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List of Professors
| Name |
Years at Michigan |
Position | |
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Clarence Linton Meader |
1893 - 1938 | Professor of Latin, Sanskrit, Russian, Comparative Philology and General Linguistics |
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Kenneth L Pike |
1948 - 1979 | Professor of Linguistics |
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Helen Joan Morley |
1959 - 2004 | Professor of Linguistics |
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Robbins Burling |
1963 - 1995 | Professor of Anthropology, Linguistics |
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John C. Catford |
1964 - 1986 |
Professor of Linguistics Chair of Department of Linguistics |
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Peter Fodale |
1964 - 1986 | Associate Professor of Linguistics |
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Padmanabha S. Jaini |
1964 - 1973 | Professor of Indic Languages and Literatures |
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Alan M. Stevens |
1964 - 1966 | Assistant Professor of Linguistics |
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Gene M. Schramm |
1965 - 2001 | Professor of Linguistics, Semitics, Near Eastern Studies |
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Ronald Wardhaugh |
1966 | Professor of Linguistics and Psychology |
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Alton (Pete) Becker |
1968 - 1986 | Professor of Linguistics |
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George P. Lakoff |
1969 - 1972 | Associate Professor of Linguistics |
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H. Douglas Brown |
1970 - 1978 |
Associate Professor of Education Associate Professor of Linguistics Visiting Professor English Language Institute 1970 Summer Term |
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Charles R. Pyle Jr. |
1971 | Assistant Professor of Linguistics |
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Robin T. Lakoff |
1972 | Assistant Professor of Linguistics |
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John Lawler |
1972 - 2009 | Associate Professor of Linguistics |
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Thomas L. Markey |
1973 - 1987 | Professor of German and Linguistics |
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Madhav M. Deshpande |
1973 - 2018 | Professor of Sanskrit & Linguistics |
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Deborah Keller-Cohen |
1974 - 2018 | Professor of Education, Linguistics & Women's Studies |
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Ann M. Borkin |
1975 - 1979 | Assistant Professor of Linguistics |
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Peter J. Benson |
1975 - 1981 | Assistant Professor of Communications, Computer and Communication Sciences, Linguistics |
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Larry Selinker |
1977 - 1993 | Professor of Linguistics |
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Marilyn J. Shatz |
1977 - 2009 |
Professor of Psychology Professor of Linguistics |
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Vitalij V. Shevoroshkin |
1978 - 2009 | Professor of Linguistics and Slavic Languages |
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Steven N. Dworkin |
1979 - 2019 | Professor of Romance Linguistics & Linguistics |
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Donna Jo Napoli |
1982 - 1987 | Professor of Linguistics |
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William Josh Ard |
1983 - 1989 | Assistant Professor of Linguistics |
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Susan M. Gass |
1983 - 1987 | Assistant Professor of Linguistics |
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William A. Croft |
1986 - 1993 | Assistant Professor of Linguistics |
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Draga Zec |
1988 - 1989 | Assistant Professor of Linguistics |
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Matthew J. Alexander |
1989 - 1992 | Assistant Professor of Linguistics |
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Andre M. Cooper |
1989 - 1996 | Assistant Professor of Linguistics |
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John M. Myhill |
1989 - 1994 | Assistant Professor of Linguistics |
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Karen A. Van Hoek |
1992 - 1999 | Assistant Professor of Linguistics |
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Ann Lesley Milroy |
1994 - 2005 | Hans Kurath Collegiate Professor of Linguistics |
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Jose R. Benki |
1997 - 2000 | Assistant Professor of Linguistics |
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Diana M. Cresti |
1997 - 2001 | Assistant Professor of Linguistics |
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Christina M. Tortora |
1997 - 2001 | Assistant Professor of Linguistics |
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Judith T. Irvine |
1999 - 2019 | Professor of Anthropology & Linguistics |
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Sarah G. Thomason |
1999 - 2021 | Professor of Linguistics |
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Richmond H. Thomason |
1999 - 2021 |
Professor of Philosophy, Linguistics Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science |
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Peter Ludlow |
2002 - 2007 | Professor of Philosophy and Linguistics |
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Diane E. Larsen-Freeman |
2002 - 2012 |
Professor of Education Professor of Linguistics Research Scientist, English Language Instutute |
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Nick C. Ellis |
2004 - 2021 |
Professor of Psychology and Linguistice Research Scientist |
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Carmel T. O'Shannessy |
2007 - 2017 | Associate Professor of Linguistics |