| James Sneddon | |
| Birth Name: | James Neil Sneddon |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Occupation: | Linguist |
| Alma Mater: | Australian National University |
| Thesis Title: | Tondano Phonology and Grammar |
| Thesis Year: | 1974 |
| Workplaces: | Griffith University |
| Main Interests: | Indonesian language |
| Notable Works: | Colloquial Jakartan Indonesian; The Indonesian Language: Its History and Role in Modern Society |
James Neil Sneddon is an Australian linguist who specializes in Indonesian and languages of Sulawesi.
He studied Linguistics and Indonesian at the University of Sydney. In 1974, he obtained a doctorate from the Australian National University, where he completed his dissertation Tondano Phonology and Grammar. He was an associate professor at Griffith University in Queensland.[1]
Sneddon has written numerous works on the Indonesian language, including grammar textbooks. He is the author of the book Colloquial Jakartan Indonesian, which describes the Jakarta dialect.[1] In the book The Indonesian Language: Its History and Role in Modern Society, he presents the history of the Indonesian language and its function in modern Indonesia.[2]
Sneddon's proto-language reconstructions include Proto-Minahasan and Proto-Sangiric.[3] [4]