Brian D. Joseph
Brian D. Joseph (born November 22, 1951 ) is an American linguist.
Joseph studied linguistics at Yale University (BA 1973) and Harvard University (MA 1976, Ph.D. 1978). Adam Parry was one of his Greek teachers . Today he is Distinguished University Professor of Linguistics and Kenneth E. Naylor Professor of South Slavic Languages and Linguistics at Ohio State University . He is currently co-editor of the Journal of Greek Linguistics . He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (election year 2004), the American Philosophical Society (election year 2019), the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Linguistic Society of America.
Research priorities
His research interests include historical-comparative linguistics, the history of Greek , language contact and language change , Greek linguistics (from the beginnings in Mycenaean Greek to modern Greek ), Albanian linguistics and the linguistics of the Balkan languages as well as Sanskrit . He is currently working on language sustainability .
Fonts (selection)
- The Synchrony and Diachrony of the Balkan Infinitive. Cambridge University Press, 1983, reprinted in 2009.
- with Irene Philippaki-Warburton : Modern Greek. Croom Helm, 1987.
- Brian D. Joseph, Geoffrey C. Horrocks , Irene Philippaki-Warburton (ed.): Themes in Greek linguistics II . John Benjamin Publishing Company, Amsterdam 1998 (Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science, Series IV: Current issues in linguistic theory, Volume 159), online
Web links
- Personal page at Ohio State University
- Personal website
- Entry in The Linguist List , International Linguistics Community Online
- Personal page on Academia.edu
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Joseph, Brian D. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Joseph, Brian Daniel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American linguist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1951 |