Karl J. Franklin

Contact

7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd.
Dallas, TX 75236 U.S.A.

Degrees

Ph.D., Australian National University (1969)
M.A., Cornell University (1965)
B.A., The King's College (1954)

Current positions

International Consultant, Anthropology and Training (2001– )
Adjunct Professor of Linguistics, University of Texas at Arlington (1994– )

Other experience

Vice President for Academic Affairs, SIL (1996–2001)
International Training Coordinator (1994–1996)
Director, South Pacific SIL, Australia (1991–1994)
Editorial Advisor, Pacific Linguistics (1979–2000)
Editor, Language and Linguistics in Melanesia (1987–90)
Directors' Assistant for Technical Studies, PNG (1986–1988)
International Anthropology Coordinator (1984–1986)
Field Director of SIL in Papua New Guinea (1980–82; 1972–1976)
International Linguistics Coordinator (1973–1976)
Fieldwork in West Kewa, PNG (1967–1973; 1988–90)
Fieldwork in East Kewa, PNG (1958–1963)
Editing, Consulting and Teaching (throughout assignments)

Memberships

Australian Linguistic Society
Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea

Research interests

The Kewa language and culture
The structure and history of Papuan languages
Tok Pisin and its structure
Cross-cultural training methodology

Selected publications

Publications in SIL International Bibliography

2005. “ Re-telling stories.” International Journal of Frontier Missions 22:6-11.

2005. “Proposing an alternative initial strategy for small language groups in the Pacific.”International Journal of Frontier Missions 22(2):45-51.

2000. “Review of Perspectives on the Bird’s Head of Irian Jaya, Indonesia.” edited by Jelle Miedema, Cecilia Odé and Rien A.C. Dam Studies on Language 24(1). 188-199.

2001. “Kutubuan (Foe and Fasu) and proto Engan.” In Andrew Pawley, Malcolm Ross and Darrell Tryon (eds.), The boy from Bundaberg: studies in Melanesian linguistics in honor of Tom Dutton, 143-54. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

1997. “Engan pronouns and their old endings.” Australian Journal of Linguistics, 17:185-217.

1997. (Editor) Papers in Papuan linguistics, no. 2. 361 pp. Canberra: PacificLinguistics, Series A 85.

1994. “Synchronic and diachronic observations on Kewa and Proto-Engan deictics.” In G.P. Reesink, ed. Topics in descriptive Papuan linguistics, pp. 1-41. Semaian 10. Valgroep Talen en Culturen van Zuidoost-Azië en Oceanië, Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden.

1992. Traim tasol: vocabulary testing in Tok Pisin. 73 pp. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Series D 85.

1991. “Kewa.” In Terence E. Hays, ed. Encyclopedia of World Cultures. Volume II: Oceania, pp. 114-117. Boston: G.K. Hall & Co.

1990. (with Robert Litteral). A programmed course in Tok Pisin (with accompanying tape by Steven Thomas). 181 pp. Revision of Litteral, 1969. Ukarumpa: SIL.

1990. “On the translation of official notices into Tok Pisin.” In J.W.M. Verhaar, ed. Melanesian Pidgin and Tok Pisin. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Pidgins and Creoles in Melanesia, pp. 323-344. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

1983. “Some features of inter-clausal reference in Kewa.” In John Haiman and Pamela Munroe, eds. Switch Reference and Universal Grammar. Proceedings of a Symposium on Switch Reference and Universal Grammar, pp. 39-49. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

1979. “Free and bound pronouns in Papuan languages.” In Ralph E. Cooley et al. eds. Papers of the 1978 Mid-America Linguistics Conference at Oklahoma, pp. 355-65. Norman: University of Oklahoma.

1978. (with Joice Franklin, assisted by Yapua Kirapeasi). A Kewa dictionary: with supplementary grammatical and anthropological materials. 514 pp. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics C 53.

1973. (Editor), The linguistic situation in the Gulf District and adjacent areas, Papua New Guinea. 597 pp. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics C 26.

1971. A grammar of Kewa, New Guinea. 138 pp. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics C 16.

1968. The dialects of Kewa. 72 pp. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics B 10.

Works online

2006. Some Tok Pisin idioms. (with Steven Kambi Thomas)

2003. Some Kewa metaphors: body parts as automobile parts.

1998. Lexicography considerations for Tok Pisin. [Based on a paper presented in Madang, PNG at the Papuan Linguistics Conference, September, 1992.] SIL Electronic Workpapers 1998-002.

1998. K.L. Pike on etic vs. emic: A review and interview. [Based on a paper presented in Madang, PNG at the Papuan Linguistics Conference, September, 1992.]