Gregory Anderson (linguist)

Gregory Anderson
Born	Gregory David Shelton Anderson
Nationality	American
Occupation	Linguist
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Chicago
Thesis	Language Contact in South Central Siberia (2000)
Academic work
Institutions	Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages

Gregory David Shelton Anderson is an American linguist specializing in languages of Siberia, Munda languages, and auxiliary verbs.[1] Anderson earned his doctorate in linguistics from the University of Chicago in 2000,[2] and is currently director of the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. He was featured in the documentary film The Linguists.[3]

Books

Anderson is the author of books including:

• Tuvan Dictionary (with K. David Harrison, LINCOM, 2003)[4]
• Auxiliary Verb Constructions in Altai-Sayan Turkic (Turcologica 51, Harrossowitz Verlag, 2004)[5]
• Language contact in South Central Siberia (Turcologica 54, Harrossowitz Verlag, 2005)[6]
• Auxiliary Verb Constructions (Oxford University Press, 2006)[7]
• The Munda Verb: Typological Perspectives (De Gruyter, 2007)

He is also editor of an edited volume, The Munda Languages (Routledge, 2008).[8]

References

1. "Living Tongues Institute Officers". Archived from the original on 2022-03-27. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
2. "Alumni | Linguistics". linguistics.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
3. Curriculum Vitae
4. Review of Tuvan Dictionary:
   • Vajda, Edward J. (December 2005). Language. 81 (4): 997. doi:10.1353/lan.2005.0213. JSTOR 4490031. S2CID 145277318.
5. Reviews of Auxiliary Verb Constructions in Altai-Sayan Turkic:
   • Krueger, John R. (2005). Mongolian Studies. 27: 71–72. JSTOR 43193382.
   • Kirchner, Mark (2005). Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes. 95: 493–496. JSTOR 23862804.
   • Knüppel, Michael (2006). Central Asiatic Journal. 50 (1): 127–129. JSTOR 41928416.
   • van Gelderen, Elly (April 2007). Word. 58 (2): 123–125. doi:10.1080/00437956.2007.11432576. S2CID 219328515.
6. Reviews of Language contact in South Central Siberia:
   • Knüppel, Michael (2006). Central Asiatic Journal. 50 (2): 310–312. JSTOR 41928435.
   • Libert, Alan R. (January 2009). Word. 60 (1): 176–177. doi:10.1080/00437956.2009.11432596. S2CID 219328720.
7. Reviews of Auxiliary Verb Constructions:
   • van Gelderen, Elly (2010). Studies in Language. 34 (1): 234–238. doi:10.1075/sl.34.1.14van.
   • Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. 31 (1). January 2010. doi:10.1515/jall.2010.006. hdl:11858/00-001M-0000-000F-4EEE-D.
   • Vajda, Edward J. (June 2010). Language. 86 (2): 429–431. JSTOR 40666326.
8. Review of The Munda Languages:
   • Pucilowski, Anna; Pederson, Eric (December 2011). Studies in Language. 35 (4): 960–969. doi:10.1075/sl.35.4.10puc.

External links

• Description at Living Tongues Institute