Word: kuno
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...spent probably more time this year than in previous years [considering candidates] so that candidates don't have problems with the Faculty later," says Professor of Linguistics Susumu Kuno, the head tutor for the department...
Since two tenured professors left Harvard in1987 and 1990 respectively, the department hasonly Professor of Linguistics Susumu Kuno andThomas Professor of Linguistics and the ClassicsCalvert Watkins, who have been at Harvard sincethe 1960s, according to Wolff...
...Linguistics Department at Harvard seems tohave been singled out," Horn says. "[Professor ofLinguistics Susumu] Kuno and Watkins are close toretirement and there is no commitment to thejunior professors...They [Harvard administrators]don't see a downside to this decision...
...Kuno says that fellow faculty members "have a much better understanding of linguisitics and the role it can play" than at Yale. He calls the proposal to cut Yale's department "very unfortunate...
...Kuno said that he and other linguists are concerned that Yale's department was not given a fair assessment. Those who made the recommendations, he says, had little knowledge of the field...