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Teachers College, Columbia University
Teachers College
Columbia University

April 24, 2006 Conference

Ways

"Ways of Doing: Re-Conceptualizing Research Practices in Arts and Humanities"

This center is generously supported through the Florence H. and Eugene E. Myers Charitable Remainders Unitrust.

Ways of Doing - Spencer Grant Training Program

Franklin Horowitz

Franklin Horowitz is Adjunct Associate Professor of Linguistics and Education in the Department of Arts and Humanities at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Horowitz holds a Ph.D. in linguistics from Columbia University. He taught classics at Rutgers University, ESL at Columbia, and linguistic courses at Teachers College since 1978. He was President of International Linguistic Association, 1999-2002.

He specializes in semantics and historical linguistics, especially the Indo-European and Semitic languages.

Photo courtesy of Daniel Cuesta www.dphchallenge.com

Selected Publications

F. Horowitz (2002). Metaphors we die by: George Lakoff’s “Metaphors of Terror”. Teachers College,  Columbia University Working Papers in TESOL & Applied Linguistics, 2(1). 
F. Horowitz & Deakins, A. (1998). Breaking the patriarchal code: The linguistic basis of sexual bias. Word, 49, 437-443.
A. Lunsford, R. Connors, & F. Horowitz (1997). The Everyday Writer: A Brief Reference.
F. Horowitz (1999). Section for multilingual writers. In Lunsford, A. (Ed.), The New St. Martin's Handbook, 4th Ed. Boston, MA:Bedford/St. Martin's.
F. Horowitz (1992). On the Proto-Indo-European etymon for ‘hand’. Word, 43, 411-419.
F. Horowitz (1989). ESL and prototype theory: Zero vs. Definite article with place names. International Review of Applied Linguistics, 27, 81-98.