35.1849, All: In Memoriam: Michael Cahill (1954-2024)

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Date: 24-Jun-2024
From: Brian Migliazza [brian_migliazza at sil.org]
Subject: In Memoriam: Michael Cahill (1954-2024)


(written by Albert Bickford <albert_bickford at sil.org>)

We regret to report the death of Michael Cahill, a lifetime member of
the Linguistic Society of America, from a recently-diagnosed advanced
and aggressive cancer.

Mike began his linguistic career in Ghana, where he lived and worked
with speakers of the Kɔnni language. He earned a Ph.D. in Linguistics
from Ohio State University (1999). His primary research interests were
in Kɔnni, African languages and phonology, especially tone, ATR vowel
harmony and labialvelar stops. In later years, he developed a strong
interest in orthography development for previously unwritten
languages, including co-editing with Keren Rice a 2014 volume of
papers entitled Developing Orthographies for Unwritten Languages that
developed out of an LSA symposium. He gathered an extensive set of
resources on orthography issues and made them freely available to
language communities (https://www.sil.org/orthography).

At the time of his death, Mike was the International Orthography
Services Coordinator and a Senior Linguistics Consultant for SIL
International, as well as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Dallas
International University. He previously served as Editor-in-Chief of
SIL's Global Publishing Services (2010-2015), its International
Linguistics Coordinator (1999-2010), and in several positions in the
Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation
(1983-1993).

Mike served on several LSA committees, including the Committee on
Endangered Languages and their Preservation and the Ethics Committee.
He attended the LSA annual meeting regularly where he was often seen
at SIL International's book table.

His gentle, friendly and supportive manner is remembered by all who
knew him.

Mike is survived by his wife, Virginia, and three grown children.

Professional page: https://www.sil.org/biography/mike-cahill
Publications listed in SIL's Language and Culture Archives:
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/contributor/cahill-michael

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Phonetics
                     Phonology
                     Writing Systems

Subject Language(s): Konni (kma)

Language Family(ies): Gur



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