Tom Priestly
Biographic Data
| ID | 1100433 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tom Priestly |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tom |
| FAMILY NAME | Priestly |
| SIGNATURE | PRIESTLY T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Appendix I
Appendix II
Why I Translate, and Especially Why I Translate Poetry
What We Are, When We Are
"Working within a postmodern style, this rhythmic and melodious bilingual collection of poems originally written in Slovenian by Cvetka Lipus and translated here by Tom Priestly, blends the real with the surreal, dull urban lives with dreams. Lipus , known for the lexical beauty of her work, dwells on topics of time and space which she handles in an almost revolving, irreverent manner. Priestly captures the maze-like characteristic of her verse a…
Telling Tales out of School
This paper treats methodological issues involved in assessing linguistic competence in the field, specifically in bilingual fieldwork situations. First, the various means of assessment of linguistic competence that have been described and/or used are listed and commented on. Then the authors explain the choice of assessment methods for fieldwork in the Slovene minority region of Austria: among other fieldwork tests, self-assessments of two differ…
Maintenance of Slovene in Carinthia (Austria)
Fieldwork in the Slovene-minority area of Austrian Carinthia is described. Over two hundred informants were interviewed. Three kinds of techniques were used: informants (1) reported on their patterns of language use; (2) responded to cues that test attitudes; and (3) were tested for their competence in Slovene and German. From the extensive results of statistical analysis, three sets are selected from the attitudinal data which bear on prospects …
France Preseren
Linguistic propaganda against perceived irredentism
Majority propaganda directed against (real or imaginary) secessionist and irredentist aspirations on the part of minorities may, under certain conditions, be directed at the language variety spoken by those minorities. The typical condition for this to obtain is where the minority (a) is geographically contiguous to a neighboring state and (b) speaks a language variety which is more closely related to that of the majority in the contiguous state …
The Position of the Slovenes in Austria
The Slovene-speaking minority in Austria—when compared with many other linguistic minorities in Europe—is in an enviable position. Superficially, its minority rights are both constitutionally guaranteed and, for the most part, legally enforced; in the province of Carinthia/Kärnten/Koroška (the home of nearly all the minority; see Map 1) bilingual education is available in many communities at the primary level, and there is a thriving bilingual se…
Koroščina, Kajkavica and Kaszëbskå Gådka
(1997). Koroščina, Kajkavica and Kaszëbskå Gådka: The Sociolinguistics of ‘Dialect’ Literature in Minority Language Areas. Canadian Slavonic Papers: Vol. 39, Canadian Contributions to the XII International Congress of Slavists, Kraków, 1998, pp. 361-383
On the development of the Windischentheorie
An important factor in the history ofthe minority in the Austrian province ofCarinthia is whatis known as the Windischentheorie. This was developed on the basis of long-held popular belief s between the war s and promulgated by those with faselst sympathies; it was a potent Instrument in the Germanization ofthe bilingual part of the province. The canonical version of the theory holds that the language of the Carinthian Slovenes was quite differen…
Denial of Ethnic Identity
A significant factor in the history-and one of the bones of contention in the historiography-of the Slovene minority in the Austrian province of Carinthia is what is known as theWindischentheorie.This pseudoacademic "theory" was developed, on the basis of popular beliefs, during the interwar years and promulgated by those with fascist, later Nazi, sympathies and was an apparently very effective weapon in the Germanization process. The Windischent…
Effects of educational and social mobility on language maintenance, language attitudes and language structure
Sele, a village in the Slovene‐speaking minority area of Austria, exemplifies the effects of twentieth‐century mobility on village life and on (socio‐)linguistic structures. In the 1920s it was extremely isolated; in the 1990s it is included in the normal life of central Europe. This paper examines the life styles of the inhabitants of Sele in these two decades, with statistics to demonstrate the enormous changes in work and in marriage patterns,…
Problems in the Creation of an Orthography
Tom M.S. Priestly, Problems in the Creation of an Orthography: Functional Load, Interference, and Political Preferences, The Slavic and East European Journal, Vol. 36, No. 3 (Autumn, 1992), pp. 302-316
Briefly Noted
Accelerated Grammatical Change in Carinthian Slovene
a number of ways. Extralinguistically, there are the three usual 'planes' of variation: (1) spatial ('dialectal') variation one of the first things the visiting linguist is told is that puwsoad u Sealax marwaj darhao (people talk differently everywhere in Sele); (2) chronological variation the different generations speak in obviously different ways; and (3) stylistic variation speech varies according to subject matter, according to all kinds of c…
Slovene Protestants in Carinthia
Slovene and German in Contact
AbstractDepuis que Uriel Weinreich, dans son livre Languages in Contact, a écrit que “l’on n’a guère touché l’intégration strictement lexicale des mots d’emprunts [dans les systèmes structuraux des langues en contact],” on a assez peu accompli à ce sujet. L’intégration implique nécessairement une analyse structurale; en ce qui concerne le lexique, on peut avantageusement aborder l’analyse en considérant un choix de champs sémantiques.Quatre langu…
The first Russian translation of Saussure's Cours
A Systematic Approach to Russian Obscene Language
Homonymy in child phonology
The ‘fis phenomenon’ and similar anecdotal evidence, which appears to give insight into child phonology, and also certain experiments designed to reveal the nature of homonymy in child language, are discussed with reference to an approach which distinguishes between eight different types of possible phonetic episode. It is concluded that the anecdotes and experiments are less instructive than is often supposed
Affective Sound-Change in Early Slavic
One idiosyncratic strategy in the acquisition of phonology
Data are presented which reflect a particular strategy used by a boy from 1; 10 to 2; 2 to manage certain polysyllabic words. Analysis shows that substitution – although probably an impetus for this strategy – was not involved in most or even all of the strategic processes themselves. An interpretation is made in terms of ‘underlying forms’ (Ingram 1970); details of the strategy and its component sub-strategies (‘ruses’) are presented
The History of Linguistics in Russia
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A Note on the Glottal Stop
In this paper, the frequently noted variation between glottal stops and laryngealization is explored. Possible factors involved in this variation are discussed. The analysis of spectrographic data from the Carinthian Slovene dialect of Sele Fara, where the glottal stop has distinctive function, suggests that speech tempo and perhaps also sentence rhythm may be involved.
Denial of Ethnic Identity
A significant factor in the history-and one of the bones of contention in the historiography-of the Slovene minority in the Austrian province of Carinthia is what is known as theWindischentheorie.This pseudoacademic "theory" was developed, on the basis of popular beliefs, during the interwar years and promulgated by those with fascist, later Nazi, sympathies and was an apparently very effective weapon in the Germanization process. The Windischent…
Accelerated Grammatical Change in Carinthian Slovene
a number of ways. Extralinguistically, there are the three usual 'planes' of variation: (1) spatial ('dialectal') variation one of the first things the visiting linguist is told is that puwsoad u Sealax marwaj darhao (people talk differently everywhere in Sele); (2) chronological variation the different generations speak in obviously different ways; and (3) stylistic variation speech varies according to subject matter, according to all kinds of c…
Schleicher, Čelakovský, and the Family-Tree Diagram
The first family-tree diagram in August Schleicher's (1821-68) published work appeared in 1853, seven years after his first printed discussion of the family-tree concept. In 1853 there also appearedČteni o srovnavaci mluvnici slovanskéby the Czech scholar František Ladislav Čelakovský (1799-1852); this book also contained a family-tree diagram. Since Čelakovský and Schleicher were contemporaries in Prague for over two years, their interrelationsh…
Telling Tales out of School
This paper treats methodological issues involved in assessing linguistic competence in the field, specifically in bilingual fieldwork situations. First, the various means of assessment of linguistic competence that have been described and/or used are listed and commented on. Then the authors explain the choice of assessment methods for fieldwork in the Slovene minority region of Austria: among other fieldwork tests, self-assessments of two differ…
On the development of the Windischentheorie
An important factor in the history ofthe minority in the Austrian province ofCarinthia is whatis known as the Windischentheorie. This was developed on the basis of long-held popular belief s between the war s and promulgated by those with faselst sympathies; it was a potent Instrument in the Germanization ofthe bilingual part of the province. The canonical version of the theory holds that the language of the Carinthian Slovenes was quite differen…
Effects of educational and social mobility on language maintenance, language attitudes and language structure
Sele, a village in the Slovene‐speaking minority area of Austria, exemplifies the effects of twentieth‐century mobility on village life and on (socio‐)linguistic structures. In the 1920s it was extremely isolated; in the 1990s it is included in the normal life of central Europe. This paper examines the life styles of the inhabitants of Sele in these two decades, with statistics to demonstrate the enormous changes in work and in marriage patterns,…
The Position of the Slovenes in Austria
The Slovene-speaking minority in Austria—when compared with many other linguistic minorities in Europe—is in an enviable position. Superficially, its minority rights are both constitutionally guaranteed and, for the most part, legally enforced; in the province of Carinthia/Kärnten/Koroška (the home of nearly all the minority; see Map 1) bilingual education is available in many communities at the primary level, and there is a thriving bilingual se…
Slovene and German in Contact
AbstractDepuis que Uriel Weinreich, dans son livre Languages in Contact, a écrit que “l’on n’a guère touché l’intégration strictement lexicale des mots d’emprunts [dans les systèmes structuraux des langues en contact],” on a assez peu accompli à ce sujet. L’intégration implique nécessairement une analyse structurale; en ce qui concerne le lexique, on peut avantageusement aborder l’analyse en considérant un choix de champs sémantiques.Quatre langu…
Affective Sound-Change in Early Slavic
Maintenance of Slovene in Carinthia (Austria)
Fieldwork in the Slovene-minority area of Austrian Carinthia is described. Over two hundred informants were interviewed. Three kinds of techniques were used: informants (1) reported on their patterns of language use; (2) responded to cues that test attitudes; and (3) were tested for their competence in Slovene and German. From the extensive results of statistical analysis, three sets are selected from the attitudinal data which bear on prospects …
The History of Linguistics in Russia
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Revised ButNotReformed
Russian Intonation
Schleicher, Čelakovský, and the Family-Tree Diagram
The first family-tree diagram in August Schleicher's (1821-68) published work appeared in 1853, seven years after his first printed discussion of the family-tree concept. In 1853 there also appearedČteni o srovnavaci mluvnici slovanskéby the Czech scholar František Ladislav Čelakovský (1799-1852); this book also contained a family-tree diagram. Since Čelakovský and Schleicher were contemporaries in Prague for over two years, their interrelationsh…
A Note on the Glottal Stop
In this paper, the frequently noted variation between glottal stops and laryngealization is explored. Possible factors involved in this variation are discussed. The analysis of spectrographic data from the Carinthian Slovene dialect of Sele Fara, where the glottal stop has distinctive function, suggests that speech tempo and perhaps also sentence rhythm may be involved.
One idiosyncratic strategy in the acquisition of phonology
Data are presented which reflect a particular strategy used by a boy from 1; 10 to 2; 2 to manage certain polysyllabic words. Analysis shows that substitution – although probably an impetus for this strategy – was not involved in most or even all of the strategic processes themselves. An interpretation is made in terms of ‘underlying forms’ (Ingram 1970); details of the strategy and its component sub-strategies (‘ruses’) are presented
The History of Linguistics in Russia
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Affective Sound-Change in Early Slavic
Homonymy in child phonology
The ‘fis phenomenon’ and similar anecdotal evidence, which appears to give insight into child phonology, and also certain experiments designed to reveal the nature of homonymy in child language, are discussed with reference to an approach which distinguishes between eight different types of possible phonetic episode. It is concluded that the anecdotes and experiments are less instructive than is often supposed
A Systematic Approach to Russian Obscene Language
Slovene and German in Contact
AbstractDepuis que Uriel Weinreich, dans son livre Languages in Contact, a écrit que “l’on n’a guère touché l’intégration strictement lexicale des mots d’emprunts [dans les systèmes structuraux des langues en contact],” on a assez peu accompli à ce sujet. L’intégration implique nécessairement une analyse structurale; en ce qui concerne le lexique, on peut avantageusement aborder l’analyse en considérant un choix de champs sémantiques.Quatre langu…
The first Russian translation of Saussure's Cours
Slovene Protestants in Carinthia
Accelerated Grammatical Change in Carinthian Slovene
a number of ways. Extralinguistically, there are the three usual 'planes' of variation: (1) spatial ('dialectal') variation one of the first things the visiting linguist is told is that puwsoad u Sealax marwaj darhao (people talk differently everywhere in Sele); (2) chronological variation the different generations speak in obviously different ways; and (3) stylistic variation speech varies according to subject matter, according to all kinds of c…
Briefly Noted
Problems in the Creation of an Orthography
Tom M.S. Priestly, Problems in the Creation of an Orthography: Functional Load, Interference, and Political Preferences, The Slavic and East European Journal, Vol. 36, No. 3 (Autumn, 1992), pp. 302-316
Effects of educational and social mobility on language maintenance, language attitudes and language structure
Sele, a village in the Slovene‐speaking minority area of Austria, exemplifies the effects of twentieth‐century mobility on village life and on (socio‐)linguistic structures. In the 1920s it was extremely isolated; in the 1990s it is included in the normal life of central Europe. This paper examines the life styles of the inhabitants of Sele in these two decades, with statistics to demonstrate the enormous changes in work and in marriage patterns,…
Denial of Ethnic Identity
A significant factor in the history-and one of the bones of contention in the historiography-of the Slovene minority in the Austrian province of Carinthia is what is known as theWindischentheorie.This pseudoacademic "theory" was developed, on the basis of popular beliefs, during the interwar years and promulgated by those with fascist, later Nazi, sympathies and was an apparently very effective weapon in the Germanization process. The Windischent…
Koroščina, Kajkavica and Kaszëbskå Gådka
(1997). Koroščina, Kajkavica and Kaszëbskå Gådka: The Sociolinguistics of ‘Dialect’ Literature in Minority Language Areas. Canadian Slavonic Papers: Vol. 39, Canadian Contributions to the XII International Congress of Slavists, Kraków, 1998, pp. 361-383
On the development of the Windischentheorie
An important factor in the history ofthe minority in the Austrian province ofCarinthia is whatis known as the Windischentheorie. This was developed on the basis of long-held popular belief s between the war s and promulgated by those with faselst sympathies; it was a potent Instrument in the Germanization ofthe bilingual part of the province. The canonical version of the theory holds that the language of the Carinthian Slovenes was quite differen…
Linguistic propaganda against perceived irredentism
Majority propaganda directed against (real or imaginary) secessionist and irredentist aspirations on the part of minorities may, under certain conditions, be directed at the language variety spoken by those minorities. The typical condition for this to obtain is where the minority (a) is geographically contiguous to a neighboring state and (b) speaks a language variety which is more closely related to that of the majority in the contiguous state …
The Position of the Slovenes in Austria
The Slovene-speaking minority in Austria—when compared with many other linguistic minorities in Europe—is in an enviable position. Superficially, its minority rights are both constitutionally guaranteed and, for the most part, legally enforced; in the province of Carinthia/Kärnten/Koroška (the home of nearly all the minority; see Map 1) bilingual education is available in many communities at the primary level, and there is a thriving bilingual se…
France Preseren
Maintenance of Slovene in Carinthia (Austria)
Fieldwork in the Slovene-minority area of Austrian Carinthia is described. Over two hundred informants were interviewed. Three kinds of techniques were used: informants (1) reported on their patterns of language use; (2) responded to cues that test attitudes; and (3) were tested for their competence in Slovene and German. From the extensive results of statistical analysis, three sets are selected from the attitudinal data which bear on prospects …
Telling Tales out of School
This paper treats methodological issues involved in assessing linguistic competence in the field, specifically in bilingual fieldwork situations. First, the various means of assessment of linguistic competence that have been described and/or used are listed and commented on. Then the authors explain the choice of assessment methods for fieldwork in the Slovene minority region of Austria: among other fieldwork tests, self-assessments of two differ…
What We Are, When We Are
"Working within a postmodern style, this rhythmic and melodious bilingual collection of poems originally written in Slovenian by Cvetka Lipus and translated here by Tom Priestly, blends the real with the surreal, dull urban lives with dreams. Lipus , known for the lexical beauty of her work, dwells on topics of time and space which she handles in an almost revolving, irreverent manner. Priestly captures the maze-like characteristic of her verse a…
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