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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Charles A. Ferguson papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0475
Physical Description:
33.25 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1943-1993
Summary: Correspondence,
minutes, reports, proposals, surveys, research notes, articles, and other items pertaining
to his research in linguistics; subjects include South Asian languages, East African
languages, child phonology, and language universals. Also includes course outlines and final
exams from classes he taught at Stanford; his autobiography; and minutes and papers from the
Inter-Lutheran Commission on Worship, 1967-77.
Language of Material:
Undetermined .
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of C.A. Ferguson, 1993-1996.
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must
be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special
Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Charles A. Ferguson Papers (SC0475). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Professor of linguistics at Stanford University since 1967. Prior to coming to Stanford,
Ferguson was director of the Center for Applied Linguistics and taught and conducted
research at the Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Foreign Service Institute
in Washington, DC.
Correspondence, minutes, reports, proposals, surveys, research notes, articles, and other
items pertaining to his research in linguistics; subjects include South Asian languages,
East African languages, child phonology, and language universals. Also includes course
outlines and final exams from classes he taught at Stanford; his autobiography; and minutes
and papers from the Inter-Lutheran Commission on Worship, 1967-77.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Language acquisition.
Linguistics -- Study and teaching.
Asia, Southeastern -- Languages.
Africa, Eastern -- Languages.