Terry Crowley
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Terry Crowley is a linguist known for his influential work on Oceanic and Australian Aboriginal languages, particularly in the areas of language description and historical linguistics.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Terry Crowley canonical | 2 |
Statements (41)
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| instanceOf |
academic
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linguist ⓘ |
| activity |
conducted extensive fieldwork
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published descriptive grammars ⓘ published historical-comparative studies ⓘ trained students in field linguistics ⓘ |
| approach |
comparative-historical method
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data-driven description ⓘ empirical fieldwork ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
description of Australian Aboriginal grammars
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description of Oceanic grammar ⓘ reconstruction of Oceanic language history ⓘ |
| field |
Australian Aboriginal linguistics
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Oceanic linguistics NERFINISHED ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ language documentation ⓘ linguistics ⓘ |
| focus |
endangered languages
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grammatical description ⓘ language history reconstruction ⓘ under-described languages ⓘ |
| impact |
advanced understanding of Oceanic language diversification
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contributed to typological knowledge of small languages ⓘ improved documentation of Australian Aboriginal linguistic diversity ⓘ provided key data for comparative Oceanic studies ⓘ |
| influenced |
later descriptive work on Australian Aboriginal languages
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subsequent research on Oceanic historical linguistics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
documentation of endangered languages
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historical-comparative studies ⓘ language description ⓘ work on Australian Aboriginal languages ⓘ work on Oceanic languages ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comparative work on Oceanic subgroups
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fieldwork-based language documentation ⓘ influential descriptive grammars ⓘ |
| researchArea |
Austronesian languages
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Papuan contact with Oceanic languages ⓘ dialect variation ⓘ language change ⓘ morphosyntax ⓘ phonology of Oceanic languages ⓘ |
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