Re AN native speaker/scholars

[Paz B Naylor]

Dear Colleagues:

Thank you for your attention, which I once more call on to note the minor
correction on line 3 of my earlier message and the addition of the P.S.


On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Paz B Naylor wrote:

>
> Dear Colleagues:
>
> Having just seen the names on the AFLA list of "invited speakers" for
> their meeting in May to be held in Amsterdam, I was struck by the
> remarkable absence on the list of the name of any scholar who was also a
> native speaker of an Austronesian language.
>
> THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME!  Not just AFLA!
>
> True, there are very, very few of them around.  But isn't the work of
> those few worth hearing?  Are their contributions not worth recognizing?
>
> With very few exceptions among our colleagues, in the society of linguists
> in general, there seems to have been a dismissive attitude toward the
> work of nativespeaker/analysts.
>
> WHY?
>
> --Paz
>
>
  P.S.  In this new millenium, let us hope that conscious effort will be
made toward eliminating any vestiges of the imperialism of the previous
millenium, unconscious though it may have been.



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> Paz Buenaventura Naylor, Ph.D.
> Emeritus Professor, Asian Languages and Cultures
> Faculty Associate, Center for Southeast Asian Studies
> Program Associate, Linguistics
> The University of Michigan
> Ann Arbor, MI  48109, U.S.A.
> Tel./Fax:  (734) 995-2371
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