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Degrees
Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Michigan (1968)
M.A. in Linguistics, University of Michigan (1959)
B.A. summa cum laude, Columbia International University (1951)
Current positions
Senior Editor, Academic Affairs, SIL International (1999- )
Co-editor, SIL International and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics (1999- )
Co-editor, SIL International Publications in Translation and Textlinguistics (2004- )
Other experience
Consulted with SIL field linguists and edited manuscripts in nine countries. Included other field linguists
(1969- ).
Co-organized symposia on Native Languages of South America, and on Arawakan Linguistics, 46th/47th/48th/ International Congresses of Americanists (1988,1991,1994)
Taught courses on Amazonian Linguistics at the Pontifícia Universidad Católica, Lima (1979,1986,1990) and workshops in grammatical analysis, SIL, University of Oklahoma, (1964,1966, 1968, 1973) at Porto Velho, Brazil (1969), and at Yarinacocha, Peru (1974)
Served on the Comisión de Política Nacional de Educación Bilingüe and the Comisión de Preparación del Plan de Trabajo para el Programa Experimental de Profesionalización de Docentes Bilingües de la Selva, Lima (1983)
International Linguistics Consultant of SIL International (1976-2000)
Coordinator of Ethnolinguistics Studies Department, SIL Peru (1970-1972; 1978-1997)
Editor, SIL Peru (1968-1999)
Field work on the Amuesha (Yanesha') language (1953-1964; 1969-1970), and on Nomatsiguenga (1966-1967)
Memberships
Linguistic Society of America (LSA)(1964- )
Asociación de Lingüística y Filología de la América Latina (ALFAL) (1977- )
Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA) (1986- )
Linguistic Association of the Southwest (LASSO)(2000- )
Language proficiency
English (Native speaker)
Spanish FSI Level 3
Amuesha (Yanesha') (spoken in Peru) Level 3
Nomatsiguenga (spoken in Peru) Level 1
Research interests
Arawakan comparative studies
Linguistic typology
Text analysis
Selected publications
Publications in SIL International Bibliography. | 