Paula Menyuk Explained

Paula Menyuk
Workplaces:School of Education, Boston University
Alma Mater:Boston University
Spouse:Norman Menyuk
Birth Place:New York City
Birth Date:1929
Death Date:October 4, 2020

Paula Menyuk (1929 - 2020)[1] was an American linguist known for her research in language development and disorders. She is one of the founders of the Boston University Conference on Language Development.[2] At the time of her death, she was Professor Emerita at Boston University.

Biography

Menyuk was born in New York City and attended Hunter College High School. She received her Bachelor of Science in Speech Sciences from New York University in 1951. She worked as a chief language therapist at Massachusetts General Hospital[3] before pursuing her Masters of Education in Speech and Hearing from Boston University.[4] Menyuk continued on to receive her Doctor of Education in Psycholinguistics from Boston University in 1961. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she studied with Noam Chomsky, before returning to Boston University for the rest of her academic career.[5]

Menyuk rose as a leading expert in child language development and disorders[6] and eventually obtained the rank of Professor Emerita in the Developmental Studies and Applied Linguistics program at Boston University. Menyuk retired from Boston University in 1998.[7]

Menyuk's research was supported by the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Army.[8]

Outside of scholarly work Menyuk had a passion for safe environmental implementation.[9]

Research

Menyuk's research focused on the linguistic behavior of children and adolescents, covering topics such as the development of spoken language, prosody, metalinguistic awareness, and reading.[10] Other work examined language development in children specifically impacted by otitis media.[11] Menyuk's research has been described as aligning with Chomsky's theoretical perspective and centered around explaining how the faculty of language matures during childhood.[12] [13] [14]

Honors and recognition

Menyuk was a Fulbright Fellow in 1971[15] and in 1989.[16] Menyuk received the Honors of the Association award from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association[17] and earned the rank of Fellow within the organization. [18]

Boston University created the annual Paula Menyuk award[19] in her honor to support graduate students attending the annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD).

Selected publications

Books

Articles

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PAULA MENYUK Obituary (2020) Boston Globe . 2022-10-17 . Legacy.com.
  2. Web site: Menyuk . Paula . Paula Menyuk Award . Oct 19, 2022 . Paula Menyuk Award.
  3. Web site: BU Wheelock Remembers Dr. Paula Menyuk and Dr. Roselmina "Lee" Indrisano Wheelock College of Education & Human Development . 2022-10-17 . www.bu.edu.
  4. Web site: Rosenblith . Judy . July 30, 2003 . SRCD Oral History Interview . October 19, 2022 . SRCD Oral History Interview.
  5. Web site: 2020-10-18 . LINGUIST List 31.3173: All: Obituary: Paula Menyuk . 2022-10-17 . The LINGUIST List . en.
  6. Web site: BU Wheelock Remembers Dr. Paula Menyuk and Dr. Roselmina "Lee" Indrisano Wheelock College of Education & Human Development . 2022-10-17 . www.bu.edu.
  7. Web site: BU Wheelock Remembers Dr. Paula Menyuk and Dr. Roselmina "Lee" Indrisano Wheelock College of Education & Human Development . 2022-10-17 . www.bu.edu.
  8. Web site: Menyuk . Paula . Speech Communication . Speed Communication.
  9. Web site: Menyuk . Paula . U.S. Department of Energy .
  10. Menyuk . Paula . Chesnick . Marie . Metalinguistic Skills, Oral Language Knowledge, and Reading . Topics in Language Disorders . 1997 . 17 . 3 . 75 . 10.1097/00011363-199705000-00008 . 144070685 . 0271-8294.
  11. Teele . David W. . Klein . Jerome O. . Chase . Cynthia . Menyuk . Paula . Rosner . Bernard A. . 1990-09-01 . Otitis Media in Infancy and Intellectual Ability, School Achievement, Speech, and Language at Age 7 Years . The Journal of Infectious Diseases . 162 . 3 . 685–694 . 10.1093/infdis/162.3.685 . 2387994 . 1537-6613.
  12. Shipley . Elizabeth F. . Review of Sentences Children Use . Language . 46 . 4 . 931 . 10.2307/412263 . 412263 . 0097-8507.
  13. Elliot . Alison . 1981 . Review of Language and Maturation . Journal of Linguistics . 17 . 1 . 125–130 . 10.1017/S0022226700006812 . 4175573 . 146265943 . 0022-2267.
  14. Adamson . Lauren . January 1983 . Language and maturation. Paula Menyuk. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1977. Paperbook, 1981, $5.95 . Developmental Psychobiology . 16 . 1 . 59–61 . 10.1002/dev.420160107 . 0012-1630.
  15. Web site: Menyuk . Paula . Fulbright Fellows 1971 - 2020 . Oct 19, 2022 . University of Arkansas Fulbright Fellow directory.
  16. Web site: Menyuk . Paula . Fulbright Fellow Directory University of Arkansas .
  17. Web site: Honors of the Association Recipients . 2022-10-19 . American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
  18. Web site: Fellowship of the Association Recipients . 2022-10-19 . American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
  19. Web site: Paula Menyuk Award Conference on Language Development . 2022-10-17 . www.bu.edu.

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