Prof Scott DeLancey Edit

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1. 1. AT Editorial

   www.assamtribune.com/dec0406/e - [Cached]

   Published on: 12/4/2006   Last Visited: 12/4/2006

   In the North East of India, the phenomenon is quite pronounced, as pointed out by the linguist Prof Scott DeLancey of the University of Oregon. He believed the region, which even now is home to several hundred languages and dialects, is in need of protecting the regional and minority languages.
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   Prof DeLancey, during a recent visit remarked that a bridge of knowledge connecting the Department of Linguistics of Gauhati University and other institutions like the University of Oregon could enable sharing of knowledge and experience to protect several languages of the North East.

2. 2. The Assam Tribune online

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   Published on: 12/2/2006   Last Visited: 12/2/2006

   Prof Scott DeLancey
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   Revealing this to The Assam Tribune today, Prof Scott DeLancey of the University of Oregon, said linguistic diversity in India's North East is a rare occurrence made possible by the interface among three language families - Tibeto-Burman, Indic, and South East Asian.
   
   Prof DeLancey, visiting the North East to interact with students and researchers of linguistics, asserts the region's languages and dialects have to be studied and their characteristics established.
   
   "The Tibeto-Burman language family itself has a considerable significance from the point of view of linguistics. As many as 300 languages extending across the trans-Himalayan region come under its ambit and its origins could be traced back to about 6,000 years," he said.
   
   In Asom there exists close to 100 languages, but their documentation and development remains incomplete. The majority of the languages possess no grammar, and no dictionary. Naturally the scope for linguistic studies is immense, he added.
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   Moreover, we could organize an exchange of students from both the departments providing each with unique learning opportunities," Prof DeLancey stated.
   
   On the charge against English that it has threatened many regional languages, and pushed others to the brink, he said that in India the case was different.

3. 3. LINGUIST List Jobs Issues, 2006

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   Published on: 1/1/2006   Last Visited: 9/24/2006

   Scott DeLancey, Experimental Linguistics: Visiting Professor, University of Oregon, OR, USA