Anoop Chandola

Anoop Chandola (born 24 December 1937), is an American linguist-anthropologist, originally from Pauri (Uttarakhand)India, where he was raised in a priestly Brahmin family.

He was educated at the Christian Messmore Intermediate College of Pauri. After completing a year of intermediate education he joined the DAV College of Lucknow for his second and last year of intermediate.

Before moving to the USA in 1959, Chandola was educated at the universities of Allahabad and Lucknow where he graduated with university degrees in Sanskrit, English, and Hindi literature. His last two degrees in linguistics include an MA from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D from the University of Chicago.

He lives in Tucson Arizona, USA, with his wife Sudha

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Career

Chandola has taught Indian literature, culture, and religion at several universities in India and the USA, including Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University, the M.S. University of Baroda, University of California-Berkeley, University of Washington, University of Texas-Austin, and University of Wisconsin–Madison.

He is a member of numerous professional associations including the American Anthropological Association, Association for Asian Studies, Linguistic Society of America, and Linguistic Society of India.

Though he retired as Professor Emeritus of East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona in 2003, his writing career continues. He is a frequent guest lecturer on Hinduism and related religions.

Chandola has written scholarly books and articles primarily in the areas of linguistics, music, religion and literature which includes extensive interdisciplinary and theoretical analysis. He founded the field of musicolinguistics based on coining the term,[1] arguing for its creation[2] and laying a theoretical framework for the discipline.[3]

Academic Books

Novels

Reviews, Awards and Interviews

Articles

References

  1. ^ Beiss, T & Deutsch ,W (2003). Singing as a Stepping Stone for Speaking: Melodic Intonation Therapy, in The Conference on Interdisciplinary Musicology (CIM04), April 15–18, 2004, Graz, Austria; CHANDOLA, A.C.1969 « Metalinguistie structure of Indian drumming : a study in musico-linguistics », Language and Style, II (4) : 288-295; Some Systems of Musical Scales and Linguistic Principles. Semiotica, 2.135-150 (1970)
  2. ^ Alter, A. (2003). Dhol Sagar: Aspects of Drum Knowledge amongst Musicians in Garhwal, North India, 24 European Bulletin of Himalayan Research 63, p. 72, fn 7
  3. ^ Chandola, A.C.(1969). Metalinguistie structure of Indian drumming : a study in musico-linguistics », Language and Style, II (4) : 288-295; Some Systems of Musical Scales and Linguistic Principles. Semiotica, 2.135-150 (1970); Stress Behavior in Musicolinguistics. In The Performing Arts (World Anthropology). Proceedings of IX International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, ed. The Hague: Mouton (1979); Musicolinguistics in Literary Esthetics. In To Honor A.A. Hill, Linguistic and Literary Studies IV, ed. The Hague: Mouton (1979)

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