2011 - Present | Professor Emeritus, Boise State University | |
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1992 - 2011 | Professor, Boise State University | |
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1987 - 1992 | Associate Professor, Boise State University | |
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1982 - 1987 | Assistant Professor, Boise State University | |
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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