Professor Emeritus, Department of English
Dr. Jon Dayley holds a B.A. and M.A. in Anthropology from Idaho State University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley. He taught linguistics and did research on Mayan languages in Guatemala for several years, worked as a writer and researcher for the Experiment in International Living in Vermont and Belize, and taught linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, before joining the faculty at Boise State University in 1982.
Dr. Dayley's specialties include English grammar and the history of English, American Indian languages (especially Uto-Aztecan and Mayan), and Creole languages. He has linguistic fieldwork experience in Belize, Guatemala, Thailand, and the western United States, and has written a number of books, dictionaries, and articles on Shoshoni, Panamint Shoshone, Tz'utujil Mayan, and Belizean Creole.
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Dr. Dayley's specialties include English grammar and the history of English, American Indian languages (especially Uto-Aztecan and Mayan), and Creole languages. He has linguistic fieldwork experience in Belize, Guatemala, Thailand, and the western United States, and has written a number of books, dictionaries, and articles on Shoshoni, Panamint Shoshone, Tz'utujil Mayan, and Belizean Creole.
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About Jon P. Dayley
Dr. Jon Dayley holds a B.A. and M.A. in Anthropology from Idaho State University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley. He taught linguistics and did research on Mayan languages in Guatemala for several years, worked as a writer and researcher for the Experiment in International Living in Vermont and Belize, and taught linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, before joining the faculty at Boise State University in 1982.
Dr. Dayley's specialties include English grammar and the history of English, American Indian languages (especially Uto-Aztecan and Mayan), and Creole languages. He has linguistic fieldwork experience in Belize, Guatemala, Thailand, and the western United States, and has written a number of books, dictionaries, and articles on Shoshoni, Panamint Shoshone, Tz'utujil Mayan, and Belizean Creole.
Dr. Dayley's specialties include English grammar and the history of English, American Indian languages (especially Uto-Aztecan and Mayan), and Creole languages. He has linguistic fieldwork experience in Belize, Guatemala, Thailand, and the western United States, and has written a number of books, dictionaries, and articles on Shoshoni, Panamint Shoshone, Tz'utujil Mayan, and Belizean Creole.
| 2011 - Present | Professor Emeritus, Boise State University ‐ Department of English | |
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| 1992 - 2011 | Professor, Boise State University ‐ Department of English | |
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| 1987 - 1992 | Associate Professor, Boise State University ‐ Department of English | |
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| 1982 - 1987 | Assistant Professor, Boise State University ‐ Department of English | |
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| 1982 | Visiting Lecturer, University of California - Berkeley ‐ Department of Linguistics | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
History of English, Uto-Aztecan languages, especially Numic - Great Basin, Mayan languages, especially Quichean - Guatemala, Creole languages, especially English-based - Caribbean, Spanish, especially Latin American, Morphology, especially in relation to syntax and discourse, Word order variation, Voice systems, Ergativity, Development of bilingual, cross-cultural dictionaries and literature, Development of orthographies and written materials for unwritten languages, and Teaching English as a Second Language
Grants
| 1996 - 1997 | To complete a monograph of Shoshoni texts |
| Sven and Astrid Liljebald Endowment Fund (Great Basic Studies) | |
| $5,000 | |
| 1989 - 1990 | To do fieldwork and prepare a bilingual and bicultural dictionary of Tz'utujil-Maya |
| Idaho State Board of Education | |
| Research Grant | |
| $34,760 | |
| 1988 | To do fieldwork on Panamint Shoshone |
| University Research Center, Boise State University | |
| $2,256 | |
| 1980 | To do fieldwork on Tz'utujil Maya |
| Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California - Berkeley | |
| $2,000 | |
| 1974 | To do research on bilingual education, Guatamala |
| Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington VA | |
| $800 | |
| 1973 | To do fieldwork on Panamint Shoshone |
| Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California - Berkeley | |
| $6,000 | |
| 1972 | To do fieldwork on Panamint Shoshone |
| Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California - Berkeley | |
| $6,000 | |
| 1971 | To do fieldwork on Panamint Shoshone |
| Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California - Berkeley | |
| $6,000 | |
| 1970 | To do fieldwork on Northern Shoshone |
| Idaho State University Museum | |
| $2,400 | |
| 1968 | To do fieldwork on Northern Shoshone |
| Idaho State University Museum | |
| $2,400 | |
| 1967 | To do fieldwork on Northern Shoshone |
| Idaho State University Museum | |
| $2,400 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| Member, Asociación de Lingüístas de Lenguas Mayas | Member, Berkeley Linguistics Society | Member, Linguistic Society of America | Member, Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas |
Honors and Awards
- 1989: Distinguished Research - College of Arts & Sciences, Boise State University
- 1990, 1994: Distinguished Faculty Member - Boise State University
Courses
- Advanced Composition for Foreign Students
- American Indian Languages
- Applied English Linguistics
- Applied Linguistics in Teaching ESL
- Articulatory Phonetics
- English Composition
- English as Second Language
- Graduate Linguistics
- History of the English Language
- Human Experience in Central America (with Errol Jones)
- Introduction to Language Studies
- Language, Culture, and Society
- Mayan Languages and Linguistics
- Modern English Grammar
- Morphology
- Phonology
- Special Topics - Graduate Linguistics: World Languages
- Syntax and Semantics
- Types of World Languages
| 1981 | Ph.D. - Linguistics, University of California - Berkeley | |
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| 1980 | C.Phil. - Linguistics, University of California - Berkeley | |
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| 1973 | M.A. - Linguistics, University of California - Berkeley | |
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| 1970 | M.A. - Anthropology, Idaho State University | |
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| 1968 | B.A. - Anthropology, Idaho State University | |
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Contact Information
E-mail: jdayley@boisestate.edu