In 1967 he took up his first teaching position at the University of Toronto. While there he focused his studies on the Ottawa language, an Algonquian language spoken in Wikwemikong, Manitoulin Island, Ontario. In 1974 he spent his sabbatical leave as a visiting professor at McGill University, and in 1975 he accepted a position at the Université du Québec à Montréal. At UQAM he continued his studies on Ottawa and began to focus on the Algonquin language in Lac Simon, Québec as well. As a result of his studies he co-edited the book Linguistic Studies of Native Canada with Eung-Do Cook. Linguistic Studies was published in 1978 by the University of British Columbia Press.
By the early 1980s Kaye's focus moved to West African languages. He was the primary editor of volume 2 of Current Approaches to African Linguistics, printed by Walter de Gruyter publishing house in 1983.
In 1999 he moved, this time to the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. He stayed there until he moved to Girona, Spain in 2001. He left Girona and moved to Gorizia, Italy in August 2008. He is still active in research and PhD supervision. He has recently given courses at the University of Ljubljana and at the University of Nova Gorica. He now lives in Kent, England, and volunteers at numerous local libraries.
2003 saw the publication of Living on the Edge: 28 Papers in Honour of Jonathan Kaye, a book dedicated to his life and work.
Travelsedit
Kaye traveled extensively, studying native languages in the area (Ex. languages of North and South America, the Ivory Coast, Slavic, Semitic, France, and others[1]) and would frequently protest the idea that languages were radically different from one another:
From our point of view as English speakers, a language such as Chinese might seem totally different from our own. In fact, these two languages as well as all other human languages are nearly identical. The differences that seem all important to us are relatively minor. (Jonathan Kaye 1989: 54). [2]
Referencesedit
^Kaye, J. (2003). Living on the Edge: 28 Papers in Honour of Jonathan Kaye. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN3-11-017619-X.
^Dresher, B. Elan. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 14, 2004. Retrieved 2008-06-27. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Further readingedit
Living on the edge: 28 papers in honour of Jonathan Kaye Edited by Stefan Ploch. Berlin; New York: M. de Gruyter, 2003
Review of Linguistic Studies of Native Canada by Eung-Do Cook and Jonathan Kaye. M. Dale Kinkade, Language, Vol. 56, No. 4 (Dec., 1980), pp. 891–893
Review of Current Approaches to African Linguistics, II by Jonathan Kaye. M. Lionel Bender. Language, Vol. 61, No. 2 (Jun., 1985), pp. 504–505
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