Robert Blust

ahli bahasa asal Amerika Syarikat

Robert Andrew Blust (9 Mei 1940 – 5 Januari 2022[1][2][3]) adalah seorang pengkaji bahasa terkemuka menyentuh beberapa bidang, termasuk linguistik sejarah, leksikografi dan etnologi. Beliau mengkhusus dalam penyelidikan dan pengkajian bahasa-bahasa Austronesia di Universiti Hawaii di Manoa secara terus memberikan sumbangan besar dalam pengetahuan mengenai alam bahasa ini.

Robert Andrew Blust
روبر‌ت اندرو بلس‌ت
Kelahiran
Robert Andrew Blust

(1940-05-09)9 Mei 1940
Meninggal dunia5 Januari 2022(2022-01-05) (umur 81)
WarganegaraAmerika Syarikat
Nama lainBai Lesi (白樂思)
PendidikanB.A. dalam bidang Antropologi (1967),

M.A. dalam bidang Kebahasaan (1968),

PhD dalam bidangan Kebahasaan (1974), Universiti Hawaii di Manoa
PekerjaanLinguistik sejarawi, leksikografi dan etnologi
MajikanUniversiti Hawaii di Manoa
PangkatProfesor Kebahasaan;
Penyunting ulasan makalah Oceanic Linguistics
PasanganLaura Chang-Blust
Robert Blust
Cina Tradisional: 白樂思
Laman web rasmiwww.ling.hawaii.edu/faculty/blust/

Kehidupan sunting

Robert Andrew Blust lahir pada 9 Mei 1940 di Cincinnati, Ohio, Amerika Syarikat. Beliau berpindah ke Long Beach, California ketika berumur empat tahun.[4] Beliau melanjutkan pelajaran dalam bidang bahasa Inggeris.[5]

Beliau meninggal dunia pada 5 Januari 2022 akibat sakit barah.[6]

Penerbitan terpilih sunting

  • Blust, Robert. 1974. The Proto-North-Sarawak vowel deletion hypothesis. PhD dissertation. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
  • Blust, Robert. 1977. The Proto-Austronesian pronouns and Austronesian subgrouping: a preliminary report. University of Hawaiʻi Working Papers in Linguistics 9.2: 1–15.
  • Blust, Robert (1988). Austronesian Root Theory: An Essay on the Limits of Morphology. John Benjamins Publishing. ISBN 90-272-3020-X.
  • Blust, Robert. 1993. *S metathesis and the Formosan/Malayo-Polynesian language boundary. In Dahl, Øyvind (1993). Language--a Doorway Between Human Cultures: Tributes to Dr. Otto Chr. Dahl on His Ninetieth Birthday. Novus Forlag. ISBN 978-82-7099-205-8.
  • Blust, Robert. 1995a. The position of the Formosan languages: method and theory in Austronesian comparative linguistics. In Paul Jen-kuei Li et al., eds., Austronesian Studies Relating to Taiwan: 585—650. Symposium Series of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, No. 3. Taipei: Academia Sinica.
  • Blust, Robert. 1995b. Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD). Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
  • Blust, Robert. 1996. Some remarks on the linguistic position of Thao. Oceanic Linguistics 35: 272–294.
  • Blust, Robert. 1999. Pazeh phonology and morphology. Oceanic Linguistics 38.2: 321–365.
  • Blust, Robert. 2003a. Three notes on early Austronesian morphology. Oceanic Linguistics, 42.2: 438–478.
  • Blust, Robert. 2003b. Thao dictionary[1]. Language and Linguistics Monograph Series, No. A5. Taipei: Institute of Linguistics (Preparatory Office), Academia Sinica.ISBN 978-957-01-4785-8
  • Blust, Robert. 2003c. 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.
  • Blust, Robert. 2005. Must sound change be linguistically motivated? Diachronica 22: 219–269.
  • Blust, Robert. 2006. The origin of the Kelabit voiced aspirates: a historical hypothesis revisited. Oceanic Linguistics 45.2: 311–338.
  • Blust, Robert (2009). The Austronesian languages. Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-85883-602-0.

Rujukan sunting

  1. ^ Lobel, Jason William (2022). "In Memoriam: Dr. Robert A. Blust, 1940–2022". Obituary. Language and Linguistics. 23 (2): 141–146. doi:10.1075/lali.00116.lob.
  2. ^ Lobel, Jason William, Victoria Chen and Lani Blust-Char (2022). "In Memoriam: Robert A. Blust, 1940–2022". Oceanic Linguistics. 61 (2): 614–649.
  3. ^ "Editorial". Language & Linguistics in Melanesia. Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea. 40. 7 January 2022. ISSN 0023-1959.
  4. ^ Adelaar & Pawley 2009, m/s. 4.
  5. ^ "Robert A. Blust". UH-Manos Linguistics Department (dalam bahasa Inggeris). Diarkibkan daripada yang asal pada 6 Januari 2022. Dicapai pada 7 Januari 2022.
  6. ^ Penyunting LLM (7 Januari 2022). "LLM Volume 40, 2022: Editorial". Journal of the Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea (dalam bahasa Inggeris). 40. ISSN 0023-1959.CS1 maint: date and year (link)

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