[Linganth] Leila Monaghan

[Jocelyn Ahlers]

Everyone has said what I would want to say, and better than I could say it.  All I can add is that when I think of going to SLA or AAA and not seeing her smile and the way her eyes lit up when she saw someone she wanted to spend time with (everyone!), I think of Edna St. Vincent Millay, “the presence of that absence is everywhere”.  I will miss her.
jocelyn




From: Linganth <linganth-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org> on behalf of Robert Moore <rem10us at yahoo.com>
Date: Friday, February 25, 2022 at 4:29 PM
To: Alexander King <aking at koryaks.net>, Chaise LaDousa <cladousa at hamilton.edu>
Cc: "Linguistic Anthropology Discussion Group (LINGANTH at listserv.linguistlist.org)" <LINGANTH at listserv.linguistlist.org>
Subject: Re: [Linganth] Leila Monaghan


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Echoing the sentiments expressed better by so many others: Leila was an incredible community builder. Her listserv was one of the first I ever joined; she was an unfailingly warm and friendly interlocutor at any number of conferences, and her own research was great, and pathbreaking, in more than one direction. Such a great person!
Rob Moore

On Friday, February 25, 2022, 04:30:01 PM EST, Chaise LaDousa <cladousa at hamilton.edu> wrote:


Leila really helped me out when something really tricky loomed. She was so generous and kind and I was very grateful.

On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 2:18 PM Alexander King <aking at koryaks.net<mailto:aking at koryaks.net>> wrote:
Leila was a wonderful human being. She was always cheery and one of my favorite people to talk to at conferences. I will miss her.

-Alex King


On Feb 25, 2022, at 7:50 AM, Shana Walton <shana.walton at nicholls.edu<mailto:shana.walton at nicholls.edu>> wrote:

With everyone's permission, I will collect these posts and forward them to Claire (her sister) and Bob, her husband.

Please let me know if you don't want your post shared.

Like most of us, Leila's family was only peripherally aware of her academic family. They are so touched, and perhaps surprised, by how much love there is in this academic community. Leila told me so often that Linganth was a type of family for her. A home. I think Leila had a sort of power to create community with the force of her affection - and her persistence. I remember those early Linganth gatherings she would organize back in the mid 90s. The first year or two only a handful of people showed up. But it didn't matter. She looked out at an SLA gathering and saw a community of people trying to talk about something they found important. She loved this community.






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