BREV TIL: Francis James Whitfield FRA: Louis Hjelmslev (1961-01-18)

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Professor Francis J. Whitfield Berkeley 4, California, U.S.A. Dear Frank,

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the IS of January 1961

^ IT “* 10re,,,OSt 1 ^ * ««* you and Celine for your ■„ I ^ hoopitolity and for everything you did for no during ny stoy in r°olZ n°° fail t0 d° thiS b9f0re d***rtur» to Texas which is . 7° P ;C° in a fQW da^B» Aftør return from California I had a month \ r’ r nUS and th8n ** * l0aVS f°r I:nsland We for about a T? h h6 W 1UCk * 1)0 “ * • -tor bike in Straabourg of Jf. 7°”/ len' “d after sy return homo I had a now attuok u ”1 h lever* 1 h“ve recovered now to some extent, but thlo in the h7?tm r taV6 "* ^ hKm! *" “• Slnce 1 ”ot <» tack in Copen- nr-t o77 7 °f >hr0h 1 VMT ttøt 1 0USht t0 «*“• »- Jr . 5"U VOry “Ch indeed f0r «» “Biendld tine I panned in Berko- Z\l2i 60 y°U ■* t0 CeU- « «u « to Damon for all o you were talcing to make everything comfortable for me and to make a w7 ^ 7 * 3erkSlSy Uh±Ch’ to“ta *° *“ hospitality, I extended for nay - d T th“ WnS f0reS6en- 1 ™“U n°“ the deyn at Stanford „niver- itirtitiTii:: rtru ~to * ^ »—-—-- given the opportunity of te7-ITT " T °°,,8r0#8' * V"7 * * enioved , ,Uoor on that occasion, but I must say that I enjoyed JSJK paper very much and that I admired it T i + „ .. ttV aamxrect it, I think it was a verv mod contribution, considering that two . , " J American manifestation,^ think tl: * “ “ iBSSSMSiaStf congress and not only nn 9 n'" tLut you will understand what I mean. and the goodTi^^ ^ ">°nd'Jri'Xl daye at Berkel°y» and besides the social events and tho :,ood U*. we were spending together 1 appreciated very highly our coll-bo- muon on the eoeond edition of my ^ ^ I may thank you now for the letters and copies you have been sending me on that subject. I should like to toll you some foots that might intoreet you.

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As I told you in Berkeley I came to see the photocopy of the Prolegomena to a Theory of. Language during a short visit to my office in Copenhagen by Mr, lyman, and of course it was entirely ray fault that at the time I did not pay much attention to this. Later X met Mr, -jyman again in London and in Copen- hagen, and he was kind enough to lend me a copy of this microfilm production which I have now given back to him. Please find enc osed a copy of the title on cover and what is inside on the half title. The rest of it/just a photo- grafic reproduction of the text of the first edition. Please find enclosed also two items which have been given to me by Mr. Lyman, a letter of Mr, Voogelin of March the 21s^ and an acknowledgement of order of the Li*'*1 of April, i960. This may throw some light upon the letter from Sebeok of October the 27 , i960, where he writess" I finally got to see Whitfield a few days ago, and we spoke about your book. He told me about the "pirated" edition, which 1 have not, myself, ever seen* no one seems to know who is responsable for the edition which you saw. On the other hand, £rank says that arrangements are being completed for annauthorized" version with a reputable publisher — but he will have written to you about the details," Perhaps the idea would be that we both order & copy of this "pirated" edition* I am going to do so, not for myself, but for my institute, and you may do the same thing if y u think so, but I just may point out to you that your note to Mt, Thompson Webb, Jr., Wisconsin, of wctober the 20^, I960, seems absolutely without real foundation, Without any regard tfi this, I shall be very happy if the rolo .oroena to L^nguagg, second edition or reprint, be issued by the University of Wisconsin tress or by any other editors you would like to suggest, I do not really see that the so-called "pirated" edition has anything to do with thiaj I as an author, and you as a translator of the book have not been in- formed about tids photocopy, and the idea would be to ct as if it did not exist; anyhow.since you and I have not authorized it and, according to Sebeok's letter, it has not been authorized by the Indiana Authorities, J do not see, as it is indicated on the half title of the photografic reproduction, that it should be an authorized leprint of the original edition. Kind regards from us both to Cellna and Damon and yourself, and looking forward to seeing you in Copenhagen next year much love, yours as over, v iUUK ' Louis Hjelmalev