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Degrees
Ph.D., Australian National University (1969)
M.A., Cornell University (1965)
B.A., The King's College (1954)
Current positions
International Consultant, Anthropology and Training (2001- )
Adjunct Professor of Linguistics, University of Texas at Arlington (1994- )
Other experience
Vice President for Academic Affairs, SIL (1996-2001)
International Training Coordinator (1994-1996)
Director, South Pacific SIL, Australia (1991-1994)
Editorial Advisor, Pacific Linguistics (1979-2000)
Editor, Language and Linguistics in Melanesia (1987-90)
Directors' Assistant for Technical Studies, PNG (1986-1988)
International Anthropology Coordinator (1984-1986)
Field Director of SIL in Papua New Guinea (1980-82; 1972-1976)
International Linguistics Coordinator (1973-1976)
Fieldwork in West Kewa, PNG (1967-1973; 1988-90)
Fieldwork in East Kewa, PNG (1958-1963)
Editing, Consulting and Teaching (throughout assignments)
Memberships
Australian Linguistic Society
Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea
Research interests
The Kewa language and culture
The structure and history of Papuan languages
Tok Pisin and its structure
Cross-cultural training methodology
Selected publications
Publications in SIL International Bibliography
2005. " Re-telling stories." International Journal of Frontier Missions 22:6-11.
2005. "Proposing an alternative initial strategy for small language groups in the Pacific."International Journal of Frontier Missions 22(2):45-51.
2000. "Review of Perspectives on the Bird's Head of Irian Jaya, Indonesia." edited by Jelle Miedema, Cecilia Odé and Rien A.C. Dam Studies on Language 24(1). 188-199.
2001. "Kutubuan (Foe and Fasu) and proto Engan." In Andrew Pawley, Malcolm Ross and Darrell Tryon (eds.), The boy from Bundaberg: studies in Melanesian linguistics in honor of Tom Dutton, 143-54. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
1997. "Engan pronouns and their old endings." Australian Journal of Linguistics, 17:185-217.
1997. (Editor) Papers in Papuan linguistics, no. 2. 361 pp. Canberra: PacificLinguistics, Series A 85.
1994. "Synchronic and diachronic observations on Kewa and Proto-Engan deictics." In G.P. Reesink, ed. Topics in descriptive Papuan linguistics, pp. 1-41. Semaian 10. Valgroep Talen en Culturen van Zuidoost-Azië en Oceanië, Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden.
1992. Traim tasol: vocabulary testing in Tok Pisin. 73 pp. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Series D 85.
1991. "Kewa." In Terence E. Hays, ed. Encyclopedia of World Cultures. Volume II: Oceania, pp. 114-117. Boston: G.K. Hall & Co.
1990. (with Robert Litteral). A programmed course in Tok Pisin (with accompanying tape by Steven Thomas). 181 pp. Revision of Litteral, 1969. Ukarumpa: SIL.
1990. "On the translation of official notices into Tok Pisin." In J.W.M. Verhaar, ed. Melanesian Pidgin and Tok Pisin. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Pidgins and Creoles in Melanesia, pp. 323-344. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. | 