Background
Hall,, Robert Anderson was born on April 4, 1911 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Anderson and Lolabel (House) Hall.
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Italian Stories: A Dual-Language Book (Dover Dual Language Italian)
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Designed for the language student as well as the lover of fine literature, this convenient dual-language book features eleven great short stories — each one appearing in the original Italian, with vivid and accurate English translations on facing pages. Robert A. Hall, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Italian, Cornell University, has compiled a stimulating and representative collection ranging from a 14th-century selection from Boccaccio's The Decameron to Alberto Moravia's "Competition," a 20th-century view of lower-and middle-class Italian life. Among the other works are Machiavelli's "Belfagor; Story of the Devil Who Took a Wife," Matteo Bandello's reflections of 16th-century morals in "Madonna Zilia," Giovanni Verga's objective portrayal of lower-class Sicilian life in "Rosso Malpelo," Gabriele d'Annunzio's revelations of a depraved peasantry in "The Idolaters," Luigi Pirandello's fascinating study of hypocritical social attitudes in "The Tight Frock Coat," as well as equally significant works by Antonio Fogazzaro, Renato Fucini, Aldo Palazzeschi, and Corrado Alvaro. Arranged chronologically so that the growth of the literary art may be followed, as well as enjoyed, each story is prefaced by a concise biographical/critical introduction. Also included are linguistic and cultural notes, a valuable Italian-English vocabulary, study questions on each story, and an informative essay on Italian fiction. Students of the Italian language will find the dual-language format timesaving and extremely helpful; readers of Italian literature will want to add this treasury of small masterworks to their personal libraries.
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Proto-Romance Morphology: Comparative Romance Grammar, vol. III (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory)
(This volume deals with the reconstructed morphology of Pr...)
This volume deals with the reconstructed morphology of Proto-Romance. It is the third in a series by this author. The first volume (1974, Elsevier) deals with the external history of the Romance languages: the conditions under which they developed, were used, and (in some instances) went out of use. The second volume (1976, Elsevier) treats the phonology of their common source, Proto-Romance. Together these three volumes aim to cast light, not only on Popular Latin speech by means of its surviving elements in the Romance languages, but also on the extent to which the comparative method can be regarded as valid and useful in instances where no attestations are available for a language as closely related to the reconstructed proto-language as high Classical Latin was to Proto-Romance.
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Linguistics and Pseudo-Linguistics (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory)
(The doctrines of transformational-generative grammar (as ...)
The doctrines of transformational-generative grammar (as promulgated in 1957, with frequent later emendations) have on occasion been criticised, sometimes severely. Such criticism have, however, appeared mostly in article-form, and mostly in relatively inaccessible places. Discussions in bookform have been rare. In this book, the criticism offered by Professor Hall over more than twenty years have been brought together. They cover the range of linguistic structure (phonology, morphosyntax, and semantics), general theory, and the history of linguistics. In these essays, the many short-comings of transformational-generative grammar are revealed by critical examination, with inevitably negative conclusions. The two final essays of the book deal with parallel aberrations in current literary theory, especially Derridian “radical skepticism concerning language” and “deconstruction”, as viewed from a linguistic stand-point.
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Robert Anderson Hall
Edit ProfileItalian language and literature educator
Education
AB, Princeton, 1931; Master of Arts, University Chicago, 1935. Doctor of Letters, University Rome, 1934.
Career
Assistant professor foreign languages University Puerto Rico, 1937-1939. Instructor modern language Princeton, 1939-1940. Instructor Italian Brown University, Providence, 1940-1942, assistant professor, 1942-1946.
Lecturer international administration Columbia, 1943-1944. Visiting assistant professor international administration Yale, 1943-1944. Associate professor linguistics Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1946-1950, professor, 1950-1976, professor emeritus, since 1976.
Director Cornell University (Cornell-Ford English Language Program), Rome, 1966-1967.
Works
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Italian Stories: A Dual-Language Book (Dover Dual Language Italian)
( Designed for the language student as well as the lover ...)
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Linguistics and Pseudo-Linguistics (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory)
(The doctrines of transformational-generative grammar (as ...)
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Proto-Romance Morphology: Comparative Romance Grammar, vol. III (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory)
(This volume deals with the reconstructed morphology of Pr...)
- Descriptive Italian Grammar
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Italian Stories: A Dual-Language Book (Dover Dual Language Italian)
Membership
Member Linguistic Society of America (vice president 1961), Linguistic Association Canada and United States (president 1984-1985), American Association Teachers Italian (vice president 1945), Modern Language Association American, Wodehouse Society (president 1983-1985).
Connections
Married Frances L. Adkins, August 31, 1936 (deceased September 1975). Children: Philip Adkins, Diana Katherine (Mistress William C. Goodall), Caroline Amanda (Mistress C.M. Erickson). Married Alice Mary Colby, May 8, 1976.
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congregationalist
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Fulbright lecturer linguistics Rome, 1950-1951, 57-58. Guggenheim fellow, 1954, 70. Recipient Professional Achievement award University Chicago, 1978.Fulbright lecturer linguistics Rome, 1950-1951, 57-58. Guggenheim fellow, 1954, 70. Recipient Professional Achievement award University Chicago, 1978.