Robert
A. Blust
Department of Linguistics,
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
1890 East-West Road, Moore Hall 569
Honolulu, HI 96822
Office: Moore 573
E-mail: blust@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-3647
Interests
Historical
linguistics, Austronesian linguistics and culture history, fieldwork, lexicography,
ethnology, rainbows, dragons.
Courses
- Introduction
to the Comparative Method
- Advanced
Comparative Method
- The
Austronesian language family
- Field
Methods
Selected
Publications
- 2006. The origin of the Kelabit voiced aspirates: a historical hypothesis revisited. Oceanic Linguistics 45.2:311-338.
- 2005. Must sound change be linguistically motivated? Diachronica 22:219-269.
- 2003a. Thao dictionary (1,106pp). Language and Linguistics Monograph Series A5. Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica.
- 2003b. A short morphology, phonology and vocabulary of Kiput, Sarawak. Shorter Grammars. Pacific Linguistics 546. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University.
Background
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and raised in California, where I did undergraduate work in English. Once aspired to be a poet, but was seduced by science. Received a BA in Anthropology and a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Hawaii. Have field experience on 97 Austronesian languages in Sarawak, Papua New Guinea, and Taiwan.
Go to the UH-Manoa Linguistics Department Page.
blust@hawaii.edu
1/31/07