Germán Fernando Westphal

Background

Westphal, Germán Fernando was born on November 6, 1942 in Concepción, Bio-Bio, Chile. Came to the United States, 1982. Son of Norberto and Maghalena (Montt) Westphal.

Education

Bachiller, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, 1963. Profesor de Estado, Universidad Austral, Valdivia, Chile, 1974. Master of Arts, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1978.

Doctor of Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1982.

Career

Research assistant Department Education, Universidad Austral, Valdivia, 1973. Lecturer romance studies University Calgary, 1974-1976. Instructor community education Capilano College, Vancouver, 1978-1981.

Assistant professor foreign languages Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1982-1984. Assistant professor Spanish and linguistics University Maryland, Baltimore, 1984-1990, associate professor Spanish and linguistics, since 1990. Visiting scholar linguistics and philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1990.

Visiting professor University Australia, 1992, 94, Catholic University Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1993, 94, 95.

Achievements

• Germán Fernando Westphal has been listed as a notable linguist, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Textos y Contextos

Membership

Member Linguistic Society of America, Amnesty International.

Interests

• Avocation: classical music.

Connections

Married Jovita Belmar, January 28, 1964. Children: Sandra, Vicky, Claudia.

Father:

Norberto Westphal

Mother:

Maghalena (Montt) Westphal

Spouse:

Jovita Belmar

child:

Vicky Westphal

child:

Sandra Westphal

child:

Claudia Westphal