BREV TIL: Louis Hjelmslev FRA: Thomas Albert Sebeok (1947-10-07)

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7 October 1947

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Professor Louis Hjelmslev Ordruphjzfjvej 40 Charlottenlund, Denmark Dear Professor Hjelmslev: I should like to thank you personally, and through you the members of the Cercle Linguistique, for the wonderful reception I had in Denmark« I made many friends, I think, and hope my visit will lead to concrete exchanges of ideas as well as personnel, between our respective countries«

Our TJralie got off to whelmed by this year*

program, with a fine start, the enormous student

Collinder as visiting professor, though I must say we are a bit over- demand for linguistics here

$ext summer I plan to return £0 Europe, specifically to Hungary, though I should like'to pass through Denmark again if possible, since the linguistic atmosphere is so stimulating there.

By the way, Hakulinen wrote to me about your visit to Pinland, and I am very curious to get your impressions* Did you hanpen to meet Lauri Posti? We are considering inviting him here for 1948-49* How did Finnish linguistics strike you? ' ! i Could you please do me a favor: please send me the private address of Professor Gr^nbech, which I seem to have mislaid somehow after I had the Turkish book sent to him by the pub- lisher* I should like to writs to him too.

Lotz has arrived quite soon.

in New York, and is due for a visit here

\ Please give mes hommages to Mrs* • my Danish friends. With the belst

Hjelmslev, my greetings to personal wishes, Sj_nee re ly y our fe J V A >—i Thomas A* Sebeok

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