Martine Robbeets
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Martine Robbeets is a historical linguist known for her work on the relationships among Eurasian language families and for advancing the controversial Transeurasian hypothesis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Martine Robbeets canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
historical linguist
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linguist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| controversy |
Altaic languages (proposed)
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surface form:
Transeurasian hypothesis is considered controversial by many linguists
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| education | trained as a historical linguist ⓘ |
| employer |
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History ⓘ |
| field |
Transeurasian linguistics
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comparative linguistics ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ |
| hasCollaboratedWith |
archaeologists
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geneticists ⓘ other historical linguists ⓘ |
| hasProposed | Transeurasian language family as a genealogical unit ⓘ |
| hasWorkedOnLanguageFamily |
Japonic languages
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Korean ⓘ
surface form:
Koreanic languages
Mongolic languages ⓘ Tungusic languages ⓘ Turkic languages ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Transeurasian hypothesis
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interdisciplinary approach combining linguistics archaeology and genetics ⓘ research on Altaic-related language groupings ⓘ research on relationships among Eurasian language families ⓘ |
| languageOfResearch |
Dutch
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English ⓘ German ⓘ |
| methodology |
combines linguistic archaeological and genetic evidence
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uses Bayesian phylogenetics in historical linguistics ⓘ |
| name | Martine Robbeets self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Belgian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Transeurasian languages and agriculture study published in Nature
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monographs on Transeurasian and Altaic-related issues ⓘ |
| occupation |
professor
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researcher ⓘ |
| position | head of the Transeurasian Languages project ⓘ |
| regionOfFocus |
Eurasia
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Northeast Asia ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
Transeurasian hypothesis
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surface form:
Altaic hypothesis
Transeurasian languages ⓘ contact-induced change ⓘ grammaticalization ⓘ historical-comparative method ⓘ language dispersal and agriculture ⓘ morphology of Transeurasian languages ⓘ |
| viewOnAgriculture | links spread of Transeurasian languages to early millet farming in Northeast Asia ⓘ |
| viewOnTranseurasian | argues that Turkic Mongolic Tungusic Koreanic and Japonic share a common ancestor ⓘ |
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