Anthropology Club

November 18th, 2009

Sad News About Dell Hymes

Posted by sbrooks in anthro news

Professor Dell Hathaway Hymes died last Friday, November 13. Professor Hymes was an extremely influential anthropologist, linguist, and folklorist. Anyone who’s taken a linguist anthropology class here at KSU will be familiar with both his studies of communicative competence and his Ethnography of Speaking. More information can be found in the links below:

http://jasonbairdjackson.com/2009/11/16/dell-hymes-passing/

http://linguistlist.org/issues/20/20-3950.html

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