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KU prof receives grant to study Mayan language
July 20, 2006
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Clifton Pye, associate professor of linguistics at Kansas University, has received a $314,999 grant from the National Science Foundation for his research titled “Documenting Mayan Language Acquisition.”
The project is among a dozen fellowships and 22 institutional grants funded by National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities for Documenting Endangered Languages, a campaign to preserve records of languages threatened with extinction.
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21 July 2006 at 1:45 a.m.
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lunacydetector (Anonymous) says…
$314,999? why not $315,000? sounds like a whole lotta money.
21 July 2006 at 7:56 a.m.
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warthog (Anonymous) says…
Because when they give them $315,000 they are required to also give them Green Stamps. Who knows? I wonder what kind of grant I could get for studying pig latin?
21 July 2006 at 11:30 a.m.
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prioress (Anonymous) says…
warthog: re: Pig Latin? Humor, I suppose. Language and our symbolic abilities are all we have as humans. All cultures and languages are important, and we need to preserve as much as we can. It helps us understand each other and our common histories. The Central American cultures were interesting and inventive, before we destroyed most of their hertitage in the “name of the loving god.” They were brilliant astronomers and mathematicians in their own right, and like the Spaniards who destroyed them, engaged in a religion based on human sacrifice.
21 July 2006 at 7:51 p.m.
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warthog (Anonymous) says…
Hmmm… human sacrifice… not a totally bad idea at times.
Now before you launch into a tirade against human sacrifice, I'm kidding. I still think paying a professor $350,000 to study a language is over the top. I'd still take quite considerably less to study pig latin. Oink.
22 July 2006 at 8:12 a.m.
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just_another_bozo_on_this_bus (Anonymous) says…
Mayan languages are still the primary languages for hundreds of thousands of people in Mexico and Central America. Comparing it to pig latin merely demonstrates your ignorance.
22 July 2006 at 10:25 a.m.
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justsomewench (Anonymous) says…
bozo, humor is still an element of many cultures, even in mexico and central america. taking yourself too seriously merely demonstrates that you need to go back to bed…or something.
sheesh.
22 July 2006 at 11:16 a.m.
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Wilbur_Nether (Anonymous) says…
Actually, $315,000 doesn't go very far towards rigorous research. This professor will likely need to supplement that money to be able to do the project well.
22 July 2006 at 11:20 a.m.
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just_another_bozo_on_this_bus (Anonymous) says…
“bozo, humor is still an element of many cultures, ”
It's just not an element anywhere existent in this thread.
22 July 2006 at 11:22 a.m.
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justsomewench (Anonymous) says…
“It's just not an element anywhere existent in this thread.”
apparently, sunshine.
22 July 2006 at 11:27 a.m.
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just_another_bozo_on_this_bus (Anonymous) says…
Why not post us a few jokes, if you think the humor is lacking, wench?
22 July 2006 at 11:30 a.m.
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justsomewench (Anonymous) says…
i'm afraid you're the one who's struggling with light humor today. knock yourself out. double points if you make it mayan, deal?
22 July 2006 at 11:35 a.m.
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Wilbur_Nether (Anonymous) says…
bozo, didn't you find justsomeone's reference to you as “sunshine” humourous? I know I was amused….