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Curriculum Vitae for Joseph T. Farquharson |
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| Name: |
Joseph T. Farquharson |
| Date of Birth: |
April 29, 1980 |
| Nationality: |
Jamaican |
| Mailing Address: |
Department of Linguistics
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
D-04103 Leipzig
Germany |
| E-mail Addresses: |
farquharson (at) eva.mpg.de
joseph.farquharson (at) uwimona.edu.jm |
| Telephone: |
+49 (0) 341 35 50 326 |
| Fax: |
+49 (0) 341 35 50 333 |
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Educational Background: |
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UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES |
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| 2003- |
Ph.D. candidate (Historical Linguistics)
Substrate Etymology: Tracing the West African Lexicon in Jamaican
Creole
Supervisors: Dr. Silvia Kouwenberg (UWI); Dr. Susanne Michäelis
(MPI
EVA) |
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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE |
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| 2002 – 2003 |
M.Phil. in European Literature (Spanish)
Representations of Self and the Other: Towards a Postcolonial Reading
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Golden Age Drama.
Supervisor: Professor Melveena McKendrick |
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UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES |
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| 1999-2002 |
BA (Hon. 1st Cl.) in Spanish and Linguistics |
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THE WRITERS BUREAU (UK) |
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| 1998- |
Comprehensive Writers Course (Distance Ed.) |
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Work Experience: |
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| 2003-4 |
Tutor – Introduction to Language and Linguistics
(Semester 1) |
| 2003-4 |
Tutor – Introduction to Syntax and Morphology (Semester
2) |
| 2004-5 |
Tutor – Introduction to Language and Linguistics (Semester
1) |
| 2004-5 |
Resident Advisor – A. Z. Preston Hall, University of the
West Indies |
| 2004-5 |
Lecturer (Part-time) Caribbean Language: Socio-Historical Background |
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Awards: |
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| 2005-7 |
Doctoral fellowship, Max
Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
(Leipzig, Germany) |
| 2003-5 |
University of the West Indies Postgraduate Scholarship |
| 2002-3 |
Tate & Lyle Cambridge Chevening Scholarship |
| 2002 |
Reinecke Prize for Best Graduating Student in Linguistics |
| 2002 |
Paul Davis Memorial Prize (Spanish and Linguistics)1 |
| 2002 |
Nominee, Prime Minister’s Youth Award. |
| 2000-2 |
University of the West Indies Open Scholarship |
| 2000 |
Arts & Education Faculty Prize, University of the West Indies2 |
| 1998 |
Kiwanis Club Youth in Excellence Award |
| 1996 |
Rupert Miller Award for Excellence in Languages (English & Spanish) |
| 1995 |
Earle and Norma Foster Bursary |
| 1995 |
Bank of Nova Scotia Bursary |
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1 For performance in Spanish and Linguistics
over years 2 and 3.
2 For overall performance in the faculty during year
1. |
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Research Interests: |
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Creole linguistics; English- and Spanish-Caribbean Literature; General
linguistics and
Jamaican Creole grammar (phonology, syntax, morphology); Jamaican folklore
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African influence); Language attitudes and language use in Jamaica;
Lexicography; Spanish
Golden Age (siglo de oro) literature and postcolonial literary theory |
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Long-term Projects and Interests: |
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- Compounding in Jamaican Creole [on-going]
- Jamaican Lexicography Project [on hold during Ph.D.
- Postcolonial reading of Spanish Golden Age literature [(back-burner)
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Leadership and Experience: |
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| 2003- |
Founder and Co-ordinator, Jamaican Lexicography Project |
| 2003- |
Editor, Bak Ansa (electronic newsletter in Jamaican Creole) |
| 2001-2002 |
Commonwealth Youth Ambassador (Jamaica) |
| 2001-2002 |
National Youth Policy Revision Committee (Jamaica) |
| 2001-2002 |
Hall Chairman, A.Z. Preston Hall, University of the West Indies |
| 2000-2001 |
Secretary, A.Z. Preston Hall |
| 1998-1999 |
President, National Secondary Students’ Council |
| 1998-1999 |
Deputy Head Boy, Cornwall College |
| 1997 |
Cultural Ambassador, Ghana, West Africa |
| 1996-2001 |
Freelance Journalist |
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References |
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Dr. Silvia Kouwenberg
Senior Lecturer
Dept. of Lang., Ling. & Phil.
University of the West Indies
Mona campus, Kingston 7
Jamaica
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Dr. Hubert Devonish
Professor of Linguistics
Dept. of Lang., Ling. & Phil.
University of the West Indies
Mona campus, Kingston 7
Jamaica |
| silvia.kouwenberg (at) uwimona.edu.jm |
hubert.devonish (at) uwimona.edu.jm |
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