George van Driem
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George van Driem is a Dutch linguist and anthropologist renowned for his work on Himalayan languages, historical linguistics, and the reconstruction of language families such as Sino-Tibetan.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| George van Driem canonical | 1 |
Statements (31)
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| instanceOf |
Dutch person
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anthropologist ⓘ human ⓘ linguist ⓘ |
| familyName | van Driem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Himalayan languages
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Sino-Tibetan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ anthropology ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ linguistics ⓘ |
| givenName | George NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPublishedOn |
Sino-Tibetan historical reconstruction
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Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ language families of South Asia ⓘ linguistic prehistory of the Himalayas ⓘ |
| knownFor |
historical-comparative linguistics
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language documentation in the Himalayas ⓘ research on Himalayan languages ⓘ research on Sino-Tibetan language family ⓘ work on language classification in Asia ⓘ |
| name | George van Driem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comprehensive descriptions of lesser-known Himalayan languages
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contributions to debates on Sino-Tibetan classification ⓘ |
| occupation |
anthropologist
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linguist ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
historical linguistics of Asia
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language contact in the Himalayan region ⓘ language reconstruction ⓘ linguistic anthropology ⓘ phylogeny of Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ |
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