Alan S. Kaye | |
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| Born | March 2, 1944 Los Angeles, California |
| Died | May 31, 2007 (aged 63) |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
| Alma mater | He received his bachelor’s degree in Semitic linguistics in 1965 from UCLA, and his master’s degree (1968) and Ph.D. (1971) in linguistics from UC Berkeley. |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | linguistics |
| Institutions | California State University, Fullerton |
Alan Stewart Kaye (1944-2007) was an American linguist and professor at California State University, Fullerton. He is best known for his works on Semitic and other language families.[1][2] He died of cancer on May 31, 2007.[3]
Books
[edit]- Semitic Studies in Honor of Wolf Leslau, A. Kaye, ed.(1991)
- The Persian Contributions to the English Language: A Historical Dictionary, Garland Cannon and Kaye S. Alan, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2001
- Afroasiatic Linguistics, Semitics, and Egyptology: Selected Writings of Carleton T. Hodge, Co-edited with Scott Noegel. Bethesda, MD: CDL Press, 2004
- Chadian and Sudanese Arabic in the Light of Comparative Arabic Dialectology, De Gruyter Mouton 1976
- Pidgin and creole languages : a basic introduction, with Alan S.l Tosco, 2001
- A Dictionary of Nigerian Arabic. California: Undena Publications. 1982.[4][5]
- Morphologies of Asia and Africa (ed.), Penn State University Press 2007
References
[edit]- ^ Prunet, Jean-François (2008). "In Memoriam: Alan S. Kaye (1944-2007)". The Canadian Journal of Linguistics. 53 (2): 399–400. doi:10.1353/cjl.0.0021. ISSN 1710-1115. S2CID 144173340.
- ^ "Linguist Travels to United Arab Emirates to Research for Book". calstate.fullerton.edu.
- ^ "CSUF Professor Alan Kaye Dies of Cancer". calstate.fullerton.edu.
- ^ Abu-Absi, Samir (1986). "Alan S. Kaye. A Dictionary of Nigerian Arabic. Bibliotheca Afroasiatica, Vol. 1. Malibu, California: Undena Publications. 1982. Pp. xvi + 92". Canadian Journal of Linguistics. 31 (1): 81–83. doi:10.1017/S0008413100011452. ISSN 0008-4131. S2CID 149203657.
- ^ Rouchdy, Aleya (May 1984). "Alan S. Kaye, A Dictionary of Nigerian Arabic, Bibliotheca Afroasiatica, Vol. I (Malibu: Undena Publications, 1982). Pp. vii + 92". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 16 (2): 285–286. doi:10.1017/S0020743800028063. ISSN 1471-6380. S2CID 163801066.
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