14.2041, All: Obituary: James Sledd

[LINGUIST List]

LINGUIST List:  Vol-14-2041. Wed Jul 30 2003. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 14.2041, All: Obituary: James Sledd

Moderators: Anthony Aristar, Wayne State U.<aristar at linguistlist.org>
            Helen Dry, Eastern Michigan U. <hdry at linguistlist.org>

Reviews (reviews at linguistlist.org):
	Simin Karimi, U. of Arizona
	Terence Langendoen, U. of Arizona

Home Page:  http://linguistlist.org/

The LINGUIST List is funded by Eastern Michigan University, Wayne
State University, and donations from subscribers and publishers.

Editor for this issue: Karen Milligan <karen at linguistlist.org>
 ==========================================================================
To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at
http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.html.

=================================Directory=================================

1)
Date:  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 09:44:48 -0500
From:  erard at lucidwork.com
Subject:  Obituary: James Sledd

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 09:44:48 -0500
From:  erard at lucidwork.com
Subject:  Obituary: James Sledd

All:

With sadness I report the death of James Sledd, professor emeritus of
English at the University of Texas at Austin, on July 21, 2003. Sledd
was 88 years old. Professor Sledd, who was instrumental in founding
the linguistics department at UT-Austin, is well-remembered for his
work on Chaucer and English phonology. An early champion of students'
rights to learn to write in their own dialects, he also defended the
rights of graduate student writing instructors.

Michael Erard

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-14-2041