LINGUIST List 11.1423

Tue Jun 27 2000

Sum: Linguistics and Cultural Reconstruction

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  • Ronald Cosper, Linguistics and Cultural Reconstruction

    Message 1: Linguistics and Cultural Reconstruction

     Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 16:18:50 -0300
    From: Ronald Cosper <Ronald.CosperSTMARYS.CA>
    Subject: Linguistics and Cultural Reconstruction


    For Query: Linguist 10.1896

    In December I sent out the following query:

    "An excellent student of ours is interested in pursuing graduate studies in linguistics, and is especially interested in the topic of linguistic and cultural reconstruction. (Her undergraduate subjects are anthropology and linguistics.) Are there still graduate programs in linguistics which have a historical/comparative focus, at least as an option? A related question would be: in some institutions is there a relatively close relationship between linguists and anthropologists?"

    Subscribers to the Linguist List might be interested in the summary of answers received.

    Below is a list of institutions mentioned (largely in the United States and Canada) which place an emphasis on historical or comparative linguistics and/or where cooperation with anthropologists was remarked on. (Several of these institutions were mentioned by more than one replier.)

    INSTITUTIONS WITH EMPHASES ON HISTORICAL/COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS: University of Arizona (Tucson) Australian National University at Canberra Brandeis University of California at Berkeley University of California at Los Angeles University of Canterbury, New Zealand University of Chicago University of Georgia Harvard University of Hawai'i (Manoa) University of Illinois Memorial University of Newfoundland University of Michigan Ohio State University Oxford University University of Pennsylvania Research School of Pacific Studies (Canberra, Australia) Rice University University of South Carolina University of Texas at Austin

    Thanks are given to the list of scholars below who made the suggestions in the above list:

    Mike Cahill Lyle Campbell Stan Dubinsky Neil Fulton Louanna Furbee Hans Henrich Hock John Mackin Marguerite MacKenzie Miriam Meyerhoff France Mugler Bill Palmer Tim Pulju Mary Shapiro Sarah Thomason

    Dr. Ronald Cosper Telephone 902-420-5874 Coordinator of Linguistics 902-429-5871 Saint Mary's University FAX 902-420-5121

    Halifax, Nova Scotia E-mail Ronald.Cosperstmarys.ca Canada, B3H 3C3