Start year: | 1943, April | |||
End year: | 1944, January | |||
Short description: | American Army's ASTP courses run | |||
Medium description: | American Army's Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) courses run. Set up in response to the shortage of FL speakers in the army needed to fill positions abroad (Mackey, 1965). Franz Boas, Sapir and Bloomfield were involved in the program [Richards states 'about 2 years'] [Spolsky gives much more detail & states final date for courses as 1/4/44] | |||
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