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Degrees
LHD, Humane Letters, Houghton College (1993)
MA, Linguistics, Univ. of North Dakota (1966)
BA, English & Classics, Houghton College (1960)
Current positions
President, SIL International (1999)
Other related experience
SIL Board (10 years)
Co-director, Mainland SE Asia (1996 2000)
Linguistic Consultant, Mahidol Univ. (1996-2000)
Teacher, Social Dialectology, Mahidol Univ. (1995-1996)
Sociolinguistics Consultant, MSEA Group (1992-1996)
Language project Natl. Research Council of Thailand, Mon Khmer Languages of Northeast Thailand (1992-1994)
Asst. Coordinator, Technical Studies, Thailand Group (1992-1994)
Consultant to Kadazan Cultural Assoc. for Kadazan-Malay-English Dictionary (1988-1990)
Applied Ling. Comm. Chairman, Malaysia Branch (1987-1991)
Coordinator, Technical Studies, Malaysia Branch (1986-1988)
Ling. Comm. Chairman, Malaysia Branch (1979-1986)
Language Survey & Kadazan language project, Malaysia (1978-1991)
Teacher, linguistics, Houghton College (1976, 1982)
Bru language project, Vietnam (1961-1975)
Research interests
Ethnolinguistic vitality
Language maintenance & shift
Selected publications
Publications in SIL International Bibliography
1996. "Application of typologies for language maintenance and loss to Southeast Asian linguistic minorities: the case of the Bru-So and Kadazan-Dusun language continua," Pan-Asiatics Lnguistics: Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Languages and Linguistics, January 8-10, 1996. Volume V.
1994. Perceptions of ethnolinguistic identity, language shift and language use in Mon-Khmer language communities of Northeast Thailand. Mon-Khmer Studies 23.83-101.
1993. Kadazan/Dusun phonology revisited. Sabah Museum Monograph Vol. 4.
1989. Problems and possibilities in language standardisation: the case for the Kadazan/Dusun language. Berita IDS Development Review 4:2.8-13.
1987. Assessing levels of complexity in Kadazan texts. Word 1:138.27-45.
1976. Structural ambiguity in the Vietnamese relative clause. Mon-Khmer Studies 5.233-67. | 