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Jon P. Dayley

1975 …2002

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Dr. Jon Dayley holds a B.A. and M.A. in Anthropology from Idaho State University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley. He taught linguistics and did research on Mayan languages in Guatemala for several years, worked as a writer and researcher for the Experiment in International Living in Vermont and Belize, and taught linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, before joining the faculty at Boise State University in 1982.
Dr. Dayley's specialties include English grammar and the history of English, American Indian languages (especially Uto-Aztecan and Mayan), and Creole languages. He has linguistic fieldwork experience in Belize, Guatemala, Thailand, and the western United States, and has written a number of books, dictionaries, and articles on Shoshoni, Panamint Shoshone, Tz'utujil Mayan, and Belizean Creole.

External positions

Visiting Lecturer, Linguistics Department, University of California at Berkeley

1982

Teaching Associate, Linguistics Department, University of California at Berkeley

1980 → 1981

Researcher, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California at Berkeley

1980 → 1981

Reader, Linguistics Department, University of California at Berkeley

1980

Writer/Language Researcher, Experiment in International Living (EIL)

1978 → 1979

Profesor/Asesor Técnico de la Lingüística, Proyecto Lingüístico Francisco Marroquín (PLFM)

1973 → 1977

Teaching Assistant, Linguistics Department, University of California at Berkeley

1973

Research Assistant, Linguistics Department, University of California at Berkeley

1973

Research Assistant, Language Behavior Research Lab, University of California at Berkeley

1972 → 1973

Archaeological Technician, ISU Museum, Idaho State University

1970

Researcher, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California at Berkeley

1970 → 1973

Research Assistant, Linguistics Department, University of California at Berkeley

1970 → 1971

Teaching Assistant, Anthropology Department, Idaho State University

1968 → 1970

Language Researcher, ISU Museum, Idaho State University

1967 → 1970

Archaeological Technician, ISU Museum, Idaho State University

1965 → 1967

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  • Special Language in Shoshoni Poetry Songs

    Dayley, J. P., 1 Jan 2002, Report 12: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages - Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Conference.

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  • Newe Hupia: Shoshoni Poetry Songs

    Crum, B., Crum, E. & Dayley, J. P., 1 Jan 2001

    Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Shoshoni Texts

    Crum, B. & Dayley, J. P., 1 Jan 1997

    Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Diccionario Tz'utujil

    Pérez Mendoza, F., Hernández Mendoza, M. & Dayley, J. P., 1 Jan 1996

    Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Introducción

    Dayley, J. P., 1996, Diccionario Tz'utujil.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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