Gregg enrolled into several language courses at the local college while continuing his studies at High School. High School was difficult because of the several moves Gregg was forced to make due to his relationship with his mother and following his decision not to become a missionary, rather to study languages as a passion. It was at this time that Gregg decided to produce a multiple-language dictionary that would contain all of the major languages of the world along with many of the smaller languages, as well. During this period, Gregg became interested in many of the smaller, exotic languages of the world and traveled to Mexico on several occasions to live some of these languages first-hand. Both the church and Gregg's mother felt that Gregg should become a missionary and soon Gregg was introduced to translation techniques, language evaluation studies, and multiple linguistic disciplines. The early 1980s brought on another change in Gregg's language studies due to the involvement of his mother in the church. That same year, Gregg enrolled into a Chinese school with one of his immigrant friends. This experience helped Gregg to focus on social linguistics and the way languages played a role in various societies and situations. In 1979, at the age of 16, Gregg assisted as an ESL instructor for an immigration center. At this time Gregg branched out his study to several of the indigenous languages of America and began to take formal classes in the study of languages and linguistics.Īs the friendships grew, so did the language opportunities. Though Gregg had to change many schools during these early years due to his parents, Gregg continued to meet new friends and encounter new languages.īy Junior High school, Gregg could already converse in 18 languages and an article was written about him at the local school. Gregg continued to learn the various languages and cultures throughout his primary school years by living the languages with his school mates and their parents. As the friendships grew, so did his language ability. Gregg became fascinated with the languages and soon made friends with several of the young immigrants. At this time Gregg, who comes from a non-immigrant, mono-lingual, English- speaking family was exposed to a multitude of foreign languages due to the large number of immigrants in the Los Angeles area at the time. Cox moved to the Los Angeles, California area with his mother. Gregg Cox linguistIn 1971 at the age of 8, following the divorce of his parents, Gregg M.

AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW by Gregg Cox