简介

I am retired from active teaching, but occupy a position within the department as Research Professor. I continue to be active with efforts to document the Seneca language in western New York State, working closely with members of the Seneca community, where there has been an explosion of interest in the language in recent years. My materials, which go back to 1956, are especially valuable to the community today. I am also preparing a dictionary and texts in the Caddo language of Oklahoma, working from materials collected during the 1960s. I recently published a book on laughter as an expression of what I am calling the feeling of nonseriousness. I am currently working on a book that derives the structure of language from thoughts, rather than from syntax.