Beth Lee Simon (Indiana University - Purdue University at Fort Wayne)

submitted: Sun, 18 Dec 1994 15:55:47 EST

Professor Beth Lee Simon
Indiana University - Purdue University at Fort Wayne
Department of English and Linguistics
Fort Wayne, IN 46805   USA

phone: 219-481-6771
email: simon@cvax.ipfw.indiana.edu

Research areas:
Language and Identity; Sociolinguistics; Codeswitching; Bilingualism and
Multilingualism; Standard and nonstandard languages

Focus on:
India, particularly Banaras; India, particularly Tibetan resettlement
areas

Languages:
Hindi; Bhojpuri, especially Banarasi Bhojpuri; Hindi-Bhojpuri codeswitching;
Tibetan; Tibetan-English codeswitching

Teaching:
Regional and Social Dialects; The Study of Language; South Asian folklore;
seminars on Religion and Identity in South Asia; Language, Gender and Power.