Gérard Diffloth
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Gérard Diffloth is a retired Austro-Asiatic Languages
professor, formerly of the University of Chicago
, Chicago, Illinois, and Cornell University
, Ithaca, New York
. He received his Ph.D. from UCLA, after a dissertation on the Irula language
.
Diffloth is known for his widely cited 1974 and 2005 classification of the Austro-Asiatic languages
.
He is a Consulting Editor of the Mon–Khmer Studies Journal.http://www.mksjournal.org/editors.html
Austro-Asiatic languages
The Austro-Asiatic languages, in recent classifications synonymous with Mon–Khmer, are a large language family of Southeast Asia, also scattered throughout India and Bangladesh. The name Austro-Asiatic comes from the Latin words for "south" and "Asia", hence "South Asia"...
professor, formerly of the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
, Chicago, Illinois, and Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, Ithaca, New York
Ithaca, New York
The city of Ithaca, is a city in upstate New York and the county seat of Tompkins County, as well as the largest community in the Ithaca-Tompkins County metropolitan area...
. He received his Ph.D. from UCLA, after a dissertation on the Irula language
Irula language
Irula is a Dravidian language spoken by the Irulas who inhabit the area of the Nilgiri mountains, in the states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, India.- Vowels :...
.
Diffloth is known for his widely cited 1974 and 2005 classification of the Austro-Asiatic languages
Austro-Asiatic languages
The Austro-Asiatic languages, in recent classifications synonymous with Mon–Khmer, are a large language family of Southeast Asia, also scattered throughout India and Bangladesh. The name Austro-Asiatic comes from the Latin words for "south" and "Asia", hence "South Asia"...
.
He is a Consulting Editor of the Mon–Khmer Studies Journal.http://www.mksjournal.org/editors.html
Partial bibliography
- Diffloth, Gérard, and Dennis, John Value. Socio-Cultural Matters in the Upland Watersheds of Southern Laos: A Personal Report. 1999.
- Diffloth, Gérard. The Ethnic Situation in the Central Highlands. 1998.
- Diffloth, Gérard. Report to Halcrow. 1995.
- Diffloth, Gérard. A History of the Khmer Language. [199-].
- Diffloth, Gérard. The Dvaravati Old Mon Language and Nyah Kur. Monic language studies, vol. 1. Bangkok, Thailand: Chulalongkorn University Print. House, 1984. ISBN 9745637831
- Diffloth, Gérard. The Wa languages. Berkeley : Dept. of Linguistics, University of California, 1980.
- Diffloth, Gérard. An Appraisal of Benedict's Views on Austroasiatic and Austro-Thai Relations. Kyoto: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, 1976.
- Diffloth, Gérard, and Zide, Norman H. Austroasiatic Number Systems. 1976.
- Diffloth, Gérard. Proto-Mon–Khmer Final Spirants. Kyoto: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, 1976.
- Diffloth, Gérard. The Irula Language, a Close Relative of Tamil. Thesis—University of California, Los Angeles, 1968.