David B. Kelley (B.A., M.A., Ph.D. in linguistics)

(ESL) Faculty

(Showa Women's University, Tokyo, JAPAN)

420 Pond Street

Boston, MA 02130-3403, U.S.A.

Office: Room 103, Academic Building

 

Research Projects:

(1) A peer-reviewed research paper has been accepted for Pre-Columbiana a Journal of Long-Distance Contacts, entitled: "Comparing Chinese and Mesoamerican Calendar Dates." It compares calendrical day names and their sequencing, and will appear in 2012.

(2) I am currently writing another research paper for Pre-Columbiana a Journal of Long-Distance Contacts, which compares Chinese and Mesoamercan number words and symbols. The paper has not been submitted yet.

(3) I created four new alphabets for English that appear on Omniglot.com.

(4) On-line Papers:

"Cultural Diffusion"

by David B. Kelley

"A Comparison of the Organization and Use of Chinese and Mesoamerican Abaci"

by David B. Kelley

"The Pre-Columbian Lacquer of West Mexico"

By Celia Heil