linguist Stephen A. Wurm
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Stephen A. Wurm was a prominent linguist and polyglot renowned for his extensive documentation and classification of Indigenous Australian and Papuan languages.
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| Stephen A. Wurm | 0 |
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| instanceOf |
academic
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linguist ⓘ polyglot ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1922-08-01 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Budapest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Australia
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Hungary ⓘ |
| dateOfHonor | 1995 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2001-10-07 ⓘ |
| employer | Australian National University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Wurm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Austronesian languages
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Indigenous Australian languages ⓘ Papuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ language classification ⓘ language documentation ⓘ linguistics ⓘ |
| fullName | Stephen Adolphe Wurm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Stephen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honor | Officer of the Order of Australia ⓘ |
| influenced |
Australian Aboriginal linguistics
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Papuan linguistics ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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French ⓘ German ⓘ Hungarian ⓘ Indonesian ⓘ Italian ⓘ Russian ⓘ Tok Pisin ⓘ |
| memberOf | Australian Academy of the Humanities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
classification of Australian Aboriginal languages
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classification of Papuan languages ⓘ documentation of Indigenous Australian languages ⓘ documentation of Papuan languages ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Andrew Pawley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia and the Americas
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Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing NERFINISHED ⓘ Languages of Australia and Tasmania NERFINISHED ⓘ Papuan Languages and the New Guinea Linguistic Scene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
linguist
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university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Canberra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Head of the Department of Linguistics at the Australian National University
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Professor of Linguistics at the Australian National University ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
endangered languages
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language contact in New Guinea ⓘ |
| workLocation | Canberra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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