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Kahane, the Late Founder of the Department of Linguistics St the Meant for a Specific Project, Including: an Introduction (Henry DOCUMENT RESUME ED 366 200 FL 021 786 AUTHOR Kachru, Braj B., Ed. TITLE Twenty-Five Years of Linguistic Research and Teaching at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Graduate Research by Doctoral and Master's Degree Students. INSTITUTION Illinois Univ., Urbana. Coll. of Liberal Arts and Sciences. PUB DATE 92 NOTE 290p. AVAILABLE FROM' Department of Linguistics Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801 ($10). PUB TYPE Collected Works Serials (022) JOURNAL CIT Studies in the Linguistic Sciences; v22 n2 spec iss Fall 1992 EDRS PRICE MF01/PC12 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Educational History; Graduate Study, Higher Education; *Language Research; *L1nguistic Theory; *Program Development; *Researchers; *Student Research IDENTIFIERS *Institutional History; *University of Illinois Urbana Champaign ABSTRACT A special issue of the journal, dedicated to Henry B. Kahane, the late founder of the Department of Linguistics st the University of Illinois at Champaign, celebrates the department's first 25 years. It contains three parts. The first consists of specifically commissioned papers originally written in 1973-74 and meant for a specific project, including: an introduction (Henry Kahane, Braj B. Kachru); "Linguistics in the Midwestern Region: Beginnings to 1973" (Kachru); "History of the Department of Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign" (Kahane); "The Europsan Emigree" (Kahane); "Tales ofan Eager then Lonely then Contented Dinosaur" (Charles E. Osgood); "How To Find the Right Tree To Bark Up" (Robert B. Lees); "Three Linguistic Reincarnations of a Kashmiri Pandit" (Kachru); and "A Sense of Perspective" (Charles W. Kisseberth). The second part contains memorial tributes to Henry Kahane. Part 3 consists of abstracts of the dissertations and theses of doctoral and master's degree candidates in the department, including research in progress up to August 1992. These works are also indexed by author, language, region, area of concentration, and advisor. (MSE) *************************..-- ::c*.;,:,A4**A.cA:.**************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** A A A kJ9 A U DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THI Office of Educational Research and Improvement MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) dOcument has been reproduced as Kachak received from the person or organization originating it 0 Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality Points of view Or opinions stated in this docu TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ment do not necessarily represent official OERI Position or policy INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)" vi 4, sr. 4,11. 0 /NW 00 0 1 I I MieT 16111"1 ; 9 STUDIES IN THE LINGUISTIC SCIENCES PUBLICATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN EDITOR: Hans Henrich Hock; REVIEW EDITOR: James H. Yoon EDITORIAL BOARD: Eyamba G. Bokamba, Chin-chuan Cheng, Jennifer S. Cole, Georgia M. Green, Hans Henrich Hock, Braj B. Kachru, Yamuna Kachru, Chin-W. Kim, Charles W. Kisseberth, Howard Mac lay, Jerry L. Morgan, Rajeshwari Pandharipande, James H. Yoon, Ladislav Zgusta, and Alessandro Zucchi. AIM: SLS is intended as a forum for the presentation of the latestoriginal research by the faculty and especially students of the Department of Linguistics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.Invited papers by scholars not as- sociated with the University of Illinois will also be incLided. SPECIAL ISSUES: Since its inception SLS has devoted one issue each year to restricted, specialized topics. A complete list of such special issues is given onthe back cover. BOOKS FOR REVIEW: Review copies of books may be sent to the Editor, Stud:es in the Linguistic Sciences, Department of Linguistics,University of Illinois, 4088 Foreign Languages Building, 707 S. Mathews, Urbana,Illinois 61801. SUBSCRIPTION: Normally, there are two issues per year.Requests for sub- scriptions should be addressed to SLS Subscriptions, Department of Linguistics, University of Illinois, 4088 Foreign Languages Building, 707South Mathews, Urbana, Illinois 61801. UPCOMING ISSUES: Vol. 22:2: Twenty-five years of Linguistic Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Post-graduateresearch by Doctoral and Master's degree students in the Department of Linguistics).Editors: Braj B. Kachru and Frances Vavrus; Vol. 23:1: Papers in GeneralLinguistics. Price for this special issue: $10.00 3 BEST COPY AVAILABLE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF LINGUISTIC RESEARCH AND TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN Graduate Research by Doctoral and Master's Degree Students with Autobiographical Vignettes by Five Founders of the Department EDITOR Braj B. Kachru With the assistance of Amy C. Cheatham and Frances Vavrus Special Issue of STUDIES IN THE LINGUISTIC SCIENCES VOLUME 22, NUMBER 2 FALL .1992 DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA, ILLINOIS 61801 4 CONTENTS Foreword vii Preface xiii Acknowledgements xv Part I: Perspectives onLinguisticsinthe Midwest and at Illinois Introduction: Henry Kahane and Braj B. Kachru 3 Linguistics in the Midwestern Region: Beginnings to 1973: Braj B. Kachru 7 History of the Department of Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Henry Kahane 3 7 The European Emigree: Henry Kahane 3 9 The Tale of an Eager then Lonely then Contented Dinosaur: Charles E. Osgood 42 How to Find the Right Tree to Bark Up: Robert B. Lees 5 9 Three Linguistic Reincarnations of a Kashmiri Pandit: Braj B. Kachru 65 A Sense of Perspective: Charles W. Kisseberth 7 5 Part II: Memorial Tributes to a Builder: Henry R. Kahane Introduction 85 Memorial Tribute to Henry R. Kahane 87 Elmer H. Antonsen 87 Roberta Kahane Garner 89 Charles Kahane 91 Morton W. Weir 92 Larry R. Faulkner 9 4 Ladislav Zgusta 9 5 13raj B. Kachru 97 PartIII:GraduateStudentResearch1964-1992 Introduction 103 Ph.D. Dissertation Abstracts 1 0 5 Master's Thesis Abstracts 23 9 Research in Progress up to August 1992 25 9 Author Index 263 Language Index 267 Regional Index 273 Arca of Concentration 27 7 Index of Advisors 2 8 1 5 This volume is dedicated to the memory of Henry Kahane November 2, 1902 September 11, 1992 Foreword In the academic year 1990-91, the Department of Linguistics at the University of Illinoisat Urbana-Champaign celebrated the 25th anniversary of its founding. Among the commemorative events was a series of lectures presented by eight nationaliy and internationally prominent scholars who had receivedtheirtraininginthe Depart- ment. These lectures have now been published as Linguisticsinthe Nineties: Papers from a Lecture Series in Celebration of the Depart- ment'sTwenty-FifthAnniversary, edited by Hans Henrich Hock (Studies inthe Linguistic Sciences 20:2 [Fall19901). Other events were state-of-the-art conferences on "The Organizaton of Phonology: Features and Domains", and on "Linguistics and Computation: Com- putational Linguistics and the Foundations of Linguistic Theory", the hostingofthethirteenthnationalmeetingoftheSouthAsian Languages Analysis Roundtable, and an exhibitioninthe University Libraryofrepresentative works byDepartmentfacultymembers (for details of the entire program, see SLS 20:2 x-xii). This year-long celebration now reachesitsculminationinthepublicationof the present volume outlining highlights inthe hi'story of the Department and cataloguinglinguistic researchattheUniversity of Illinoisat Urbana-Champaign inthe form of abstractsof master's theses and doctoral dissertations by students who received degrees inthe De- partment over the first quater-century of its existence. The 25th Anniver.ary Lecture Series was introduced by thelate Henry R. Kahane with a talk entitled "The Establishment of Linguis- ticsatIllinois", whichispresenteJ inthis volume along with auto- biographical vignettes by Henry R. Kahane, Charles E. Osgood, Robert B. Lees, Braj B. Kachru, and Charles W. Kisseberth, all of whom played crucial rolesin establishing the Department and in determining its course over thefirstquarter-century. These vignettes were solicited in 1974 for a book planned by Thomas Sebeok, but for certain rea- sons, the book never materialized.Their inclusionhere seems par- ticularlyappropriate, since they provide unusual and delightfulin- sights into the human side of the history of a linguistics department from its conception, through the gestation period, toitsbirth, and on toits coming of age. While these vignettes refer specificallyto the Department of Linguistics at Illinois, they cast interesting light on the personalities and thinking of some of the most prominent linguists of the second half of the twentieth century, sincethe founders of the Department were themselves ensconced among theseor weretheir early colleagues or students. Of general human interest are the man- ner in which these five scholars were attracted to the field of linguis- tics and the quirks of fate that led them to their own specific des- tinies, whether thcirpathsstartedoutinCentral Europe or South Asia, in Massachusetts or the Midwest.Itis perhaps a pity that the book planned by Seheok did not materialize, butit seems to me that these vignettes from almost twenty years ago now make even better 7 viii Studies in the Linguistic Sciences 22:2 (Fall 1992) reading than they would have then, for they have taken on a certain patina with time) and we can now judge them with greater objec-
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