This is the linguistics weblog of Christopher Culver, who graduated with a B.A. Classics from Loyola University Chicago and is currently doing an M.A. in Finno-Ugrian linguistics at the University of Helsinki.

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A year ago I managed a weblog called Nephelokokkygia, charting my interest in comparative Indo-European linguistics. I later took it down, feeling that I would be speaking too authoritatively for an undergraduate student, and frequently finding I had little to write about. Immediately afterward, however, my studies began to give me much more to think about, and I decided to see training in comparative Indo-European linguistics as a stepping-stone to comparative Uralic linguistics. Encouraged by some acquaintances, I have decided to set up a new blog. Безѹмниѥ (Old Church Slavonic for ‘Ignorance’ but the root of the Russian word for ‘Insanity’) will serve as a record of my progress as I have gotten way over my head in a field bent on maddening and impoverishing me. I hope that my remarks here are useful and interesting to other students, and I look forward to receiving corrections and recommendations by people smart enough to know.

3 Responses to “Welcome”

  1. language hat Says:

    Welcome back! I’m very much looking forward to following along as you make your way through the thickets of a linguistic education, and I’ll be eagerly awaiting your thoughts about comparative Uralic!

  2. Claire Says:

    Welcome back!

  3. jim Says:

    It’s great to see you back blogging!

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