The most surprising story Derbyshire told of the long period of work in the Hixkaryana village of remote northern Brazil concerned a day in November 1965, during the visit by then New York's US SenatorRobert F. Kennedy. The recounting of that three-day visit included how Senator Kennedy declared his decision to run for President of the United States.[1]
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^"LINGUIST List 19.1: Obituary: Desmond Derbyshire (1924-2007)". 3 January 2008.
desmond, derbyshire, desmond, cyril, derbyshire, september, 1924, december, 2007, linguist, specialized, carib, languages, background, edithe, best, known, work, hixkaryana, known, object, verb, subject, word, order, derbyshire, study, language, linguist, with. Desmond Cyril Derbyshire 10 September 1924 19 December 2007 was a linguist who specialized in Carib languages Background editHe is best known for his work on Hixkaryana known for its object verb subject word order Derbyshire s study of the language as a linguist with the Summer Institute of Linguistics resulted in the first description in the linguistics literature of a language with this word order as its default The most surprising story Derbyshire told of the long period of work in the Hixkaryana village of remote northern Brazil concerned a day in November 1965 during the visit by then New York s US Senator Robert F Kennedy The recounting of that three day visit included how Senator Kennedy declared his decision to run for President of the United States 1 References edit LINGUIST List 19 1 Obituary Desmond Derbyshire 1924 2007 3 January 2008 Pullum Geoffrey K Obituary Desmond Derbyshire 1924 2007 3 Jan 2008 LINGUIST List nbsp nbsp This biography of a British linguist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Desmond C Derbyshire amp oldid 1132603799, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
