- James Deese
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James Earle Deese (1921 — 1999) joined the faculty of the
University of Virginia in 1980 after having served for an extended period withJohns Hopkins University . He advanced to become the Chairman of the Psychology Department where he served until 1980. He received the Hugh Scott Hamilton award for his distinguished service.Personal life
Deese was born in
Salt Lake City, Utah , on December 14, 1921 to Thomas D. Deese, an Alabama native ofLumbee ancestry; and Syrene Jane Johnson of Wisconsin. Deese was cousin of American aerospace engineer and scientistJames Henry Deese .Interests
He attended the
Chapman College inOrange, CA , where he earned his B.A. degree in psychology and later earned his doctorate at Indiana University. While attending the Indiana University Deese became fascinated by animal behavior and how it related to human behavior, particularly in the area of communication. He studied under professor W.N. Kellogg who had published a research work titled [http://www.psy.fsu.edu/history/wnk/ape.html The Ape and the Child] .The work of Kellogg started Deese on his distinguished career and in respect to this renowned professor he wrote a [http://www.psy.fsu.edu/history/wnk/deese.htm Memoriam Winthrop Niles Kellogg] .
Publications
Deese was revered by his students and highly respected by his peers. He has authored or partnered in [http://www.fetchbook.info/search_James_Deese/searchBy_Author.html 14 books] dealing with such subjects as: How to Study, Thought into Speech, Psychology of Learning, and Psycholinguistics.
James Deese and dependency analysis
Deese had a deep interest in the structure of discourse. He developed a system for describing the structure of oral or written discourse which he called dependency analysis. He explains dependency analysis in his book, "Thought into Speech: The psychology of a language" (1984).
External links
* [http://luna.moonstar.com/~acpjr/Blackboard/Common/Glossary/DeeseBib.html Publications]
* [http://luna.moonstar.com/~acpjr/Blackboard/Common/Glossary/TEXTGRAMMARS1.html Dependency Analysis compared to other text grammars]
* [http://luna.moonstar.com/~acpjr/Blackboard/Common/Glossary/DependAna.html Application of Dependency Analysis]
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