Background
O'Neil, Wayne was born on December 22, 1931 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. Son of L.J. and Kathryn (Obermeyer) O'N.
(Thinking Linguistically is a unique and clearly written i...)
Thinking Linguistically is a unique and clearly written introduction to the nature of linguistic analysis and issues in language acquisition. The book is for undergraduate and graduate students in linguistics, education, and psychology. Through twenty problem sets, based in languages not only from the Americas but from other continents as well, Thinking Linguistically: * Initiates students to the linguists' way of observing and analyzing data by making the methods and the process of inquiry visible and accessible. * Engages students in analyzing the breadth and depth of two phenomena in a variety of languages-the expression of noun phrase plurality and the formation of questions. * Integrates analysis of these phenomena with results from first and second language acquisition research. * Emphasizes the interface between phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. * Exemplifies how linguistic analysis can be used for the teaching of critical thinking, problem solving, and the nature of scientific inquiry in general. * Is ideal for future language teachers for understanding acquisition and linguistic phenomena
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O'Neil, Wayne was born on December 22, 1931 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. Son of L.J. and Kathryn (Obermeyer) O'N.
AB, University of Wisconsin, 1955; AM, University of Wisconsin, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1960; AM (honorary), Harvard University, 1965.
Assistant professor linguistics and literature University Oregon, 1961-1965. Professor linguistics and education Harvard University, 1965-1968, lecturer education, 1968-1972, visiting professor education, 1978-1986. Professor linguistics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 1968, chairman literature faculty, 1969-1975, chairman linguistics program, 1986-1997, head department linguistics and philosophy, 1989-1997.
Lecturer human development Wheelock College, Boston, since 1991. Lecturer Beijing Normal University, 1980, Beijing and Shanghai Foreign Language Institutes, 1981. Lecturer linguistics Shandong (China) University, 1982-1983, professor, since 1984.
Professor Summer Institute on Language Change, National Endowment of the Humanities, 1978. Visiting professor Tsuda College, Tokyo, 1983, Kanda University International Studies, Makuhari, Japan, 1997, American Indian Language Development Institute, 2000-2004, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan, 2001-2007, Navajo Language Academy, since 2007. Co-director Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Japan Science and Technology mind articulation project, 1996-2002.
(Thinking Linguistically is a unique and clearly written i...)
Member steering committee Resist, since 1967, Peoples Coalition for Peace and Justice, 1970-1972. Co-founder, member Linguistics for Nicaragua, since 1985. With United States Army, 1952-1954.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Linguistic Society of America, National Council Teachers English, American Association Applied Linguistics, Assembly for the Teaching English Grammar.
Married; children: Scott Leslie, Patrick Sean, Elizabeth Erla.