[Linganth] Mike Agar self obituary

[Harriet J Ottenheimer]

Reality hit hard yesterday when I had to change "Michael Agar" to 
"Michael Agar (1945-1917) in the draft manuscript of the fourth edition 
of "The Anthropology of Language." What an immense loss to the 
linguistic anthropology community. And what amazing contributions we 
have all benefited from over the years. --Harriet Ottenheimer


On 5/29/2017 10:52 PM, Munoz, Kristine L wrote:
>
> I appreciate your sharing this with us so much. It is so very /him/, 
> starting with who writes their own slightly witty, self-effacing 
> obituary but Mike Agar? As much as he taught us, surely he just as 
> consistently made us laugh, and would be glad to be remembered as 
> someone who did not take himself too seriously. Of all his work, the 
> one I will remember the most is his book /Independents declared/. It 
> led to a series of wonderful conversations with my uncle, a long-haul 
> truck driver with whom I had not until then been able to find much to 
> talk about. When I told Mike later that his book had led my uncle and 
> me to that most precious human experience – common ground – he beamed 
> and said it made him really happy to hear he’d been able to make that 
> happen.
>
> Unforgettable.
>
> Kristine Muñoz
>
> Spanish & Portuguese,
>
> Communication Studies
>
> University of Iowa
>
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>
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