Ghil'ad Zuckermann | |
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Ghil'ad Zuckermann
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Born |
Tel Aviv, Israel |
June 1, 1971
Fields |
Linguistics Revivalistics |
Institutions |
The University of Adelaide University of Cambridge Churchill College, Cambridge The University of Queensland Shanghai Jiao Tong University East China Normal University Shanghai International Studies University |
Alma mater |
University of Oxford St Hugh's College, Oxford Tel Aviv University United World College of the Adriatic |
Known for | (1) Semito-European hybridic theory of the emergence of Israeli Hebrew. (2) Classification of multisourced neologization and camouflaged borrowing. (3) Analysis of phono-semantic matching. (4) Revivalistics, revival linguistics. |
Ghil'ad Zuckermann (Hebrew: גלעד צוקרמן , pronounced [ɡi'lad ˈtsukeʁman], born June 1, 1971) is a linguist and revivalist who works in contact linguistics, lexicology and the study of language, culture and identity. Zuckermann is Chair of Linguistics and Endangered Languages at the University of Adelaide.
Zuckermann was born in Tel Aviv (Israel) on June 1, 1971 and attended the United World College (UWC) of the Adriatic in 1987–1989. In 1997 he received an M.A. in Linguistics at the Adi Lautman Interdisciplinary Programme for Outstanding Students of Tel Aviv University. In 1997–2000 he was Scatcherd European Scholar of the University of Oxford and Denise Skinner Graduate Scholar at St Hugh's College, Oxford, receiving a D.Phil. (Oxon.) in 2000. As Gulbenkian Research Fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge (2000–2004), he was affiliated with the Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Modern and Medieval Studies, University of Cambridge. He received a titular Ph.D. (Cantab.) from the University of Cambridge in 2003.