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Roy Andrew Miller is a linguist notable for his advocacy of Japanese and Korean as members of the [[Altaic]] group of languages. Miller was born in the United States, in Winona, Minnesota, on 5 September 1924. In 1953, he completed a PhD in Chinese and Japanese at Columbia University in New York. |
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Roy Andrew Miller was long a student of languages. His early work (ca. 1956) was with Tibetan, and in 1969 he wrote the ''Encyclopedia Britannica'' entry, The Tibeto-Burman Languages of South Asia. Prof. Miller later concentrated his efforts on Japanese, for example, ''The Japanese Language'' (1967). Although many of his early works are out of print, Tuttle Publishing keeps ''A Japanese Reader'' (1963) in print. In 1971, he proposed linking Japanese with the Altaic group of languages (''Japanese and the other [[Altaic Languages]])''. He later broadened his scope by linking Korean both to Japanese and Altaic, most recently in ''Languages and History: Japanese, Korean, and Altaic'' (1996). |
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During the 1960s he was professor of Japanese at Yale University; one of his students, Norman H. Tilman established a scholarship in 1996 in Miller's honor (Yale News Release, 18 Jul 1996). Prof. Miller subsequently taught at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he was professor emeritus of Japanese. Although the exact dates of this teaching career are not clear as of this writing (Apr 2005), he did end his duties at the University of Washington in December of 1989, after which he went to Europe (mainly Germany and Scandinavia). Lectures there resulted in his book ''Languages and History'', mentioned above. The only other recent book-length treatment of his theories is in ''Language and Literature'', a festschrift edited by Karl Menges and Nelly Naumann on the occasion of Prof. Miller's 75th birthday, which is listed on Amazon.com.de without a date; since it cannot be shipped to Taiwan (where I currently live), I will not be able to review it until July 2005. |
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Long a student of languages, his early work (1950s) was largely with Chinese and Tibetan. For example, in 1969 he wrote the ''Encyclopedia Britannica'' entry, The Tibeto-Burman Languages of South Asia. |
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He was Professor of Linguistics at International Christian University in Tokyo (Japan) from 1955 to 1963. Subsequently he taught at Yale University (US); from 1964 to 1970, he was chairman of the department of East and South Asian Languages and Literatures there. From 1970 to 1989 he held a similar post at the University of Washington, Seattle (US). Since then, he has taught in Europe, mainly in Germany and Scandinavia. |
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Prof. Miller has written extensively on the Japanese language, from ''A Japanese Reader''(1963) and ''The Japanese Language'' (1967) to ''Japanese and the Other Altaic Languages'' (1971). He later broadened his scope by linking Korean both to Japanese and Altaic, most notably in ''Languages and History: Japanese, Korean, and Altaic'' (1996). |
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On the occasion of Prof. Miller's 75th birthday, Prof. Karl Menges and Prof. Nelly Naumann prepared a festschrift highlighting his career and including articles on Altaic languges. |
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Menges, Karl H. and Nelly Naumann, Ed. ''Language and Literature--Japanese and the other Altaic Languages.'' Harrossowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden, Germany. 1999. |
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Roy Andrew Miller is a linguist notable for his advocacy of Japanese and Korean as members of the Altaic group of languages. Miller was born in the United States, in Winona, Minnesota, on 5 September 1924. In 1953, he completed a PhD in Chinese and Japanese at Columbia University in New York.
Long a student of languages, his early work (1950s) was largely with Chinese and Tibetan. For example, in 1969 he wrote the Encyclopedia Britannica entry, The Tibeto-Burman Languages of South Asia.
He was Professor of Linguistics at International Christian University in Tokyo (Japan) from 1955 to 1963. Subsequently he taught at Yale University (US); from 1964 to 1970, he was chairman of the department of East and South Asian Languages and Literatures there. From 1970 to 1989 he held a similar post at the University of Washington, Seattle (US). Since then, he has taught in Europe, mainly in Germany and Scandinavia.
Prof. Miller has written extensively on the Japanese language, from A Japanese Reader(1963) and The Japanese Language (1967) to Japanese and the Other Altaic Languages (1971). He later broadened his scope by linking Korean both to Japanese and Altaic, most notably in Languages and History: Japanese, Korean, and Altaic (1996). On the occasion of Prof. Miller's 75th birthday, Prof. Karl Menges and Prof. Nelly Naumann prepared a festschrift highlighting his career and including articles on Altaic languges.
Source: Menges, Karl H. and Nelly Naumann, Ed. Language and Literature--Japanese and the other Altaic Languages. Harrossowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden, Germany. 1999. --61.219.36.130 03:15, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)