David B. Frank
Degrees
- PhD, University of Texas at Arlington (1983)
- MA, University of Texas at Arlington (1977)
- BA, University of Georgia (1975)
Current positions
- International Linguistics Consultant (2008– )
- Editor, Journal of Translation (2007– )
- Americas Area Linguistics Consultant (2001– )
Other experience
- Linguistic field worker, Gullah (2003 – 2006)
- Linguistic field worker, St. Lucian Creole (1984 – 2000)
- Instructor in English as a Foreign Language at the University of Texas at Arlington (1978 – 1980)
- Instructor for SIL summer courses at the University of Oklahoma (1976 – 1980)
Memberships
- Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission (alternate)
- Linguistic Society of America
- Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics
- Society for Caribbean Linguistics
- Southeastern Conference on Linguistics
- Society of Biblical Literature
Research interests
- creole languages
- descriptive linguistics
- lexicography
- translation theory
- sociolinguistics
- discourse analysis
Selected publications
Publications in SIL International Bibliography
2007. “Three Irregular Verbs in Gullah.” In Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives on Contact Languages, Magnus Huber and Viveka Velupillai, eds., pp. 159-173. Creole Language Library 32. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
2004. “TMA and the St. Lucian Creole Verb Phrase ” InSynchronic and Diachronic Perspectives on Contact Languages, Magnus Huber and Viveka Velupillai, eds., pp. 159-173. Creole Language Library 32. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
2002. “The Language of the Supernatural World in St. Lucia. ” La Torre 25:399-409.
2001. (ed.) Kwéyòl Dictionary. Castries: Saint Lucia Ministry of Education.
1999. “The Grammar of Sentence Conjunctions in St. Lucian French Creole. ” InLogical Relations in Discourse, Eugene E. Loos, ed., pp. 25-35. Dallas: SIL.
1993. “Political, Religious, and Economic Factors Affecting Language Choice in St. Lucia. ”International Journal of the Sociology of Language 102:39-56.
1991. “A Tagmemic Model for the Study of Language in Context. ” InProceedings of the Fourteenth International Congress of Linguists, Werner Bahner, Joachim Schildt and Dieter Viehweger, eds., pp. 2070-2072. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag.
1979. “Speech Acts and the Structure of Conversation. ” InPapers of the 1978 Mid-America Linguistics Conference at Oklahoma, Ralph E. Cooley, Mervin R. Barnes and John A. Dunn, eds., pp. 273-82. Norman:, University of Oklahoma Dept. of Communications.
Selected papers presented
2007. “Sources of St. Lucian Creole Vocabulary. ” Paper presented at the Summer Meeting of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics in Amsterdam. Available online at www.saintluciancreole.org/workpapers/sources_of_vocabulary.pdf.
2007. “We Don’t Speak a Real Language: Creoles as Misunderstood and Endangered Languages. ” Paper presented at a Symposium on Endangered Languages at the National Museum of Language in College Park, MD. Available online at www.saintluciancreole.org/workpapers/creoles_as_misunderstood.pdf.
2004. “Cultural Dimensions of Translation into Creole Languages. ”Paper presented at a Conference on Bible Translation in Cave Hill, Barbados. Available online at www.saintluciancreole.org/workpapers/cultural_dimensions.htm.
2000. (with Peter Samuel). “Translating Poetry and Figurative Language into St. Lucian Kwéyòl. ” Paper presented at the Thirteenth Biennial Conference of the Society for Caribbean Linguistics in Mona, Jamaica. Available online atwww.saintluciancreole.org/workpapers/translating_poetry.htm.
1998. “Lexical Challenges in the St. Lucian Creole Bible Translation Project. ” Paper presented at the Twelfth Biennial Conference of the Society for Caribbean Linguistics in Castries, St. Lucia. Available online at www.saintluciancreole.org/workpapers/lexical_challenges.pdf.
1992. “Clause versus Sentence in St. Lucian French Creole. ”Paper presented at the Ninth Biennial Conference of the Society for Caribbean Linguistics in Cave Hill, Barbados. Available online at www.saintluciancreole.org/workpapers/clause_versus_sentence.pdf.
1986. “The Structural Organization of St. Lucian French Creole Narrative Texts. ” Paper presented at the Sixth Biennial Conference of the Society for Caribbean Linguistics in St. Augustine, Trinidad. Available online at www.saintluciancreole.org/workpapers/structural_organization.pdf.