Vita of
BRIAN DARREL
STUBBS
E-mail: uanist@yahoo.com
EDUCATION
13th place in the Utah State High
School Math Contest among sophomores, 1965.
A perfect score of 36 on the math
portion of the ACT in high school.
Graduated from Provo High School,
1967.
B.A. in University Studies
(languages), Brigham Young University, 1974.
M.A. in Linguistics, University of
Utah, 1981.
Graduate Certificate in Teaching
English as a Second Language, University of Utah,1982.
Completed coursework (3.9 gpa) and
comprehensive exams toward a
Ph.D. in linguistics, Hebrew, and
Arabic, University of Utah, 1982.
EXPERIENCE
LDS Mission among the Navaho,
1968-1970.
High school region record in the
mile; ran cross-country for BYU; have run two marathons.
Counselor for the Utah State
Division of Rehabilitation, 1974-1977.
Adult Education Teacher on White
Mesa Ute Reserve, 1977-1978.
Graduate assistant instructor at
the University of Utah in
Linguistics
Dept. 1980-81 (tutor for Linguistics 120)
Middle
East Dept. 1981 (taught Arabic 201)
ESL/English
Dept. 1981-82 (taught English to non-native speakers)
Worked for the LDS Church’s
Translation Dept., 1981-1983.
Initially tutored by my father (a
PhD in music), I pursued further study of music composition on my own and have
written 30-plus compositions and six complete musicals.
Have taught English, algebra,
Spanish, cross-country, and music courses for the San Juan Campus of the
College of Eastern Utah, 1982 to the present.
Taught Introduction to Linguistics
for Weber State and Utah State University, 1993 to 2005.
While languages backed by college
credit include Spanish (4 years), Hebrew (4),
Arabic (3), Navaho (2), German (2), Aramaic (1), Sanskrit (1), and Ancient Egyptian (1),
I have studied or researched dozens of others through 30 years of research in the
languages of the Americas and the Near East.
Arabic (3), Navaho (2), German (2), Aramaic (1), Sanskrit (1), and Ancient Egyptian (1),
I have studied or researched dozens of others through 30 years of research in the
languages of the Americas and the Near East.
PUBLICATIONS AND COMPOSITIONS
Stubbs, Brian D. 1983. Observations in Uto-Aztecan. Monograph published by FARMS
(Foundation
of Ancient Research and Mormon Studies).
—
1983. “Inter-Clausal Predicates.” In Proceedings
of the Deseret Language
and Linguistics
Symposium. Provo: Brigham Young
University.
— 1988. A Creolized Base in Uto-Aztecan. Provo: FARMS .
—
1989. Presented "The
Hidden Challenge for Second Language Learners:
The
Subconscious Mind's Role in Language Acquisition" at the 1989 Community
College
Conference in Saint George, Utah.
— 1992. “Book of Mormon Language.” Encyclopedia
of Mormonism,
Vol.
1: 179-181. New York: Macmillan.
—
1994. "The Native
American Languages of San Juan County."
In
Blue Mountain Shadows, vol. 13: 63-67.
— 1995. “The Labial Labyrinth in Uto-Aztecan.”
International
Journal of American Linguistics 61/4: 396-422.
— 1996. “Looking Over vs. Overlooking Native
American Languages.”
Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 5/1:
1-49.
— 1996. “A Lengthier Treatment of Length.”
Journal
of Book of Mormon Studies 5/2: 82-97.
— 1996. Henry
Harold Stokes: A Biography.
Monograph.
— 1997. “A
Short Addition to Length: Some Relative Frequencies of
Circumstantial
Structures.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 6/1: 39-46.
—
1997. “A review of Comanche
Vocabulary: Trilingual Edition,” compiled by
Manuel
García Rejón, translated and edited by Daniel J. Gelo. Austin: University of
Texas
Press, 1995. International Journal of American Linguistics 63/2: 282-4.
— 1998. “Commentary on Linguistics, Inscriptions,
and Glyphs.”
In
Across Before Columbus, eds. Donald
Y. Gilmore and Linda S. McElroy, 245-51.
Edgecomb,
Maine: NEARA Publications.
— 1998. “A Curious Element in Uto-Aztecan.”
Epigraphic
Society Occasional Papers, vol. 23, 109-140.
— 2000. "More Palatable Reconstructions for
Uto-Aztecan Palatals."
International Journal of American
Linguistics 66/1: 125-37.
— 2000. “The Comparative Value of Tubar in
Uto-Aztecan.”
In
Eugene H. Casad and Thomas L. Willett (eds.), Uto-Aztecan: Structural,
Temporal, and Geographic
Perspectives,
Hermosillo, Mexico: Universidad de
Sonora,
357-69.
— 2000. “Was there Hebrew Language in Ancient
America: an Interview with
Brian
Stubbs.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9/2: 54-63.
— 2001. Morsels for the Mind with Chunks of Chuckle
Soup, 2nd ed.
Blanding,
Utah: Four Corners Book.
— 2001. Life with Mr., Jr., and Some Misses of
Communication. A comedy
musical
about family miscommunication: script, lyrics, and music by the author.
— 2002. Paradise Lost and Found. A comic musical about tourists on a cruise
ship
who shipwreck on an island and comically commence plans for survival,
rescue, or permanent vacation: script, lyrics, and music by the author.
rescue, or permanent vacation: script, lyrics, and music by the author.
— 2003. Paradise Lost and Found: part II. A comic musical, a continuation of
part
I: script, lyrics, and music by the author.
— 2003. “New Sets Yield New Perspectives for
Uto-Aztecan
Reconstructions.” In Jason Haugen and Luis Barragan, eds.,
MIT Working Papers on Endangered and Less Familiar Languages 4, 1-20.
Studies in Uto-Aztecan Linguistics.
Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
MIT Working Papers on Endangered and Less Familiar Languages 4, 1-20.
Studies in Uto-Aztecan Linguistics.
Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
— 2003. “Elusive Israel and the Numerical Dynamics
of Population Mixing.” In
The FARMS Review 15/2: 165-182.
— 2004. Mr. Scrumple’s Opus. A comedy musical about teaching: script,
lyrics,
and
music written and produced by the author.
— 2005. Great!
Expectations! A musical on
the history of Blanding, written by
request
of the city’s centennial committee: script, lyrics, and music written
and produced by the author.
and produced by the author.
— 2009. Morsels for the Mind Mingled with Mirth,
3rd ed.
Flower
Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services.
— 2009. Has Beens, Wannabes, and Rather-Nots.
A musical completed and
performed June 11-13, 2009.
—
2011. Uto-Aztecan:
A Comparative Vocabulary.
Rocky
Mountain Books and Productions, Blanding, Utah, and
Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services.
Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services.
Stubbs, Brian D., Mary Jane Yazzie, Aldean
Ketchum, Loretta Posey. 2011.
White
Mesa Ute: Lessons and Dictionary. White
Mesa Ute Council.
Stubbs, Brian D. 2012. Learning to Love Life and Live with the
Limp:
The First 62 Years before I Forget. Rocky Mountain Books and
Productions, Blanding, Utah, and
Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services.
The First 62 Years before I Forget. Rocky Mountain Books and
Productions, Blanding, Utah, and
Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services.
Several single compositions too numerous to
list, if even recoverable again.
WORKS IN
PROGRESS
Stubbs, Brian D. Rio Grande Tewa: an Indexed Vocabulary. It is now about 250
pages, perhaps
60-70%
complete, and is the largest Tewa dictionary in existence, though the tribe
prefers
that
I not publish it.
— “Athapaskans, Puebloans, and the Ancestry of
the Navaho.”
— Paradise
Lost and Found. A novel.
— Declarations
of Independence. A musical
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