Refereed an article on "The Roots of Franz Boas' View of Linguistic Categories as a Window to the Human Mind" for the journal Historiographia Linguistica (April 1992)

Chaired a section of the international symposium, "De Mersenne à Humboldt: La Linguistique entre mythe et histoire" (Université de Paris-Sorbonne, France, June 4-5, 1991)

Roundtable respondent, Abschlusskolloquium des DFG Projektes Ideologenrezeption (Universität Frankfurt, Germany, May 21-26, 1991)

Addressed the National Geographic Society Advanced Summer Geography Institute on the issues surrounding German Reunification (July 1990)

Campus Coordinator, Alabama Academy of Science, Anthropology Section(1990-95)

Member of UNA German Scholarship Committee, administered by AATG, Alabama Chapter (1990-94)

Sponsored participant (Werner-Reimers Foundation) in an international colloquium, "The Relations between the Earth Sciences and Linguistics in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries" (Bad Homburg, Germany: October 2-5, 1989)

Co-organizer of a symposium, "Germania: Comparative Studies in the Old Germanic Languages and Literatures" (UCLA: Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, April 19-20, 1985)

Chaired a section at the Third International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (Princeton, NJ: August 19- 23,1984)

Examined and corrected Old High German and Old Saxon translations in the book Sources and Analogues of Old English Poetry II: The Major Germanic and Celtic Texts in Translation, translated by Daniel G. Calder, Robert Bjork, Patrick Ford and Daniel Melia.  Cambridge: Boydell & Brewer, 1983

 

COURSES CURRENTLY TAUGHT

    Linguistics Courses (Introduction to Languages, Sources of Vocabulary)

    International Studies

    Culture through Cinema

    German Language  (all levels, including phonetics and composition)

    German Literature (Pre-Romantic, 19^th Century, & Contemporary)

    Commercial German

    German Civilization and Culture

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Cultural Semiotics, Evolution of Grammar, History of Ideas, Literacy Studies, Theory of Writing,  Media Technology,  History & Historiography of Linguistics, Etymology, Language Change, Cognition Theory, Germanic Philology, Applied Linguistics

 

PRESENTATIONS  (Excluding items represented in Publications)

“Horne Tooke and the ‘Abbreviation’ of Language: A New Perspective on Grammaticalization.”  Eighth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences, September 14-19, 1999 (Paris, France)

“Arbitrariness versus Iconicity: Remarks on the Occasion of Hans Aarsleff’s retirement.”  Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, November 1997

“Saussure’s Anagrams and the Mechanics of Autonomous Phonetic Patterning.” Language Origins Society, July 1994 (UC, Berkeley)

"Humboldt on Writing." Modern Language Association, December 1991

 "From Reconstruction to Universals: The Case of Reduplication." Historical Linguistics Study Group, October 28, 1985 (UC, Berkeley)

"Language Change in American English: The Case of Palatalized Consonants." Modern Language Association,  December 1983

"Remarks on Irmengard Rauch's paper "The Impact of Language on Luther: Sapir-Whorf Redux"." Presented at the symposium "Business and Culture in the Emergence of German as a National Language," October 28-29, 1983 (UCLA)

 "Nietzsche's Views on Ressentiment and Suffering in Relation to the Concept of Bildung in Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain." Critical Response to J. Kowalik's paper "Ressentiment, Suffering and Bildung: Some Thoughts on Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain," presented at the symposium "Friedrich Nietzsche: The Psychology of Resentment."  UC, Santa Barbara, March 1982

 

PUBLICA TIONS

I.  BOOKS

1.            Uniformitarianism In Linguistics.  Amsterdam:  John Benjamins, 1983 (Studies in the History of Linguistics, Vol. 31).

2.            Germania:  Comparative Studies in the Old Germanic Languages and Literatures.  Cambridge:  Boydell & Brewer, 1988.  Edited with Daniel G. Calder.

II.  ARTICLES

1. “From Articulation to Comprehension: Steinthal and the Dynamics of Linguistic Intangibles.”  In Chaim Heymann Steinthal: Wirken und Rezeption (Studies in European Judaism, Volume IV),  ed. by G. Veltri, H. Wiedebach and A. Winkelmann.  Leiden: Brill, 2002.

2.  “Lazarus, Moritz.”  Entry in Biographical Dictionary of Western Linguistics, ed. by Pierre Swiggers and John Joseph.  London: Routledge, 2001.

3. “Steinthal, Heymann.”  Entry in Biographical Dictionary of Western Linguistics, ed. by Pierre Swiggers and John Joseph.  London: Routledge, 2001.

4.  “Bréal and the Semantics of Etymological Development: On the Need to Forget in Order to Re-member.”  In The History of Linguistic and Grammatical Praxis (Orbis/Supplementa 14), ed. by P. Desmet, L. Jooken, P. Schmitter, and P. Swiggers.  Louvain/Paris: Peeters, 2000:519-527.

5. “Saussure’s ‘Anagrams’: Blunder or Paralanguage?”  In History of Linguistics 1996, Volume 2: From Classical to Contemporary Linguistics (Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 95), ed. by David Cram, Andrew Linn, and Elke Novak.  Amsterdam: Benjamins, 1999:299-306.

6. “Between Intellect and Intuition: Saussure’s ‘Anagrams’ and the Calculus of the Auri-(Ora-)cular.”  In Interdigitations: Essays for Irmengard Rauch, ed. by G. F. Carr, W. Harbert, and L. Zhang.  New York:: Peter Lang, 1999:557-568.

7. “The Economy of the Edge: Space and Scale in Early Print Media.”  In Das kulturelle Erbe in den Montan- und Geowissenschaften: Bibliotheken-Archive-Museen, ed. by Tillfried Cernajsek and Lieselotte Jontes.  Vienna: Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, 41; 1997:79-83.

8.  "Literacy and Cartography: Methodological, Theoretical, and Cultural Consequences of Parallel Technologies."  In Das kulturelle Erbe geowissenschaftlicher und montanwissenschaftlicher Bibliotheken, ed. by Tillfried Cernajsek, Lieselotte Jontes, and Peter Schmidt.  Vienna: Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, 35; 1996:63-66.

9. "From Concept to Word: The Homophonic Principle and Steinthal's Theory of Writing."  In History of Linguistics 1993 (Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 78), ed. by Kurt R. Jankowsky.   Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins, 1995:199-207.

10. "Humboldt, Condillac, and the Analysis of Alphabetic Writing."  In Europäische Sprachwissenschaft um 1800: Methodologische und historiographische Beiträge zum Umkreis der "idéologie", Band IV, ed. by Brigitte Schlieben-Lange et al.  Münster: Nodus Publikationen, 1994:27-40.         

11. "Alphabetic Writing, Cognitive Structures and Language Change." In La Linguistique entre Mythe et Histoire, ed. by Daniel Droixhe and Chantal Grell.  Münster: Nodus Publikationen, 1993: 329- 341.

12.  "Salomon Stricker's Motor Theory of Language."  In Diversions of Galway: Papers on the History of Linguistics, ed. by Anders Ahlqvist.  Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 1992:227-235.

13.           "Geology and the Science of Language: Metaphors and Models." In Language and Earth: Elective Affinities Between the Emerging Sciences of Linguistics and Geology, ed.  by Frans Plank and Bernd Naumann.  Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 1991:79-89.

14.            "Steinthal's Illusion Theory of Mythology."  In History and Historiography of Linguistics, Vol. II, ed. by Hans-Josef Niederehe and Konrad Koerner.  Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 1990:647-652.

15.           "Humboldt on the Semiotics of Writing."  In The Semiotic Bridge, ed. by Irmengard Rauch & Gerald Carr.  New York: de Gruyter, 1989:339-345.

16.            "Reflex Sounds and the Experiential Manifold: Steinthal on the Origin of Language."  In Theorien vom Ursprung der Sprache, ed. by Wolfert von Rahden & Joachim Gessinger.  Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1989:523-547.

17.           "Steinthal and the Development of Linguistic Science:  The Convergence of Psychology and Linguistics."  In Papers in the History of Linguistics, ed. by Hans Aarsleff, Louis G. Kelly & Hans-Josef Niederehe.  Amsterdam:  John Benjamins, 1987:491-499.

18.     "The Role of Abbreviation in Figurative Processes of Language Change:  Nietzsche's Concept of Metaphor and Metonymy."  In Semiotics 1983, ed. by Jonathan Evans & John Deely.  Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1987:219-226.

19.     "The Semantics of Reduplication."  In Semiotics 1985, ed. by John Deely.  Lanham, MD:  University Press of America, 1986:619-626.

20.           "Reconstructing Language:  Remarks on Language Origins."  In Semiotics 1985, ed. by John Deely.  Lanham, MD:  University Press of America, 1986:627-632.

21.           "Humboldt's 'Inner Language Form' and Steinthal's Theory of Signification."  In Semiotics 1984, ed. by John Deely.  Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1985:251-259.

22.     "The Relation of Rhetorical and Stylistic Figure to Processes of Language Change."  In Essays Toward a History of Linguistic Theories, ed. by Sylvain Auroux, Michel Glatigny, Andre Jolly et al.  Lille, France:  Université de Lille III, 1984:545-552.

23.           "Uniformitarianism In Nineteenth-Century Linguistics: Implications for a Reassessment of the Neogrammarian Sound-Law Doctrine."  In Amsterdam Studies in the Theory and History of Linguistic Science III:  Studies in the History of Linguistics, Vol. 20, ed.  by Konrad Koerner.  Amsterdam:  John Benjamins, 1980:249- 256.

III.  Reviews

    Thought into Speech:  The Psychology of  Language, by James Deese.  Language 61(1), 1985:234-235.

    "The Roots of Franz Boas' View of Linguistic Categories as a Window to the Human Mind".  Anonymous article refereed for the journal Historiographia Linguistica in April 1992.

 

IV.  Unpublished Work

    Language Change in American English: The Case of Palatalized Consonants."     1983 (12 pp)

    "Uniformitarian Assumptions and the Study of Change:  The Case of Speech Errors."  1981 (41 pp)

    Foreign Words in the Writings of Christian Wolff.  Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee.  1975 (140 pp)

V.   Translation

    "Heyman Steinthal:  Psychologically Based Linguistics." Translation of "Psychologisch begründete Sprachwissenschaft" by Hans-Ulrich Lessing.  In The Volney Prize Essay Project, Vol.  III. Prix Volney Series, ed. by Joan Leopold. Dordrecht and Boston:  Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.

 

CAMPUS/COMMUNITY SERVICE

    Service, as Chair or member, on departmental, College, and University committees touching on all areas of the University

    Director, Phi Kappa Phi Promotion of Excellence Grant to Promote Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research (2000-2001: $8000.00)

    Fulbright Program Advisor

    Participation in ‘UNA Nights’, ‘Family Weekend’, Shoals Chamber of Commerce Breakfast meetings, the University Foundation’s ‘Holiday Open House’, receptions for foreign students and community leaders, meetings with Alabama’s political representatives, and events hosted by the Kennedy Douglass Center for the Arts

    Represented the University at the ‘Youth Leadership Shoals’ induction ceremony

    Served in the Faculty Senate as Senator, Executive Board member and President 

    Addressed various campus and community groups on the subject of German reunification

    Translation assistance to Registrar's Office, local bookstores, US Army, Florence Police Department, life insurance company, electronics firm, and individuals

    Assistance to  Renaissance Faire Committee/ Kennedy Douglass Center for the Arts

    Faculty Advisor of the Foreign Language Honor Society, Phi Sigma Iota (planned and oversaw installation of UNA's Delta Theta Chapter, May l989)

    Faculty Sponsor of the UNA German Club

    Organized German film series

    Established a German Language and Culture Resource Center

   Introduced local high school German classes to the UNA German curriculum

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

    Modern Language Association

    American Association of Teachers of German

    Societé d’Histoire et d’Épistomologie des Sciences du Langage

    Studienkreis Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft

    American Association of University Professors

    North American Association for the History of the Language Sciences

    Semiotic Society of America

    Phi Beta Kappa

    Phi Kappa Phi

OTHER INTERESTS

    Antiquarian books

    Paleontology/Geology

    Antiques and oriental rugs

    Fishing

    Gardening and gourmet cooking

PERSONAL DATA

Dr. T. Craig Christy, Chair, Department of Foreign Languages

Professor of German, Linguistics and International Studies

University of North Alabama, Box 5074

Florence, Alabama 35632-0001

Tel.:     (256) 765-4436 (O)

(256) 760-8557 (H)

FAX:   (256) 765-4911 (O)

E-mail: cchristy@unanov.una.edu 

 

REFERENCES

•                      Professor Hans Aarsleff

Princeton University (Emeritus)

120 Longview

Princeton, NJ 08540

Tel.:     (609) 924-5268 [FAX/E-mail not available]

•                      Russell A. Baum, Budget Officer for Diplomatic and Consular Programs

United States Department of State

Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs

2201 “C” Street, NW

Washington, DC 20520

Tel.:     (202) 647-0483 (O)

(703) 241-7191 (H)

FAX:   (202) 647-4970

E-mail: baumra@state.gov

•                      Dr. G. Daniel Howard

University of North Alabama

Vice President, University Advancement and Administration

Box 5078

Florence, AL 35632-0001

Tel.: (256) 765-4901

FAX: (256) 765-4644

E-mail: dhoward@unanov.una.edu

•                      Dr. Elliott A. Pood

University of North Alabama

Dean, College of Arts & Sciences

Box 5021

Florence, AL 35632-0001

Tel.: (256) 765-4288

FAX: (256) 765-4778

E-mail: epood@unanov.una.edu

•                      Robert L. Potts, President

University of North Alabama

Box 5004

Florence, AL 35632-0001

Tel.: (256) 765-4211

FAX: (256) 765-4644

E-mail: rpotts@unanov.una.edu