Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1974 (2. évfolyam, 3-5. szám)
1974 / 3. szám
THE HUNGARIAN-ENGLISH CONTRASTIVE LINGUISTIC PROJECT The Hungarian-English Contrastive Linguistic Project aims at the systematic large-scale investigation of differences and similarities between the Hungarian and English languages with implications for the acquisition of English by Hungarians and the acquisition of Hungarian by speakers of English. To promote its objectives, the Project publishes a series of Working Papers, which disseminate the results of research, theoretical studies, progress reports, sample pedagogical materials and other materials relevant. The Project is jointly administered by the Linguistics Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Center for Applied Linguistics of Washington, D.C., and enjoys the joint sponsorship of the Ford Foundation and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Editors are Dr. László Dezső'and Dr. William Nemser; consulting editor is Dr. Lajos Tamás. Communications should be addressed to Dr. László Dezső' The Hungarian-English Contrastive Linguistic Project, Linguistics Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, V., Szalay-utca 10, Hungary. The first issue of the Working Papers contains two papers by John Lotz: ‘‘Contrastive Study of the Morphonemics of Obstruent Clusters in English and Hungarian” and ‘‘Comparison of the Glides (Semivowels) in English and Hungarian." The second issue contains John Lotz’ essay on ‘‘Script, Grammar and the Hungarian Writing System." It discusses script in the framework of grammatical theory, the Hungarian script, the conversion of script to speech as applied to Hungarian, and the Imperative in Hungarian. The third issue of the Working Papers was authored by William Nemser writing on "Contrastive Research on Hungarian and English in the United States.” It concerns itself with studies written by András Bálint, John Lotz, Paul H. Madarasz, William Nemser, and Robert Orosz. McMASTER UNIVERSITY Scientific and cultural relations between scholars at universities and institutes in Hungary and Canada are being developed through a cooperative exchange program of scholarships and fellowships for faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students. The program has been established jointly by the Hungarian Institute of Cultural Relations and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. Study trips and short reciprocal visits by scholars and scientists are part of the program. McMaster may invite senior scholars from Hungary as visiting professors to teach in place of McMaster professors on leave. The Hungarian institute offers assistance for holding McMaster graduate summer seminars in Hungary, and both bodies areexploring the possibilities of initiating common research activities. Six scholarships for up to 10 months each have been offered by the Hungarian institute. These are to be granted preferably but not exclusively in science. McMaster will provide a oneyear appointment for a Hungarian postdoctoral fellow in the natural sciences and in mathematics, and graduate assistance for up to two Hungarians qualified for graduate work in the social sciences or natural sciences. SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION (Continued from page 4) A committee has been established to advise McMaster President A.N. Bourns on the program’s progress under Dr. S.J. Frankel, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, and Professor of Political Science. The members are: Dr. R.E. Blumstock, Sociology and Anthropology; Dr. J.A. Cameron, Physics; Dr. A.Z. Szendrovits, Business; and Dr. E. Vayda, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. I.D.R.C. The International Development Research Center at Indiana University (1005 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47401) has an East European Program under the directorship of Dr. Paul Marer. The Program focuses on economic characteristics of East European countries including the USSR. The stated broad objective is the systematic study of economic development and change since World War II. Through studies of individual countries and of functional and sectoral themes common to the region, the Center’s research program seeks to identify differences and similarities in historical and regional processes of development and adaptation. Thesignificanceofthe findings applies well beyond the region. Countries covered include Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, and Yugoslavia. Sectoral and functional studies cover industrial organization; planning and management; debates and other literature in the region on alternative models of socialist planning; agriculture; and foreign trade. The Center is an institutional base for lectures, seminars, and projects related to the East Europe Program. It has invited and published short studies by guest authors (several from Eastern Europe.) It has sponsored graduate students writing doctoral dissertations, and employed graduate and undergraduate assistants. It exchanges information with leading institutions and scholars in the U.S. and abroad, including Hungary. The Center publishes the journal of the Association for Comparative Economic Studies, The ACES Bulletin, which is devoted primarily to the Soviet and East European area. It also issued two volumes in the Studies in Development series, published by Indiana University Press. Sixteen research reports have been published as part of the series, among them five deal with Hungarian topics exclusively: Alan A. Brown. “Transfer Payments in Hungary with Some East- West Comparison.” February 1972. 32 pages; Alan A. Brown and Douglas O. Walker. “Hungarian Input-Output Tables: Reconstruction and Price Adjustment.” March 1973, 85 pages; David Granick. “The Hungarian Economic Reform," February 1972, 23 pages. Adam Marton, “Price Developments in Hungary’s Foreign Trace, 1949-1970." January 1972, 83 pages; Douglas O. Walker. “Socialist Price Formation Models and the Hungarian Economy.” Forthcoming. During 1969-1972, the Center created a Soviet and East European Foreign Trade Data Bank, which is the most comprehensive Western collection of East Europe’s trade data, whose preanalytical format is designed to facilitate detailed intra-regional,inter-regional, and international comparisons. The collection contains about one million entries, including fugitive items not available in standard Western sources. An important feature of the data analysis system is (Continued on page 6) HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER, NO. 3, 1974 5
