BYU Library - Special Collections

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Contains syllabi, department meeting minutes, graduate catalogue, accreditation reports, and records concerning department awards banquets, retreats, visiting scholars, academic reviews, class changes with the English/Linguistics merger, and department self-studies. Dates range from 1983 to 2008.

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Contains department correspondence, 1974-1999.

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Contains correspondence, notes, articles, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the history of the department, 1957-2002.

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Contains manuals, correspondence, minutes, and reports from the Translation Sciences Institute, 1970-1980.

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Contains general files including materials on the Translation Sciences Institution and computer translation, a conference on Christians and Jews, and the University Presidency. Materials date from 1980 to 1984.

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Contains general records of the Translation Sciences Institute, including annual reports and policies from the Humanities Research Center, database distribution records, building records, and general files. Also included are two plaques in an oversize folder from the institute honoring Ernest L. Wilkinson and his contributions, 1975-1992.

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Contains the general records of the Translation Sciences Institute, including annual reports and committee records, information from the scriptural database run by the institution, and papers related to the Translation Sciences Institute and its functions, 1973-1992.

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Contains microfiche from the Translation Sciences Institute covering four broad areas: analysis lexicons, scripture comparisons of the Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants, English lexicon and word order, and complete concordance of the four standard works, 1974-1982.

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Contains papers written completely or partially by Charles D. Bush, a senior research consultant at the Brigham Young University Humanities Research Center. Papers include the "English Modification Handbook," "Levels of Modification Applied to Transformational Grammar," papers covering the topics of translators and computers, as well as other papers and correspondence, 1973-1978.

Scope and Contents Contains information related to Junction Grammar, a system of language description developed by Dr. Eldon G. Lytle at Brigham Young University. The system attempts to illustrate language graphically and visually and was used by the Translation Sciences Institute. Included are records from a 1973 language symposium describing the theory, practical application records, volumes of the periodical "Junction Theory and Application" from 1978, a preliminary edition of the Fundamentals of Junction...