem Zivljenja, Izpiti Njegovo Cem Caso Do Dna
Slovene Studies 18.1 (1996): 3-18 JANKO LAVRIN: SLOVENE INTELLECTUAL AMBASSADOR Janja Jaz hocem Zivljenja,jaz hocem zivljenja, izPiti njegovo cem caso do dna. lanko Lavrin wrote these lines when he was nineteen. During the following eight decades of his life, he fully accomplished this youthful, ambitious intention. He was an intellectual adventurer, a curious wanderer roaming from one exciting country to the next, from one charmingly and yet somehow painfully attractive literary world to another. He wanted to experience turbulent historical events in which human passions reach their climax, and this he did. He likewise sought and managed to experience the passions raging • across the scenery of the greatest literary masterpieces of Europe. Lavrin shared the tears and laughter of their literary heroes and went further, to explore the most hidden chambers of the .troubled souls of their famous authors. His whole life was a thrilling adventure emotional, intellectual, and spiritual and so, too, his work. Eleven years ago, just before Lavrin's hundredth birthday, instead of jubilee articles and letters of congratulation, Slovene magazines and newspapers carried notices of his death. In 1996 the tenth anniversary of his death passed almost unnoticed. Janko Lavrin, literary historian and critic, editor and essayist, and to some extent also a poet and writer, nonetheless remains in our minds as one of those prewar Slovene emigrant intellectuals who achieved world renown in their chosen field in a new homeland. This article briefly reviews Lavrin's life and work in the field of literary criticism as background to his own creative writing, on which little has been published. -
United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names Working
United Nations Group of Experts on Working Paper Geographical Names No. 49 Eighteenth Session Geneva, 12-23 August 1996 Item 5 of the Provisional Agenda REPORTS OF THE DIVISIONS REPORT OF THE EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH-EAST EUROPE DIVISION Submitted by B&A Pokoly, Chairman of the Division Contents 1. Institutional News on Bodies of standardization of Geo- graphical Names in the Member Countries. Short Report of the Activities of These Bodies Since September, 1993. 2. Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers 3. Romanization Systems 4. Country Names 5. Toponymic Guidelines *for Map and Other Editors 0.r Exonyms 7. Standardization in Multilingual Areas 8. Implementation of Resolutions and the Aims and Functions of UNGEGN Introduction Hungary has been serving as Chairman of the Division since the 16th Session of UNGEGN (4 December, 1992, New York). In its function it convened the Division for its 12th session in Sep- tember, 1993. Reporting on information received on that event was contained in WP No. 6. of the 17th Session of UNGEGN. The 13th session of the Division was held in Budapest on 2-4 April, 1996. Six countries of the division, apart from the host country, were represented: Albania, Czech Republic, Po- land, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. This report contains in- formation based first of all on those presented at this Divi- sion session. Bulgaria sent written information to the Chair- man following the session. As a matter of course the word *session' in itself thereinafter always refers to this event. 1. Institutional News on Bodies of Standardization of Geo- graphical Names in the Member Countries. -
Predicting the Level of Text Standardness in User-Generated Content
Predicting the Level of Text Standardness in User-generated Content Nikola Ljubešic´∗‡ Darja Fišer† Tomaž Erjavec∗ Jaka Cibejˇ † Dafne Marko† Senja Pollak∗ Iza Škrjanec† Dept. of Knowledge Technologies, Jožef Stefan Institute ∗ [email protected] Dept. of Translation studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana † [email protected] Dept. of Inf. Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb ‡ Abstract man knowledge and people’s opinions (Crystal, 2011). Language use in social media is char- Non-standard language as it appears in acterised by special technical and social circum- user-generated content has recently at- stances, and as such deviates from the norm of tracted much attention. This paper pro- traditional text production. Researching the lan- poses that non-standardness comes in two guage of social media is not only of great value to basic varieties, technical and linguistic, (socio)linguists, but also beneficial for improving and develops a machine-learning method automatic processing of UGC, which has proven to discriminate between standard and non- to be quite difficult (Sproat, 2001). Consistent de- standard texts in these two dimensions. creases in performance on noisy texts have been We describe the manual annotation of a recorded in the entire text processing chain, from dataset of Slovene user-generated content PoS-tagging, where the state-of-the-art Stanford and the features used to build our re- tagger achieves 97% accuracy on Wall Street Jour- gression models. We evaluate and dis- nal texts, but only 85% accuracy on Twitter data cuss the results, where the mean abso- (Gimpel et al., 2011), to parsing, where double- lute error of the best performing method digit decreases in accuracy have been recorded on a three-point scale is 0.38 for tech- for 4 state-of-the-art parsers on social media texts nical and 0.42 for linguistic standard- (Petrov and McDonald, 2012). -
Evaluation of Finite State Morphological Analyzers Based on Paradigm Extraction from Wiktionary
Evaluation of Finite State Morphological Analyzers Based on Paradigm Extraction from Wiktionary Ling Liu and Mans Hulden Department of Linguistics University of Colorado [email protected] Abstract network (RNN) encoder-decoder model to gener- ate an inflected form of a lemma for a target mor- Wiktionary provides lexical information phological tag combination. The SIGMORPHON for an increasing number of languages, in- 2016 shared task (Cotterell et al., 2016) of mor- cluding morphological inflection tables. It phological reinflection received 11 systems which is a good resource for automatically learn- used various approaches such as conditional ran- ing rule-based analysis of the inflectional dom fields (CRF), RNNs, and other linguistics- morphology of a language. This paper per- inspired heuristics. Among all the methods, one forms an extensive evaluation of a method standard technology is to use finite-state transduc- to extract generalized paradigms from ers, which are more interpretable and manually morphological inflection tables, which can modifiable, and thus more easily incorporated into be converted to weighted and unweighted and made to assist linguists’ work. Hulden (2014) finite transducers for morphological pars- presents a method to generalize inflection tables ing and generation. The inflection tables into paradigms with finite state implementations of 55 languages from the English edition and Forsberg and Hulden (2016) subsequently in- of Wiktionary are converted to such gen- troduce how to transform morphological inflection eral paradigms, and the performance of tables into both unweighted and weighted finite the probabilistic parsers based on these transducers and apply the transducers to parsing paradigms are tested. and generation, the result of which is very promis- ing, especially for facilitating and assisting lin- 1 Introduction guists’ work in addition to applications to mor- phological parsing and generation for downstream Morphological inflection is used in many lan- NLP tasks.