EDUCATION


Oct. 1970:
"Candidature en Philosophie et Lettres, Groupe Philologie Anglaise," Lovanium University, Kinshasa/Zaire "Honors"

June 1973:
"Licence en Philosophie et Lettres [BA], Groupe Philologie Anglaise," National University of Zaire, Lubumbashi/Zaire "Highest Honors"

June 1973:
"Agrégation d'enseignement moyen du degré supérieur" [Teaching certificate], National University of Zaire, Lubumbashi/Zaire "Honors"

Aug. 1979:
Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Chicago. Dissertation, `Semantic field' versus `semantic class', was graded "High Pass with Distinction" by the examining committee, which included Professors James D. McCawley (major professor), Gene Gragg, and Jerrold M. Sadock