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Subject: [Baalmail] Michael Clyne, R.I.P.
From: "Li Wei" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, October 29, 2010 5:14 pm
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Michael Clyne passed away last night. He was a leading scholar and an
inspirational figure in many fields of linguistics, including
psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, pragmatics, bilingualism and
multilingualism, second language learning, and intercultural
communication. After studying Germanic Languages (German, Dutch, plus
Icelandic and some Norwegian) and French at the University of Melbourne
(BA Hons 1960, MA 1962), Michael did graduate studies in General and
Germanic Linguistics in Utrecht and Bonn before joining the German staff
of Monash (Sept. 1962). From 1988 until his transfer to Melbourne in 2001,
he had been Professor of Linguistics at Monash.
Michael produced 28 authored, co-authored and edited books and over 300
articles and book chapters, and served on the editorial board of 13
international journals. He received awards such as Member of the Order of
Australia, Austrian Cross of Honour of Science and the Arts, the German
Cross of Merit, a Centenary of Federation medal, an honorary doctorate of
the University of Munich, the inaugural Vice Chancellor's Award for
Postgraduate Supervision (Monash), the 1999 Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm Prize
(international German Studies prize) and a Humboldt Research Prize. He was
a fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences of Australia and the
Australian Academy of the Humanities, and the Royal Netherlands Academy of
Sciences.
Since his retirement in January 2005, Michael had been Professorial Fellow
in the School of Languages at Melbourne University. He was patron of the
Victorian School of Languages.
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:49:09 +1100
From: Marko Pavlyshyn [log in to unmask]
Dear Colleagues,
I can hardly say how sorry I am to let you know of the death last night
of Michael Clyne.
Several of us spoke with Michael last night when he attended the LASC
lecture in which Farzad paid tribute to Michael's contribution to the
study of intercultural communication. In retrospect it was a farewell.
Michael's gifts to his discipline, to Monash and to Australia are well
known to us, and there will be occasion to reflect on them in coming
days. Now, on the School's behalf, I wish only to offer our sympathy to
Michael's wife Irene O'Donohue and their daughter Joanna in their
bereavement, which is also ours.
Michael's funeral service will take place at 2 p.m. on Monday 8th
November at the Anglican church of St Stephen and St Mary, 383 High
Street Road, Mount Waverley.
Marko Pavlyshyn
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Associate Professor Marko Pavlyshyn
Head, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
Building 11
Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
Tel.: +(61-3) 9905 2259, fax: +(61-3) 99055437
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