Uddrag fra BREV TIL: Roman Jakobson FRA: Louis Hjelmslev (1946-01-02)

Professor dr. Roman Jakobson, Columbia University, 3Dopt. of Comparative Linguistics, jJew iTork 27, H.Y. Dear Roman, Thank you for you letter of 15 Decbr,, which reached me on Rew Year’s Eve. The fact is tnat your first letter did reach me all right, and that 1 wrote an air mail letter to you on Septem- ber 26. 1 am sorry to learn that the letter has been lost. I shall soon be sending you the publications 1 have reserved for you; my cnief publications during the war period have been a paper 'Langue et parole* m the Cahiers Saussure II, and a I&nish version of my Prolegomena to Glossematics (title: ’Omkring sprog- teoriens grundlæggelse1, in Pestskrift of our University Rovbr. 45); a Preneh version is forthcoming, Uldall and his wife were here In September and October; they have spent roost of their time in Baghdad during the war. They are in London by now, and they are probably leaving in a fortnight for Buenos Aires, where (Jldall is taking over a job for the British Qoujipil^or some years. I am not very fond of this new separation/'æÆS' v*a£i-iitatour oolhar borntion. We had not very much time left in Copenhagen to compare notes, but fortunately we found that we had been working on the same lines, so that our common work can go on regularly, although with a very considerable delay. We hope the *Outiine of Glossoma- tics’ can be published in the year to come. The tlldall's asked me to give their love to you both, which 1 actually did in ray last letter, whicn was written during their stay here (by the way, I am going to ask Uldall if that letter of mine to you is still in his pocket; ha might have promised to post it for me, and he was ex- tremely busy alljthe time seeing his family and digging cut things he had left here in a great njtrry in various places at the outbreak of the war). I have given notice about your first letter in a meeting of our Linguistic Circle, and I can give you the greetings of several of cur members. We have been glad to be informed about your Lin- guistie Circle and about ’Word’. We are very grateful for the in- vitation to collaborate, and we shall certainly not fail to do so. As.-for me, I do not know when I can send you anything of the kind, I have been extremely busy this autumn. Saareste from nsthonia is working in Copeuiliagen for some time and has been living wi uh us, anci of course Ulclall’s visit meant that I had to put off many of m.v d&tflies; furthermore X have been a member of tne jury lor the