Hewson, John

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HEWSON, John

HEWSON, John. Canadian (born England), b. 1930. Genres: Language/Linguistics. Career: Memorial University of Newfoundland, Assistant Professor of French, 1960-64, Associate Professor of French, 1964-68, Professor of Linguistics, 1968-, University Research Professor, 1985-90, Henrietta Harvey Professor, 1997-. Publications: Oral French Pattern Practice, 1963; La Pratique du francais, 1965; Article and Noun in English, 1972; Beothuk Vocabularies, 1978; (with B. Francis) The Micmac Grammar of Father Pacifique, 1990; A Computer Generated Dictionary of Proto-Algonquian, 1993; The Cognitive System of the French Verb, 1997; (with V. Bubenik) Tense and Aspect in Indo-European Languages: Theory, Typology, Diachrony, 1997; Workbook for Historical Romance Linguistics, 1998. Address: Dept. of Linguistics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada A1B 3X9. Online address: [email protected]

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