| David Gil | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1953-11-01) 1 November 1953 (age 71) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Linguist |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Max Planck Institute |
David Gil (born 1 November 1953 in London, United Kingdom) is a linguist specializing in Indonesian and Malay linguistics. His research interests include Malayic comparative linguistics, syntax, semantics, linguistic typology, and language evolution.
Education
In 1972, he received a B.A. in mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He completed his master's degree in linguistics in 1978 at the University of Tel Aviv. In 1982, he defended his PhD thesis Distributive Numerals at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Publications
- Riau Indonesian: A Language without Reference and Predication? (1999)
- Colloquial Indonesian Dialects: How Real Are They? (2003)
- The World Atlas of Language Structures (2005)
- What is Riau Indonesian? (2009)
- Language Complexity as an Evolving Variable (2009)
Conferences
Gil regularly organises academic conferences on the languages of Indonesia, such as the International Symposium on Malay/Indonesian Linguistics (ISMIL), International Symposium on the Languages of Java (ISLOJ), and Workshop on the Languages of Papua (WLP).
References
- ^ CV Archived 2020-03-22 at the Wayback Machine.
- "David Gil, Author at De Gruyter Conversations". De Gruyter Conversations. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
- "INDOLING: Languages of the Indo-Pacific Region". Retrieved 2023-02-25.
- 1953 births
- Living people
- Linguists of Austronesian languages
- Linguists of Papuan languages
- Linguists from the United Kingdom
- Scientists from London
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science alumni
- Tel Aviv University alumni
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Linguists of Malay
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni