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56-460: A reconstruction is presented by Michael Fortescue in his Comparative Dictionary of Chukotko-Kamchatkan (2005). According to Fortescue, Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan had the following phonemes , expressed in IPA symbols. */c/ is a true voiceless palatal stop (not the affricate č ). Note that Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan had only voiceless stops , no voiced stops (such as /b d ɡ/ ). However, there

112-734: A B.A. with "Honours with great Distinction" in Slavic languages and literatures from University of California, Berkeley , where he then taught Russian 1968-1970 and finished an M.A. in Slavic languages and literatures. In the years 1971-1975 he taught English for the International Language Centre in Osaka and the University of Aix/Marseille . He took a PhD in Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh 1975-1978 with

168-505: A fundraising drive for a new building on the college site. In November 2010, it was confirmed that Hong Kong businessman Dickson Poon had made a £10 million donation to the college for the construction of the Dickson Poon China Centre. The centre houses the university's China Studies department, as well as providing accommodation for St Hugh's postgraduate students and The Wordsworth Tea Room. The Dickson Poon building

224-525: A highly-talented and trained squad made up of many Blues rowers. This women's crew was able to rapidly climb up the ranks, and finally restored the Boat Club to its former glory by winning Headship back again in 1982. This was continued by a string of dominant performances, with the Boat Club retaining Summer Eight's headship until 1984. The Boat Club was also able to win Torpids Headship in

280-606: A past principal) and 82 Woodstock Road are further used as second and third year accommodation, whilst the Wolfson Building is almost exclusively used for second years. Further finalist accommodation is provided for in houses on Banbury Road. All undergraduate rooms have kitchen access, with the majority sharing bathroom access (barring Maplethorpe and the Rachel Trickett Building, which have en-suite access). The Wolfson Building became notable across

336-458: A professional organist to oversee the chapel music. St Hugh's College Boat Club (SHBC) is a rowing club for members of St Hugh's College, Oxford. It is based on the Isis at Boathouse Island, Christ Church Meadow, Oxford . The boat club blazer is blue with white and yellow trim on the cuffs and lapels. St Hugh's College Boat Club has a long and rich history, with notable contributions towards

392-460: A reputation as one of the most attractive colleges because of its extensive gardens. In its 125th anniversary year, the college became a registered charity under the name "The Principal and Fellows of St Hugh's College in the University of Oxford". As of July 2018, the college's financial endowment was £37.6 million. St Hugh's was founded in 1886 by Elizabeth Wordsworth (great-niece of

448-480: A royal charter in 1926. In 1936, to mark 50 years since it was founded, a "Group Portrait" was painted of Evelyn Procter , History Tutor; Edith Wardale , English Language Tutor; Elizabeth Francis , French Tutor; Barbara Gwyer , Principal; and Cecilia Ady , History Tutor by Henry Lamb . In the same year 1 St Margaret's Road was demolished, and a new library was built in the Mary Gray Allen building; it

504-431: A summer garden party was attended by over 1,200 guests. Aung San Suu Kyi sent a message to the college, saying "Happy moments are one of the pillars that keep the spirit uplifted during hard times. St Hugh’s and Oxford are inextricable from my happiest memories, those that I could draw on when the beauty of the world seemed dim. I so wish I could be with you at this very moment to relive old joys and to stir up new ones for

560-590: Is a British-born linguist specializing in Arctic and native North American languages, including Kalaallisut , Inuktun , Chukchi and Nitinaht . Fortescue is known for his reconstructions of the Eskaleut , Chukotko-Kamchatkan , Nivkh , and Wakashan proto-languages . As a young teenager, Michael Fortescue and his family moved to California where he went to La Jolla High School 1956-1959. He finished school at Abingdon School in 1963. In 1966, he received

616-584: Is a series of voiced fricatives , */v ð ɣ ʁ/ . These have no voiceless counterparts (such as /f θ x/ ). */v/ is a voiced labiodental fricative (like v in English). */ɣ/ is a voiced velar fricative (like the g in Dutch ogen , modern Greek gamma, Persian qāf, etc.). */ʁ/ is a voiced uvular fricative (like r in French). The entire */t ð n l r/ series is alveolar — i.e. */t ð n/ are not dentals. It

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672-492: Is generally accepted that Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan had an eleven- case system for nouns, but Dibella Wdzenczny has hypothesised that these evolved from only six cases in Pre-Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan. Below is the reconstructed case system of Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan. 1 Note that the (mostly inanimate) nouns of the first declension only marked plurality in the absolutive case. The protolanguage

728-441: Is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford . It is located on a 14.5-acre (5.9-hectare) site on St Margaret's Road , to the north of the city centre. It was founded in 1886 by Elizabeth Wordsworth as a women's college , and accepted its first male students in its centenary year in 1986. Prominent alumni include Theresa May , Aung San Suu Kyi , Amal Clooney and Heather Hallett, Baroness Hallett . It enjoys

784-554: Is the standard work in its area, as is his Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan Dictionary . In his book Pattern and Process , Fortescue explores the possibilities of a linguistic theory based on the philosophical theories of Alfred North Whitehead . A more complete listing is available in the Festschrift in his honor. This biography of a British linguist is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . St Hugh%27s College, Oxford St Hugh's College

840-576: Is thought to have been a nominative-accusative language, with the current Chukotko-Kamchatkan ergative aspects coming later in the (Northern) Chukotian branch, possibly through contact with nearby Eskimo–Aleut -speaking peoples. This would explain why Itelmen , spoken further south than any Eskimo–Aleut speakers visited, lacks ergative structures. Some linguists, however, maintain that Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan began as an ergative language and lost that feature over time. Michael Fortescue Michael David Fortescue (born 8 August 1946, Thornbury )

896-677: The European Union and former ambassador to Colombia , was educated at Eton College and St Hugh's. Emily Davison , the suffragette who famously died after being hit by the king's horse when she walked onto the track during the 1913 Epsom Derby race, enrolled at St Hugh's for one term to sit her finals . American Olympic rower Anders Weiss competed for Oxford University in the 2018 Boat Race . Polar expedition leader Alex Hibbert read biological sciences at St Hugh's, graduating in 2007. Notable alumni in business include Louise Patten , Philip J. K. James and Nate Morris . In

952-516: The 1954-55 issue of the St Hugh's Chronicle, leading to the assumption that the Boat Club was unable to recover from the loss of their boat. It is only after one and a half decades later that the Boat club is mentioned again, with its refounding occurring in 1973, thanks to the enthusiasm of Julia Winterbottom, Jennifer Greenwood and Judy Bartley. The newly rejuvenated club boasted 16 members coached by

1008-451: The Boat Club came into financial trouble, unable to operate. It resulted in a temporary lapse in outings as Boat Club members deliberated with the JCR and College on how best to rectify the situation. A solution was reached in 1953, where it was agreed that as long as "half a dozen" of members are active and pay a termly subscription of 15s (75p), then the Boat Club would receive full support from

1064-572: The Bureau of Animal Population, the Department of Zoological Field Studies and the Institute of Statistics, before being demolished in 1952. Agnes Headlam-Morley , a fellow of St Hugh's, became the first woman to hold a chair at the University of Oxford in 1948. In 1951 the college purchased the freeholds to 85 and 87 Banbury Road and 9 to 13 Canterbury Road from St John's College. In addition,

1120-631: The Main Building, containing accommodation, teaching facilities, the chapel, and the dining hall. As of 2022, the majority of first year students are housed in the Main Building, in addition to the Kenyon Building (named for Kathleen Kenyon ). Some first years are housed in the Maplethorpe and Mary Gray Allen Buildings, although the majority within these buildings are second years and finalists. The Rachel Trickett Building (named for

1176-545: The Maplethorpe Building was constructed; the building contains conference facilities on the ground floor and student accommodation on the upper three floors. The building missed its planned opening date of summer 2000, meaning students had to be accommodated in B&;Bs throughout Michaelmas term. In addition, a new main entrance was constructed at the back of the college on Canterbury Road. Between 1999 and 2000

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1232-731: The United Kingdom ; Nicky Morgan , former Secretary of State for Education ; Rachel Maclean , former UK Housing Minister; Barbara Castle , former Secretary of State ; Khairy Jamaluddin , Malaysian Government Minister; and Aung San Suu Kyi , the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and State Counsellor of Myanmar , studied at the college. Current members of the U.K. House of Lords include James O'Shaughnessy, Baron O'Shaughnessy , Olivia Bloomfield, Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist , and Jo Valentine, Baroness Valentine . British diplomat Lindsay Croisdale-Appleby , ambassador to

1288-475: The University of Oxford'. As of July 2018, the college's financial endowment was £37.6 million. This was amongst the lowest of the Oxford colleges; by comparison, St John's college had a financial endowment of £551.5 million. The college is big enough to accommodate all its undergraduates for the duration of their studies. There are three large lawns for the use of students all year round. The gardens are also

1344-647: The Women's division in 1986. SHBC alumni include American Olympic rower Anders Weiss who competed in The Boat Race 2018 . SHBC member Oskar Zorrilla coxed Oxford to victory in The Boat Race 2013 . In The Boat Race 1982 , SHBC member Boris Rankov won a record number of boat races competing as a rower which was recognised by Guinness World Records and which led to the so-called 'Rankov Rule'. St Hugh's students are present in all spheres of public life: In politics, Theresa May , former Prime Minister of

1400-636: The arts, the musician Joe Goddard (from electropop outfit Hot Chip ) studied at St Hugh's. Conductor Jane Glover read music at St Hugh's, as did BBC arts broadcaster and writer Suzy Klein . TV writer Richard Hurst wrote his first play at St Hugh's. BAFTA Award-winning actress and comedian Rebecca Front began her career at the college, touring with the Oxford Revue in 1984. Writers Mary Renault , Lady Selina Hastings , Jane Ridley and Juliet Nicolson studied at St Hugh's, too. In science and academia, mathematical child prodigy Ruth Lawrence joined

1456-589: The boat club was able to buy and acquire its first boathouse - the Middle Cherwell Boat House. After three to four decades of building and gathering much needed infrastructure, the quality of training provided by the club improved significantly. This resulted in the Boat Club winning the Inter-College Fresher's fours, which signified the potential of the club. However, the next year, due to unforeseen and unknown circumstances,

1512-486: The building has already been given a heritage listing ). This was followed shortly after by the Wolfson Building, which was constructed between 1966 and 1967 and opened by Princess Alexandra and Harold Macmillan in his role as chancellor of the university. The chapel was renovated in 1980; a new organ was installed. The following year, 78, 80 and 82 Woodstock Road were also renovated. The houses are now named SH Ho House, Ho Tim House and KK Leung House in recognition of

1568-409: The college in 1983 aged 12. Dorothy Bishop , a psychologist specialising in developmental disorders, studied at St Hugh's. Other academics include sociologist and intelligence researcher Noah Carl ; philosopher Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe ; linguist and revivalist Ghil'ad Zuckermann ; and mathematician Mary Cartwright . Another mathematician, Jillian Beardwood , known for her solution to

1624-481: The college. There are statues of both St Hugh and Elizabeth Wordsworth on the library stairs. These were presented to the college as gifts for its Jubilee in 1936. St Hugh carries a model of Lincoln Cathedral, which would have been very familiar to Elizabeth Wordsworth, and has his other hand resting on the head of a swan, the famous swan of Stow . Elizabeth Wordsworth is depicted wearing her doctoral robes. St Hugh's College celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2011;

1680-517: The college. This issue was officially "settled" with the Club restarting its activities in Michaelmas Term of 1953, after acquiring a new boat. Unfortunately, this bout of luck was short-lived as the Boat Club suddenly came into "desperate straits" due to the loss of their only race-worthy boat, before the annual Boat Race against Cambridge. There is not mention of the St Hugh's Boat Club after

1736-445: The creation of the Women's divisions for Summer Eight's since 1976, where St Hugh's was a strong contender. It was only fours year later in 1979, where St Hugh's W1 was able to finally win the Boat Club's first Headship. Unfortunately, the crew was unable to hold onto headship and tumbled down the order during 1980-81. After two years of slipping down the order, the Boat Club was able to pick itself back up again by putting together

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1792-462: The development and establishment of women's rowing at Oxford. The establishment of the Boat Club occurred a few years after the college (originally St Hugh's Hall ) itself was founded, with the year 1891 being the first record of a boat being owned by the club. The boat was stored at the River Cherwell and only students "who can swim 50 feet" were permitted to use it. Almost 20 years later,

1848-660: The duration of the war. In 1943 the college acquired the leasehold of 72 Woodstock Road (known as The Shrubbery) from Dame Gertrude Whitehead for £1,500. It was used as a club for American soldiers during the war. In 1946, it was leased to the University of Paris as the Maison française d'Oxford , an Anglo-French educational establishment. One of the cottages in the grounds of number 72 was later leased by Barbara Gwyer after her retirement as principal. The college buildings were de-requisitioned in 1945. The hospital huts were initially leased as offices to university departments, including

1904-422: The first Nuffield Professor of Surgery. Brick huts were constructed in the college grounds with space for 300 beds. Between 1940 and 1945, over 13,000 servicemen and women were treated at the college. Advances in medicine discovered at the hospital meant the mortality rate for brain-penetrating injuries fell from 90% to 9%. Staff and students were relocated to Holywell Manor, Savile House and St Hilda's College for

1960-468: The freehold of The Shrubbery was acquired; this meant the college now owned the freehold of the entire 14 + 1 ⁄ 2 -acre site. The college extended the Main Building in 1958. The 1960s saw an extensive programme of building work at St Hugh's. The Shrubbery was converted into the principal's lodgings in 1963. Between 1964 and 1965 the Kenyon Building was constructed to provide accommodation for students (designed by modern architect David Roberts ,

2016-438: The future. I would like to thank all my friends for the happiness we shared. To the present students of St Hugh’s I would simply like to say: Make the most of your time in this wonderful place." In 2012 the college was sued for allegedly discriminating against the poor by requiring evidence of funds for living costs. St Hugh's, which filed defence papers to the court, accepted barring the student on financial grounds, but claimed

2072-405: The gifts from the three Hong Kong benefactors that funded the renovations. In 1964, New College made a proposal for the admission of women to the men's colleges, and by the early 1970s several Oxford colleges had become mixed to a limited degree in this way. In 1979, two women's colleges, Lady Margaret Hall and St Anne's , reciprocated by admitting men as undergraduates, while St Hugh's, which

2128-519: The lease of a house called "The Mount" from the Rev Robert Hartley for £2,500. This house stood on the corner of St Margaret's Road and Banbury Road, and the freehold was owned by University College. The house was later demolished to make way for the Main Building of the college, which was constructed between 1914 and 1916 thanks to a gift from Clara Evelyn Mordan ; the college's new library was named Mordan Hall in her honour. The first book

2184-467: The library was extensively renovated. It was reopened by Betty Boothroyd and was renamed after Howard Piper, a Maths student of the college who, shortly after graduating, died in a rafting accident. Mordan Hall, an older library, underwent a major refurbishment, reopening in 2007. It was renamed the Patrick Byfield law library, after a law student who made a significant financial contribution to

2240-605: The meal: Benedic nobis, Domine Deus, et his donis, quae ex liberalitate Tua sumpturi sumus, per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen. As is the practice at all Oxford Colleges that offer undergraduate degrees, the undergraduate body is represented by a committee, known as the JCR Committee. Otherwise, 'JCR' refers to the physical common room in the college. The JCR was previously known as the Aung San Suu Kyi Junior Common Room, but in 2017

2296-474: The measure was necessary to ensure students can complete their studies. The college eventually settled the claim, with the university promising to conduct a review of the Financial Guarantee policy. In September 2013, it was revealed that the university had decided to abolish the Financial Guarantee policy and replace it with a less restrictive 'Financial Declaration'. In 2008, the college began

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2352-547: The members of the Brasenose College Boat Club with regular outings scheduled and a growing squad of Blues rowers, aiming to win. This was swiftly proven true two years later, in 1975 where the St Hugh's Women's First VIII bumped Magdalen M4. The St Hugh's W1 became the first and only women's boat to successfully bump a men's crew , a truly outstanding achievement. This event was the catalyst for

2408-434: The national newspapers, and it was not finally agreed until 1986. When Trickett retired in 1991, she was succeeded by the first male Principal, Derek Wood . A new boathouse was constructed for the St Hugh's Boat Club (jointly with St Anne's and Wadham Colleges) between 1989 and 1990. This was followed by the construction of the Rachel Trickett Building between 1991 and 1992 at a cost of £3.4 million. Between 1998 and 2000

2464-669: The new college at 25 Norham Road in North Oxford. She named the college after one of her father's 12th-century predecessors, Hugh of Lincoln , who was canonised in 1220, and in whose diocese Oxford had been. The college was initially accommodated in properties in Norham Road, Norham Gardens and Fyfield Road. The first principal being Charlotte Anne Moberly , its first students were Jessie Annie Emmerson, Charlotte Jourdain, Constance E. Ashburner, Wilhelmina J. de Lorna Mitchell and Grace J. Parsons. Students were required to ask

2520-570: The occasion of his retirement in 2011, a special issue in the journal Grønland was published in 2012 as a festschrift . After retiring, he moved to England, where he was elected an associate of St Hugh's College . An edited book was published as a festschrift in his honour in 2017. In 2019, he was elected to Academia Europaea . He was chairman of the Linguistic Circle of Copenhagen 2005-2011. His Comparative Eskimo Dictionary , co-authored with Steven Jacobson and Lawrence Kaplan,

2576-591: The poet William Wordsworth ) as a women's college. A large percentage of the young women who came to St Hugh's in the early years were the daughters of clergymen; most of the other fathers were professional, middle-class men. Its purpose was "to make it possible for women of modest means to live and study in Oxford...with religious teachings ( Church of England ) on the same lines as Lady Margaret Hall " of which Elizabeth Wordsworth had been founding principal. Using money left to her by her father Christopher Wordsworth , who had been Bishop of Lincoln, Wordsworth established

2632-576: The principal before accepting invitations to visit friends, and the college gates were locked at 9pm. Records show that rent was between £18 and £21 a term, depending on the size of the room, with fires being charged extra. At first tuition and lectures were arranged by the Association for the Education of Women , the first college tutor being Dora Wylie, appointed around 1898. The college began to move to its present site in 1913, when it purchased

2688-554: The student body voted to remove her name from the room's title. The Swan is a weekly student-managed newspaper. The college's Middle Common Room (MCR) is located on 87 Banbury Road. St Hugh's has a choir which sings weekly evensong on Sundays. The choir draws its members from all three common rooms. The present organ was constructed by the Italian organ-builder Tamburini in 1980. The college offers organ scholarships along with four choral exhibitions each year, and employs

2744-672: The thesis Procedural discourse generation model for 'Twenty Questions' . With a Danish scholarship, he visited University of Copenhagen and did fieldwork in Greenland in 1978-79, and this research became supported from the Danish Research Council for the Humanities in the period 1979-1982. In 1984, he became associate professor in eskimology at the University of Copenhagen , and in 1989 docent. He became professor in linguistics in 1999, and retired in 2011. On

2800-427: The university as a result of frequent maintenance issues. In response to a 2018 outbreak of rats in the building, the college adopted two cats– Admiral Flapjack and Professor Biscuit. Due to the installation of cat-flaps in 2019, the cats have free roam of the majority of buildings. In its 125th anniversary year, the college became a registered charity under the name 'The Principal and Fellows of St Hugh's College in

2856-515: The venue for croquet . There are a wide range of clubs and societies – sporting, academic, and those supporting niche interests, such as horticulture. The college has Formal Hall—a formal three or four course dinner served with wine—once a week. Students wait for Senior Members to come into High Table and Grace is said in Latin by the presiding fellow, usually the Principal, immediately prior to

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2912-540: Was a copy of Sale's translation of the Koran , which was given to the college by the then Bishop of Tokyo. In 1919, J. R. R. Tolkien began to tutor undergraduates at St Hugh's, given that the women's colleges were in great need of good teachers in their early years, and Tolkien as a married professor (then still not common) was considered suitable, as a bachelor don would not have been. The college soon took over other properties nearby. The leasehold of 4 St Margaret's Road

2968-556: Was acquired in 1919; it became the first "College house". The leasehold of 82 Woodstock Road was donated to the college by Joan Evans in 1924, and 89 Banbury Road was purchased from Lincoln College for £7,000 in 1927. The college obtained the freehold to the main site in 1927, and a year later the first stage of the Mary Gray Allen building was constructed on what had been the tennis courts. The freeholds of 1–4 St Margaret's Road and 74–82 Woodstock Road were purchased from St John's College in 1931 and 1932 respectively. The college received

3024-552: Was already employing male college lecturers, decided to admit men as Fellows . Resistance to full co-education was led by those who predicted that it would have severely negative effects on women academics and who saw other advantages in women's colleges. Admitting men as undergraduates was first proposed to the governing body in 1980, and there was a majority for it, but it did not secure the required two-thirds majority. The college principal, Rachel Trickett , fought off full co-education at St Hugh's for some years, even taking her case to

3080-690: Was named the Moberly Library after the first principal of the college (the library was extensively renovated between 1999 and 2000 and renamed the Howard Piper Library after a St Hugh's alumnus, after his parents made a large donation to the college). At the outbreak of the Second World War the college site was requisitioned by the military for use as the Hospital for Head Injuries under the directorship of Hugh Cairns ,

3136-525: Was opened by Prince William in September 2014. St Hugh's occupies a rectangular site in North Oxford . It is bordered by Banbury Road to the east, Woodstock Road to the west, St Margaret's Road to the north (the front entrance) and Canterbury Road to the south (the back gate). The gardens of the college cover about ten and a half acres. The main entrance of the college leads straight into

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