Curriculum Vitae
Robert L. Mugele
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
Address: 602 Madison
Ct.
Duncanville, Texas 75137
Home Phone: 972-780-8844
Email: bob at
teuton dot org
EDUCATION:
B.A.
University of California, Berkeley, 1960 (German)
M.Div. Trinity Evangelical
Divinity School, Deerfield, IL, 1969 (Theology)
Ph.D.
University of Texas, Austin 1982 (Linguistics)
Major areas of concentration: Phonetics and Phonology
Minor areas of concentration: Tone Languages, Meso-American Languages
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Adjunct Professor, University
of Texas at Arlington -- 1984-1990
Graduate Courses taught:
Acoustic and Instrumental Phonetics
Advanced Phonological Theory
Introduction to Linguistics
Language Acquisition Theory
Linguistic Field Methods
Phonological Theory
Psycholinguistics
Readings in Linguistics (phonology)
Seminar on Tone and Tone Languages
Undergraduate Courses taught:
Articulatory Phonetics
Introduction to the Study of Language
Principles and Methods of Second Language Acquisition
Visiting Professor, East
Texas State University -- summer 1989
Graduate Course Taught:
Theories of first and Second Language Acquisition
Adjunct Assistant Professor,
University of Washington -- summer 1983
Graduate Course Taught:
Phonological Theory
Lecturer, University of
Texas, Austin --1982-1983
Undergraduate Courses taught:
Introduction to Linguistics
Phonetics and Phonology
Assistant Instructor,
University of Texas, Austin --1978-1982
Undergraduate Courses taught:
Introduction to Linguistics
Instructor, University
of Oklahoma -- summers, 1973, 1974, 1975,1977
Courses taught:
Applied Linguistics (Literacy Programs for Preliterate Societies)
Applied Linguistics (Literacy Materials and Reading Theory)
Seminar on Literacy for Preliterate Societies
RELEVANT NON-TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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Software Engineer, designed and implemented operating systems and
compilers for several employers, including Lockheed Missiles and
Space Division, and Control Data Corporation, 1960-1969
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Computational Linguist, Speech Communication Research Laboratory,
1969-1971
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Field Linguist/Translator, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.
1969-1990
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Research Linguist/Applied Linguist, analyzed and described the Chinantec
language. Developed a practical orthography for this previously unwritten
language.
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Literacy Consultant, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano
(México) 1973-1984
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Orthography Design Consultant, Instituto Lingüístico
de Verano (México) 1973-1984
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Director, Workshop on Literacy Programs for Preliterate Societies,
Instituto Lingüístico de Verano (Mitla, Oaxaca, México)
Jan-Mar 1976
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Director, Indigenous Literacy Teacher Training Workshop, Instituto
Lingüístico de Verano (Mitla, Oaxaca, Mexico) Jan-Mar 1977
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Linguistics Consultant, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano
(México) 1980-1990
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Translator in charge of the New Testament translation into the Lalana
Chinantec language 1984-1995
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Director, Linguist's Workbench computational linguistics project,
University of Texas at Arlington, 1986-1990
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Director, Linguistic Research Laboratory, University of Texas at
Arlington 1986-1990
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Computational Linguistics Consultant, Texas Instruments Corp. Mar-Aug
1988
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Computational Linguist, Artificial Linguistics Inc. 1990-1992
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Senior Computational Linguist, ConText multilingual text management
system, Oracle Corporation, 1992-pres.
LANGUAGES
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English, native language
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Chinantec, (an indigenous language of Mexico) fluent reading, writing,
speaking skills .
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Spanish, excellent speaking and reading skills.
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German, good reading skills, fair speaking skills.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
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Association for Computational Linguistics
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Linguistic Society of America
ACADEMIC HONORS
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Phi Kappa Phi Scholastic Honor Society (1980)
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A.A. Hill Award given annually for the outstanding dissertation in linguistics
(1982)
GRANTS AWARDED
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National Science Foundation grant for the study of prosodic phenomena
in the Chinantec language (1979-1981)
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Permanent University Fund grant of $250,000 for the creation of
a linguistic research facility (1986)
PAPERS PRESENTED
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1975 Are There Black Holes in Linguistics? Presented at the
summer linguistic forum series, University of Oklahoma.
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1977 Indigenous Reading Teacher Training. Presented at the
summer linguistic forum series, University of Oklahoma.
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1983 The Ballistic Syllable Phenomenon. Presented at the linguistics
colloquium of the University of Washington.
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1985 The Phonological Representation of Contour Tones: Evidence for
Contour Features. Presented at the linguistics form of the University
of Texas at Arlington.
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1988 The Representation of Contour Tones. Presented at the
annual meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest. University
of New Mexico, (October 1988).
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1989 Word Level Syllable Templates and the Tonkawa Verb. Presented
at the annual meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest San
Antonio, Texas (Oct. 1989).
TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS
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1975 "Teaching Problem Solving Strategies in a Prereading Program"
Notes on Literacy 19:7-13
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1977 "Lalana Chinantec y-, Why?" Papers in Linguistics 10:185-232
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1978 "Pedagogical Implications of Undersymbolization in Orthography"
Notes on Literacy 24:22-24
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1979 "The Training of Indigenous Literacy Teachers" Notes on Literacy
28:2-12
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1982 Tone and Ballistic Syllable in Lalana Chinantec. Ann
Arbor, University Microfilms
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1984 "The Phonetics of Ballistic and Controlled Syllables" Texas
Linguistic Forum 23:1-43
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1990 "Aspects of Bandi Tonology" Studies in African Linguistics
22:103-133
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1996 "The Cost of Maintaining the Obligatory Contour Principle" submitted
to Studies in African Linguistics
CHINANTEC VERNACULAR PUBLICATIONS
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Benito Juárez (The Biography of Benito Juarez). México,
D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano.
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1975 Júu2 quiee|32
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and the Jaguar). México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico
de Verano.
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1976 Júu2 quiee|32
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). México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano
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1976 Primera Cartilla en Chinanteco de Lalana (First Chinantec
Reading Primer). México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico
de Verano.
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1977 Segunda Cartilla en Chinanteco de Lalana (Second Chinantec
Reading Primer). México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico
de Verano.
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1978 Historia |e3
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(The History of the Chinantec Church) México, D.F.: Instituto
Lingüístico de Verano.
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1994 Júu2 |miin32
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Dios (The New Testament in Lalana Chinantec), segunda edición.
México, D.F.: La Liga Biblica.
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1997 Suun32 |e3
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Chinantec Hymnal), décima edición. México, D.F.:
Kyrios.
M.A. THESES SUPERVISED
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1988 Koleen Matsuda French, Insights into Tagalog Reduplication,
Infixation, and Stress from Non-Linear Phonology.
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1988 Roderic Casali , Some Phonological Processes in Nauwri. (Ghana)
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1989 Tod Allman, Machine Translation of a Greek Parable into English,
Spanish, Angas, and Chinantec.
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1989 Michael Rodewald, A Tonal Grammar of Bandi and Mende.
(Liberia)
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1989 Lawrence Mulcahy, Raimo's Apprentice: A Comparative Reconstruction
Computer Program.
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1990 Stephen Parkhurst, Pharyngealization in Arabic.
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1990 John O'Ferral, An Experiment in Computerized Morphological
Parsing of Spanish Verbs.
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1991 Arthur Cooper, The Geometry of Japanese Geminate Consonants.
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