Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars

Period of Performance

9/1/1974 - 8/31/1975

Funding Totals

$11,250.00 (approved)
$11,250.00 (awarded)


Techniques of Linguistic Description

FAIN: FB-12284-74

Judith R. Shapiro
Barnard College (New York, NY 10027-6909)

To study the fundamentals of linguistic analysis: phonology, morphology, syntax and semantic theory; to work with linguists who are oriented toward field research on the languages of preliterate peoples. Emphasis will be upon sociolinguistics (the study of language in its socio-cultural context) and ethnosemantics (the cultural organization of meaning through language).