Vitaly Shevoroshkin
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Vitaly Victorovich Shevoroshkin, Russ. Виталий Викторович Шеворошкин, is an American linguist of Russian origin, specializing in the study of ancient Mediterranean languages. In the 1960s he tried to decipher Carian
inscriptions and proved that their language belonged to Anatolian languages
. In the 1970s he emigrated to the United States. He is now a professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Linguistics at the University of Michigan
.
Shevoroshkin is also a leader in the study of language in prehistory (paleolinguistics
), and in publicizing the recent work of paleolinguists, especially Russians. In 1988 he and Benjamin Stolz organized the First International Interdisciplinary Symposium on Language and Prehistory, at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor campus. Forty-six scholars participated as presenters and discussants, sixteen of which were from Russia and other eastern European countries (or recently emigrated therefrom). This symposium led to renewed cooperation among historical linguists, archeologists, and physical anthropologists from East and West.
Some of his work on remote linguistic relationship relationships and the hypothetical Proto-World language
is controversial.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V., Ed. 1989a. Reconstructing Languages and Cultures. Abstracts and Materials from the First Interdisciplinary Symposium on Language and Prehistory, Ann Arbor, 8–12 November 1988. Bochum: Brockmeyer.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V., Ed. 1989b. Explorations in Language Macrofamilies. Materials from the First Interdisciplinary Symposium on Language and Prehistory. Bochum: Brockmeyer.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V., Ed. 1990. Proto-Languages and Proto-Cultures. Materials from the First Interdisciplinary Symposium on Language and Prehistory. Bochum: Brockmeyer.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V., Ed. 1991. Dene-Sino-Caucasian Languages. Materials from the First Interdisciplinary Symposium on Language and Prehistory. Bochum: Brockmeyer.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V., Ed. 1992. Nostratic, Dene-Caucasian, Austric and Amerind. Materials from the First Interdisciplinary Symposium on Language and Prehistory. Bochum: Brockmeyer.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V. 1987. "Indo-European Homeland and Migrations." Folia Linguistica Historica 7/2: 227-250.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V. & M. KAISER. 1987. "On Recent Comparisons Between Language Families: The Case of Indo-European and Afroasiatic." General Linguistics 27/1: 34-46.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V. & M. KAISER. 1988. "Nostratic." Annual Review of Anthropology 17: 309-329.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V. 1989. "Methods in Interphyletic Comparisons." Ural-Altaische Jahrbücher 61: 1-26.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V. 1990a. "Uralic Vocalism and Long-Range Comparison." Uralo-Indogermanica 2: 85-94.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V. 1990b. "The Mother Tongue: How Linguists Have Reconstructed the Ancestor of All Living Languages." The Sciences 30/3: 20-27.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V. & A. MANASTER RAMER. 1991. "Some Recent Work on the Remote Relations of Languages." In Sprung from Some Common Source: Investigations into the Prehistory of Languages, Ed. by S.M. Lamb & E. D. Mitchell., pp. 178–199. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V. 2003. "Salishan and North Caucasian." Mother Tongue 8: 39–64.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V. 2004. "Proto-Salishan and Proto-North-Caucasian Consonants: a few cognate sets." in Nostratic Centennial Conference: the Pécs Papers, Ed. by. I. Hegedűs & P. Sidwell, pp. 181–191. Pécs: Lingua Franca Group.
Carian language
The Carian language is an extinct language of the Luwian subgroup of the Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family. The Carian language was spoken in Caria, a region of western Anatolia between the ancient regions of Lycia and Lydia, by the Carians, a name possibly first mentioned in...
inscriptions and proved that their language belonged to Anatolian languages
Anatolian languages
The Anatolian languages comprise a group of extinct Indo-European languages that were spoken in Asia Minor, the best attested of them being the Hittite language.-Origins:...
. In the 1970s he emigrated to the United States. He is now a professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Linguistics at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
.
Shevoroshkin is also a leader in the study of language in prehistory (paleolinguistics
Paleolinguistics
Paleolinguistics is a term used by some linguists for the study of the distant human past by linguistic means. For most historical linguists there is no separate field of paleolinguistics...
), and in publicizing the recent work of paleolinguists, especially Russians. In 1988 he and Benjamin Stolz organized the First International Interdisciplinary Symposium on Language and Prehistory, at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor campus. Forty-six scholars participated as presenters and discussants, sixteen of which were from Russia and other eastern European countries (or recently emigrated therefrom). This symposium led to renewed cooperation among historical linguists, archeologists, and physical anthropologists from East and West.
Some of his work on remote linguistic relationship relationships and the hypothetical Proto-World language
Proto-World language
The Proto-Human language is the hypothetical most recent common ancestor of all the world's languages.The concept of "Proto-Human" presupposes monogenesis of all recorded spoken human languages....
is controversial.
Books
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V. & T.L. MARKEY, Eds. 1986. Typology, Relationship and Time. Ann Arbor: Karoma.SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V., Ed. 1989a. Reconstructing Languages and Cultures. Abstracts and Materials from the First Interdisciplinary Symposium on Language and Prehistory, Ann Arbor, 8–12 November 1988. Bochum: Brockmeyer.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V., Ed. 1989b. Explorations in Language Macrofamilies. Materials from the First Interdisciplinary Symposium on Language and Prehistory. Bochum: Brockmeyer.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V., Ed. 1990. Proto-Languages and Proto-Cultures. Materials from the First Interdisciplinary Symposium on Language and Prehistory. Bochum: Brockmeyer.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V., Ed. 1991. Dene-Sino-Caucasian Languages. Materials from the First Interdisciplinary Symposium on Language and Prehistory. Bochum: Brockmeyer.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V., Ed. 1992. Nostratic, Dene-Caucasian, Austric and Amerind. Materials from the First Interdisciplinary Symposium on Language and Prehistory. Bochum: Brockmeyer.
Articles
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V. & M. KAISER. 1985. "On Indo-European Laryngeals and Vowels." Journal of Indo-European Studies 13/3-4: 377-413.SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V. 1987. "Indo-European Homeland and Migrations." Folia Linguistica Historica 7/2: 227-250.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V. & M. KAISER. 1987. "On Recent Comparisons Between Language Families: The Case of Indo-European and Afroasiatic." General Linguistics 27/1: 34-46.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V. & M. KAISER. 1988. "Nostratic." Annual Review of Anthropology 17: 309-329.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V. 1989. "Methods in Interphyletic Comparisons." Ural-Altaische Jahrbücher 61: 1-26.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V. 1990a. "Uralic Vocalism and Long-Range Comparison." Uralo-Indogermanica 2: 85-94.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V. 1990b. "The Mother Tongue: How Linguists Have Reconstructed the Ancestor of All Living Languages." The Sciences 30/3: 20-27.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V. & A. MANASTER RAMER. 1991. "Some Recent Work on the Remote Relations of Languages." In Sprung from Some Common Source: Investigations into the Prehistory of Languages, Ed. by S.M. Lamb & E. D. Mitchell., pp. 178–199. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V. 2003. "Salishan and North Caucasian." Mother Tongue 8: 39–64.
SHEVOROSHKIN, V.V. 2004. "Proto-Salishan and Proto-North-Caucasian Consonants: a few cognate sets." in Nostratic Centennial Conference: the Pécs Papers, Ed. by. I. Hegedűs & P. Sidwell, pp. 181–191. Pécs: Lingua Franca Group.