Derek Nurse
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Derek Nurse is a linguist renowned for his influential research on Bantu languages and African historical linguistics.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
linguist
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
African studies
ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
African historical linguistics
ⓘ
African linguistics ⓘ Bantu linguistics ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasNotableContribution |
contributions to the historical classification of Bantu
ⓘ
reconstruction of aspects of Bantu language history ⓘ studies of contact and change in Bantu languages ⓘ |
| hasNotableWork |
publications on African language classification
ⓘ
studies on the history of Bantu languages ⓘ |
| influenced |
scholarship on African language history
ⓘ
subsequent research on Bantu historical linguistics ⓘ |
| isRenownedFor |
influential research on African historical linguistics
ⓘ
influential research on Bantu languages ⓘ |
| knownFor |
comparative studies of Bantu languages
ⓘ
research on African historical linguistics ⓘ research on Bantu languages ⓘ work on language classification in Africa ⓘ |
| languageFamilyStudied |
Bantu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Niger-Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStudied | Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| occupation |
researcher
ⓘ
university professor ⓘ |
| regionOfFocus |
East Africa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Great Lakes region of Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Sub-Saharan Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
classification of African languages
ⓘ
historical reconstruction ⓘ language change ⓘ language contact ⓘ |
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