Jeffrey Heath
Jeffrey Heath (* 1949 ) is an American professor of historical linguistics , morphology , Arabic and linguistic anthropology at the University of Michigan . He is best known for his historical-linguistic work and his extensive field research on Australian languages ( 1970s ), Maghrebian - Arabic languages ( 1980s ) and - since the 1990s - the languages of Mali , especially the Songhai languages .
Life
Heath studied at Harvard ( BA 1971) and at the University of Chicago ( MA 1973, Ph.D. 1976).
From 1973 to 1977 he was a Research Fellow at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies , from 1977 to 1985 Assistant Professor and Associate Professor of Linguistics at Harvard. In 1987 he moved to the University of Michigan, where he has been a full professor since 1989 .
Publications (selection)
- A Grammar of Koyra Chiini, the Songhay of Timbuktu. Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin - New York 1998. ISBN 3-11-016285-7
- Grammar of Koyraboro (Koroboro) Senni, the Songhay of Gao. Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, Cologne 1999 ISBN 978-3-89645-106-4
- Tamashek texts from Timbuktu and Kidal (Mali). Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, Cologne 2005 ISBN 3-89645-392-0
Web links
- Literature by and about Jeffrey Heath in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage Jeff Heath
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| SURNAME | Heath, Jeffrey |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American linguist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1949 |