William Cornyn
Encyclopedia
William Stewart Cornyn was a linguist who graduated from and was employed at Yale
, where he served as a professor of Slavic and South East Asian Linguistics and chair of both the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, and the Russian Area Program.
His research focused on the description of and preparation of pedagogical materials for Burmese
and Russian
. In 1941, while working as an Assistant in Germanic Languages at Univeresity of California, Los Angeles Cornyn became a member of the Linguistic Society of America. He died on March 15, 1971, at the age of sixty-four.
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, where he served as a professor of Slavic and South East Asian Linguistics and chair of both the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, and the Russian Area Program.
His research focused on the description of and preparation of pedagogical materials for Burmese
Burmese language
The Burmese language is the official language of Burma. Although the constitution officially recognizes it as the Myanmar language, most English speakers continue to refer to the language as Burmese. Burmese is the native language of the Bamar and related sub-ethnic groups of the Bamar, as well as...
and Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
. In 1941, while working as an Assistant in Germanic Languages at Univeresity of California, Los Angeles Cornyn became a member of the Linguistic Society of America. He died on March 15, 1971, at the age of sixty-four.
Publications
- (1939) "Hotel Slang" American Speech 14.3: 239-240.
- (1944) "Outline of Burmese Grammar" Language 20.4:5-34. (Language Dissertation No. 38).
- (1957) Burmese chrestomathy. (American Council of Learned Societies. Program in Oriental Languages. Publications Series A, No. 4.). Washington: American Council of Learned Societies.
- (1958) with John K. Musgrave. Burmese Glossary (American Council of Learned Societies. Program in Oriental Languages. Publications. Series A. No. 5.). Washington: American Council of Learned Societies.
- (1959) Beginning Russian. New Haven: Yale University Press.