Michael Duncan Linn

Background

Linn, Michael Duncan was born on March 7, 1936 in Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States. Son of John Alfred and Vernie Ella Linn.

Education

Bachelor, University Montana, Missoula, 1960. Master of Arts, University Minnesota, Minneapolis. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1971.

Pochetneem Doctoram (honorary), Petrozavodsk State University, Russia, 2001.

Career

Research assistant, dialects, linguistics Central Midwest Regional Educational Laboratory, St. Paul, 1971—1972. Professor Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, 1973—1977. Visiting scholar Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, 1988.

Visiting professor Petrozavodsk State University, 1995—1996, Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk. Visiting research fellow Joensuu University, Finland, 1996—1996. Professor, linguistics University Minnesota, Duluth, since 1997.

Visiting professor Tampere University, Finland, 1999. Board directors, chair, committee bibliography language recordings, National Council Teachers English, 1978—1981, member, English language commission, 1976—1984, member, 1984—1987. Dialect tape collector National Dialect Tape Depository, 1975—1978.

Chair, committee collection, preservations archives American Dialect Society, 1979—1984, member usage committee, 1980—1989, executive committee member, 1983—1986, atlas committee member, since 1987, vice president, 1989—1991, president, 1991—1993, nominating committee, 1993—1996. Executive committee mem, present day english section Modern Language Association, 1984—1988, chair, present day english section, 1988. Evaluator Canada Social Science and Humanities Council, since 1984.

Member, advisory bd Linguistics Atlas Atlantic States, since 1985. Steering committee member Sixth, Ninth, and Tenth Conferences Methods Dialectology, 1989—1999. Member science commission on language and education International Association Applied Linguistics, Brussles, 1989—1991.

Vice president International Association Dialectologists and Geolinguists, 1991—1997. Editorial board American Speech, 1993—1996. Executive committee member Intrenat.

Association Dialectologists, 1997—2001. Evaluator Russian Fulbright Commission, Moscow, since 2000. Advisory board member Linguistic Atlas North Central States.

Achievements

• Michael Duncan Linn has been listed as a noteworthy linguist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Lidiya Ivanovna Tarakanova. Children: Frances Kay, Alexei Gennadievich Tarakanova.