Linguists and languages for 4-minute presentation

      Assignment: Give a two-minute report on (1) a famous linguist of your choice; include mention of his or her nationality, and major contributions to linguistics; and (2) immediately following, a two-minute report on the language with the same number as the linguist you choose (or conversely, you may pick the language first and take the linguist with the same number); tell what branch of which language family the language belongs to; where it is spoken; approximately how many speakers it has; and mention three or so key characteristics of the language.
     The pages in the textbook on which you will present are also given here for your convenience.

     Here are some links to sites that show the genetic relationships among the languages of the world:

A good place to start:
http://www.krysstal.com/langfams.html

There are some nice maps and charts here:
http://home.wanadoo.nl/arjenbolhuis/language-family-trees/

Ethnologue has information on individual languages:
http://www.ethnologue.com/web.asp

Wikipedia offers quite a bit of detail:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_families_and_languages

1. Abercrombie, David (1909-92)
2. Apollonius Dyscolus (c. 110-175 AD)
3. Aristotle (384-322 BC)
4. Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922)
5. Ben Yehuda, Eliezer (1858-1922)
6. Bickerton, Derek (1926- )
7. Bloomfield, Leonard (1887-1949)
8. Boas, Franz (1858-1942)
9. Bopp, Franz (1791-1867)
10. Braille, Louis (1809-52)
11. Brown, Roger William (1925- )
12. Chao, Yuen Ren (1892-1982)
13. Chomsky, Noam (1928- )
14. Comrie, Bernard
15. Courtenay, Baudouin de (1845-1929)
16. Dionysius Thrax (2nd-1st century BC)
17. Ferguson, Charles A. (1921- )
18. Fries, Charles Carpenter (1897-1967)
19. Fromkin, Victoria A (1923- )
20. Greenberg, Joseph H. (1915- )
21. Grimm, Jakob (1785-1863)
22. Haas, Mary Rosamond (1910- )
23. Hale, Ken
24. Halle, Morris (1923-)
25. Halliday, Michael (1925-)
26. Harris, Zellig S. (1909-92)
27. Haugen, Einar (1906- )
28. Hill, Archibald A. (1902-92)
29. Hjelmslev, Louis Trolle (1899-1965)
30. Hockett, Charles Francis (1916- )
31. Hoijer, Harry (1904-1976)
32. Humboldt, Wilhelm von (1787-1835)
33. Jakobson, Roman (1896-1982)
34. Jespersen, Otto (1860-1943)
35. Johnson, Samuel (1709-84)
36. Jones, Sir William (1746-94)
37. Joos, Martin (1907-78)
38. Klatt, Dennis H. (1938-88)
39. Labov, William (1927- )
40. Ladefoged, Peter (1925- )
41. Lakoff, George and Lakoff, Robin
42. Lehiste, Ilse (1922- )
43. Lehmann, Winfred Philip (1916- )
44. Li Fang-Kuei (1902-89)
45. Lu Fayan ³°ªk¨¥ (fl. 600 AD)
46. Martinet, Andre (1908- )
47. Meillet, Antoine (Paul Jules) (1866-1936)
48. Montague, Richard (1931-71)
49. Ogden, Charles Kay (1889-1957)
50. Pān̩ini (between the 7th and 4th centuries BC)
51. Paul, Hermann (1864-1940)
52. Pike, Kenneth Lee (1912-2000)
53. Pitman, Sir Isaac (1813-97)
54. Plato (c. 429-347 BC)
55. Quirk, Professor Sir Charles Randolph (1920- )
56. Rask, Rasmus Kristian (1787-1832)
57. Sapir, Edward (1884-1939)
58. Saussure, Ferdinand (-Mongin) de (1857-1913)
59. Schlegel, August Wilhelm von (1767-1845)
60. Schleicher, August (1821-1868)
61. Sebeok, Thomas Albert (1920- )
62. Sequoyah (1760-1843)
63. Sturtevant, Edgar Howard (1875-1952)
64. Swadesh, Morris (1909-67)
65. Sweet, Henry (1845-1912)
66. Trubetzkoy, Nikolai Sergeyevic (1890-1938)
67. Tyndale, William (1494-1536)
68. Varro, Marcus Terentius (116-27 BC)
69. Voegelin, Charles Frederick (1906-86)
70. Wang, Li (1900-86)
71. Wang, Nien-Sun (1744-1832)
72. Webster, Noah (1758-1843)
73. Weinreich, Uriel (1926-67)
74. Whitney, William Dwight (1827-94)
75. Whorf, Benjamin Lee (1897-1941)
76. Xu Shen (c. 58-147)
77. Xun Zi (c. 313-238 BC)
78. Yang, Xiong (53 BC-18 AD)		1. Afrikaans
2. Agarabi
3. Ainu: ¦Ì¿A®Ê¥­ Shimpei (12/7)
4. Albanian
5. Arabic: Elisha Ding (10/5; done) (p. 56-59; done)
6. Armenian: Victoria Li (10/12; done)
7. Atayal: K Zhou (10/12; done) (p. 249-251)
8. Basque
9. Burmese
10. Burushaski
11. Catalan: Christina Xie (12/14) (p. 201-207)
12. Dutch: Viv Liao (10/5; done) (p. 79-82; done)
13. Dyirbal
14. Tocharian: Chun-Yi Fang (12/14) (p. 75-79; done)
15. Esperanto: Roger Zhao (10/26; done) (p. 18-22; done)
16. Estonian
17. Evenki: Dennis Cai (10/12; done) (p. 159-165; done)
18. Farsi: Brian Gu (10/12; done) (p. 86-91; done)
19. Fijian
20. Finnish: Nina Chen (10/12; done) (p. 252-255)
21. Fula: Joshua Lian (10/19; done) (p. 41-43; done)
22. Georgian: George Ye (10/26; done) (p. 23-26; done)
23. German: Emily Li (9/28; done) (p. 247-248)
24. Greek: Cathy Weng (10/26; done) (p. 1-5; done)
25. Guugu Yimithirr
26. Hakka: Ariel Li (10/26; done) (p. 59-62; done)
27. Hawaiian: Edna Cai (10/26; done) (p. 5-8; done)
28. Hebrew: Isabell Wei (9/28; done) (p. 244-246)
29. Hindi/Urdu: Sophia Ke (10/26; done) (p. 184-187)
30. Hmong: Synthia Lin (10/26; done) (p. 117-120; done)
31. Hungarian: Nicole Wu (10/26; done) (p. 51-55; done)
32. Indonesian/Malaysian
33. Inuit: Sophia Huang (10/26; done) (p. 178-184)
34. Irish
35. Japanese: Alicia Cai (11/2; done) (p. 217-221)
36. Kazakh: Jean Ke (10/26; done) (p. 207-212)
37. Ket: Nicole Lin (11/2; done) (p. 187-191)
38. Khmer: Page Zeng (12/21) (p. 123-128; done)
39. Klingon: Sunny Wu (11/2; done) (p. 173-178)
40. Korean: Joe Xiang (11/2; done) (p. 103-108; done)
41. Lithuanian: Kathy Xin (11/2; done) (p. 196-201)
42. Malagasy: Lynn Lin (12/21) (p. 146-151; done)
43. Mongolian: Ian Huang (11/2; done) (p. 26-29; done)
44. Moso: Miles Zhang (11/2; done) (p. 48-51; done)
45. Motu:
46. Nahali: Jenny Yang (12/21) (p. 36-38; done)
47. Nahuatl: Acacia Lin (11/9; done) (p. 128-130; done)
48. Nama: Samantha Ren (11/9; done) (p. 130-137; done)
49. Navajo: Kendra Lin (11/9; done) (p. 67-71; done)
50. Nepali
51. Norwegian: Walter Li (11/9; done) (p. 72-74; done)
52. Ojibway: Caroline Zeng (11/9; done) (p. 265-268)
53. Piraha: Rose Xu (11/16; done) (p. 99-103; done)
54. Portuguese
55. Quechua: Jona Guo (11/16; done) (p. 258-261)
56. Romani
57. Romanian: Sabrina Zhang (11/16; done) (p. 262-265)
58. Russian: Terry Xie (11/16; done) (p. 91-94; done)
59. Sami: Tobey Hong (11/23; done) (p. 120-123; done)
60. Serbo-Croatian: Steve Pei (11/23; done) (p. 240-243)
61. Shanghainese: Mavis Qiu (11/23; done) (p. 255-258)
62. Shona: Sophie Lin (11/23; done) (p. 94-99; done)
63. Southern Min: James Ke (11/23; done) (p. 231-235)
64. Spanish
65. Swahili: Trista Lin (11/30; done) (p. 191-196)
66. Tabasaran: Justin Xie (11/30; done) (p. 33-35; done)
67. Tagalog: Glorian Guo (11/30; done) (p. 213-217)
68. Tamil: Tracy Liu (11/30) (p. 258-261)
69. Thai
70. Tibetan: Bo-hsu Chen (11/30) (p. 12-18; done)
71. Tok Pisin
72. Turkish: May Liu (12/7) (p. 46-48; done)
73. Tuvan: Erica Ye (12/7) (p. 152-159; done)
74. Uighur: Vickie Chen (12/14) (p. 82-86; done)
75. Vietnamese: Lisa Zhang (12/7) (p. 39-41; done)
76. Wolof: Shelley Wu (12/14) (p. 235-240)
77. Xhosa: Veronica Xie (12/14) (p. 137-145; done)
78. Yami

 

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