Robert A. Dooley
Degrees
- Ph.D. Oklahoma State University, (1973)
- M.S. Oklahoma State University, (1968)
Current positions
- SIL Intl Linguistics Consultant (2004– )
- Americas Area Training Leadership, Brazil (2006– )
Other experience
- SIL Intl Academic Training Coordinator (1993 – 1994)
- Director, SIL-UND (1988 – 1993)
- SIL Brazil Branch Linguistics Consultant (1980– -)
Memberships
- Linguistic Society of America
Language proficiency
- English
- Portuguese
- Guarani Mbyá
Research interests
- syntax
- Information structure
- discourse
Selected publications
Publications in SIL International Bibliography
2005. “Tradução bíblica numa sociedade minoritária. ” In Indígenas do BrasilRonaldo Lidório, ed. 189-204. Viçosa, MG: Editora Ultimato.
2003. “Guaranian languages.” In International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, 2nd ed. William Frawley, ed. 114f. New York: Oxford U. Press.
2003. (with Stephen H. Levinsohn). Análise do discurso: conceitos básicos em lingüística.. Petrópolis: Vozes.
2001. (with Stephen H. Levinsohn). Analyzing discourse: a manual of basic concepts.Dallas, TX: SIL International.
1982. “Options in the pragmatic structuring of Guaraní sentences.” Language 58:307-31.
Selected papers presented
2007. “Relevance theory and discourse analysis: complementary approaches for translator training. ” Paper presented at Bible Translation 2007, Dallas, TX, October 15-17, 2007.
2006. “Markedness in information structure and equivalence in translation.” GIAL forum lecture, 13 Feb 2006.
Works online
2007. “Explorations in discourse topicality.” SIL Electronic Working Papers SILEWP 2007-010. Online. URL: http://www.sil.org/silewp/abstract.asp?ref=2007-010