Denis Creissels
Encyclopedia
Denis Creissels is a French Professor of linguistics at the University of Lyon
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After studying Mathematics and Russian, he has taught general linguistics at the University of Grenoble from 1970 to 1996, and at the University of Lyon from 1996 to 2008. He is now professor emeritus at the University of Lyon, and member of the research team Dynamique Du Langage.
He is specialised in languages of Africa and the Caucasus. He has done extensive research on Hungarian
, Tswana, Malinke and Akhvakh
.
His 1995 and 2006 books on syntax are widely used as textbooks in linguistic typology
and syntax
in French-speaking universities.
He has taught as invited professor at the Summer School on Linguistic Typology in Leipzig
in 2010.
University of Lyon
The University of Lyon , located in Lyon and Saint Etienne, France, is a center for higher education and research comprising 16 institutions of higher education...
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After studying Mathematics and Russian, he has taught general linguistics at the University of Grenoble from 1970 to 1996, and at the University of Lyon from 1996 to 2008. He is now professor emeritus at the University of Lyon, and member of the research team Dynamique Du Langage.
He is specialised in languages of Africa and the Caucasus. He has done extensive research on Hungarian
Hungarian
Hungarian may refer to:* Hungary, a country in Central Europe* Kingdom of Hungary, state of Hungary, existing from 1000 to 1946* Hungarian people, the ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary...
, Tswana, Malinke and Akhvakh
Akhvakh language
The Akhvakh language is a Northeast Caucasian language from the Avar–Andic branch. Ethnologue lists 6500 speakers, but Magomedova and Abulaeva list 20,000 speakers of the language. Akhvakh has several dialects, though sources do not agree on the number...
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His 1995 and 2006 books on syntax are widely used as textbooks in linguistic typology
Linguistic typology
Linguistic typology is a subfield of linguistics that studies and classifies languages according to their structural features. Its aim is to describe and explain the common properties and the structural diversity of the world's languages...
and syntax
Syntax
In linguistics, syntax is the study of the principles and rules for constructing phrases and sentences in natural languages....
in French-speaking universities.
He has taught as invited professor at the Summer School on Linguistic Typology in Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
in 2010.
Monographs
- 2009 Le malinké de Kita. Cologne : Rüdiger Köppe.Rüdiger Köppe Verlag
- 2006 Syntaxe générale, une introduction typologique. Paris : Hermès. (2 vol., 412 p. & 334 p.)
- 1997 (en collaboration avec A.M. Chebanne et H.W. Nkhwa) Tonal morphology of the Setswana verb. Munich : LINCOM Europa. 227 p.
- 1995 Eléments de syntaxe générale. Presses Universitaires de France. 332 p.
- 1994 Aperçu sur les structures phonologiques des langues négro-africaines, 2ème édition entièrement revue et complétée. Grenoble : Editions Littéraires et Linguistiques de l’Université de Grenoble. 320 p.
- 1991 Description des langues négro-africaines et théorie syntaxique. Grenoble : Editions Littéraires et Linguistiques de l’Université de Grenoble, 466 p.
- 1989 Aperçu sur les structures phonologiques des langues négro-africaines, 1ère édition. Grenoble : Editions Littéraires et Linguistiques de l’Université de Grenoble. 288 p.
- 1983 Eléments de grammaire de la langue mandinka. Grenoble : Publications de l’Université des Langues et Lettres de Grenoble. 223 p.
- 1979 (en collaboration avec N. Kouadio) Les tons du baoulé (parler de la région de Toumodi). Abidjan : Institut de Linguistique Appliquée. 123 p.
- 1977 (en collaboration avec N. Kouadio) Description phonologique et grammaticale d’un parler baoulé. Abidjan : Institut de Linguistique Appliquée. 642 p.
External links
- http://www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/annuaires/index.asp?Langue=FR&Page=Denis%20CREISSELS
- http://deniscreissels.fr/