An interview with Paul Newman
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Alan S Kaye
His research interests are phonology and morphology, Semitic and Afroasiatic languages, and Arabic dialectology. His major publications include
A Dictionary of Nigerian Arabic (1982);Semitic Studies in Honor of Wolf Leslau (1991); andPhonologies of Asia and Africa (1997). Alan Kaye died suddenly of bone cancer on May 31, 2007.
Abstract
In this interview, Paul Newman, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, the world's leading Chadicist and Hausaist, and one of the world's leading linguists specializing in African and Afroasiatic languages and field linguistics, speaks candidly about his long and distinguished career on three continents as linguist, Africanist, and attorney-at-law. Among the topics covered are: (1) his influence in African, Afroasiatic, and general linguistics; (2) his evaluation of the Chomskyan paradigm; (3) his long association with the late Joseph H. Greenberg of Stanford University; (4) his evaluation of the writings of Edward Sapir, Leonard Bloomfield, and Franz Boas; (5) his perceptions of his colleague of many years at Indiana University, the late Thomas A. Sebeok; (6) his views on academic writing and scholarly editing; and (7) his recent formal entrance into the legal field, having graduated with a J.D. degree summa cum laude from Indiana University School of Law in 2003.
About the author
His research interests are phonology and morphology, Semitic and Afroasiatic languages, and Arabic dialectology. His major publications include A Dictionary of Nigerian Arabic (1982); Semitic Studies in Honor of Wolf Leslau (1991); and Phonologies of Asia and Africa (1997). Alan Kaye died suddenly of bone cancer on May 31, 2007.
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