MARGARET FIELD
San Diego State University
American Indian Studies
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-8134
(619) 594-2779
mfield@mail.sdsu.edu

Brief Biography:
Margaret Field received her Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1998. She has done extensive fieldwork on the Navajo Reservation and has multimedia experience.

Public Lecture Topics:

• "Negotiation of Participation Structure Among Children: Variation in Response of Directives", Invited Lecture, California State University, Fresno, Linguistics Dept., 1999
• "Maintaining Traditional Language and Culture in a Navajo Preschool", with E. Costello, Navajo Studies Conference, Window Rock, AZ, 1998
• "Maintenance of Norms for Language Use in a Navajo Community Undergoing Language Shift", presented to the interdisciplinary group on Language, Interaction and Social Organization (LISO), University of California, Santa Barbara, 1997

Publications:

• "Politeness and Indirection in Navajo Directives," Journal of Southwest Linguistics, 17(2):23-34, 1998
• "Pragmatic Issues Related to Reading Comprehension Questions: A Case Study from a Latino Bilingual Classroom," Issues in Applied Linguistics, 7(2):209-224, 1996

Margaret Field has been listed in the Directory of California Thinkers since 12-Nov-1999.