Background
King, Robert D. was born on November 25, 1936 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States. Son of Martin Desmond and Cornelia Marguerite (Rhymes) King.
(Language is no longer perceived as a threat to the nation...)
Language is no longer perceived as a threat to the national unity of India. But the language controversies that accompanied the first years of Indian independence had pushed the country to the brink of instability. This book examines Nehru's role in the language crisis.
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King, Robert D. was born on November 25, 1936 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States. Son of Martin Desmond and Cornelia Marguerite (Rhymes) King.
Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Georgia Institute Technology, 1959; Master of Arts, University of Wisconsin, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1965.
Mathematician, International Business Machines Corporation, Cape Canaveral, Florida, 1959-1960; linguistic fieldworker,, India, 1962; assistant professor linguistics, University Texas, Austin, 1965-1969; associate professor, University Texas, Austin, 1969-1973; professor, University Texas, Austin, since 1973; dean, University Texas, Austin, 1974-1989; Audre and Bernard Rapoport chair Jewish studies, University Texas, Austin, since 1984; interim dean, University Texas, Austin, 1991-1993; department chairman linguistics, University Texas, Austin, since 1994. Visiting professor U. Toronto, 1968, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1972, U. Oregon, summer 1974. Holder Audre and Bernard Rapoport chair Jewish studies.
(Language is no longer perceived as a threat to the nation...)
Member Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Linguistic Society of America, Association Asian Studies.
Married Karen Ann Russell, June 9, 1973. Children: Irene, Kevin, Michael.