Alan R. King
Alan R. King | |
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| Born | 24 October 1954 |
| Died | 19 February 2019 (aged 64) Zarautz, Spain |
| Nationality | British |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Queen Mary, University of London[2][3] |
| Thesis | Communicative Grammar of the Basque Verb (Selected Aspects) (1993) |
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| Discipline | Linguist |
| Main interests | Basque, Nawat, Lenca |
| Website | alanrking.info |
Alan Roy King (24 October 1954 – 19 February 2019) was a British linguist notable for his work on Basque and Nawat.[4]
Notable works[]
Basque[]
- King, Alan R. (1982). A Basque Course: A Complete Initiation to the Study of the Basque Language. Unpublished typescript.
- King, Alan R. (1994). The Basque Language: A Practical Introduction. Reno: University of Nevada Press.[5][6]
- King, Alan R., and Begotxu Olaizola Elordi (1996). Colloquial Basque. London: Routledge.
Nawat[]
- King, Alan R. (2011). Timumachtikan!: Curso de lengua náhuat para principiantes adultos. Izalco, El Salvador: Iniciativa para la Recuperación del Idioma Náhuat.
Language revitalization[]
- King, Alan R. (2018). 'Language Recovery Paradigms'. In Kenneth L. Rehg and Lyle Campbell (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Endangered Languages, pp. 531–552. New York: Oxford University Press.
References[]
- ^ Celia's World.
- ^ British Library.
- ^ Linguist List.
- ^ Ne Bibliaj Tik Nawat.
- ^ Review in The Modern Language Journal, Vol. 79, No. 2, pp. 275–276.
- ^ Review in Language, Vol. 72, No. 2, pp. 434–435.
External links[]
- Personal website
- Alan R. King on Facebook
- The story of TUSHIK
- Size Isn't Everything: Studying Tiny Languages
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