Posting comments here hasn’t worked for several weeks, but I’ve finally fixed the problem. My apologies.
You may have noticed that the site has a new name and URL. I am feeling more confident in my research, having nearly completed my M.A. and thinking ahead to my application for doctoral studies, so I think the site deserves a new look. I also want to write in a more serious manner than [...]
None of the Russian consulates in Central Asia will give visas to non-residents anymore, so I was forced to fly back to Helsinki from Almaty instead of returning overland through places of linguistic interest. I intend on staying here for the next six weeks in order to do some more research on how to properly [...]
Now that I have one year remaining in my master’s studies, the time has come to choose a subject for thesis. Here is the proposal as approved by the department today. For my master’s thesis, I would like to systematically describe the inventory of verbs of motion in Mari. Learners of Mari are confronted with [...]
I am busier than ever, but unfortunately my current activities don’t make for very interesting blogging. After reaching proficiency in Mari, I’ve had to go and start from scratch with Chuvash, and I can’t seem to write any entertaining posts from the very elementary level I am currently at. My theoretical reading has dropped because [...]
As readers must surely have noticed, this weblog went on a long hiatus back in January. In the spring semester, I was focused so much on learning Mari that most of my other activities came to a standstill. That concentration paid off, as after just six months I was able to fairly comfortably converse in [...]
It was a rather disappointing winter vacation (though it was nice to be back in Cluj, which really feels like home now), but now I’m back to blogging and preparing to return to my studies. Looking ahead to the spring semester, I hope to finally get started on actual degree-related coursework and understand and actively [...]
I will be in Mari El for the next several days. Updates will be infrequent, but perhaps more interesting than usual, and I’ll try to use the Internet every day to post new material I’ve already prepared for this weblog.
Now that I finally have a library card, and now that lectures have finally begun, I can begin posting again. I’ve got lots of great material on the way, real stuff people actually would like to read, so I hope my meagre audience remains and maybe even new readers will come. My courses this semesters [...]
I’ve been keeping away from blogging for a while now, as while waiting for the results of the graduate school admissions process, I figured I should start exploring other hobbies I might take up should I disastrously find no future in linguistics. However, I have been accepted to University of Helsinki where this Fall I [...]