Theodora Bynon Explained
Theodora Bynon (born 1936) is a British linguist and Emeritus Professor of Historical Linguistics at SOAS University of London. She was a student of the German linguist Hans Krahe and studied the ergative case in languages such as Kurdish.[1] [2] She is known for her works on historical linguistics and wrote what is considered a seminal text in 1977.[3]
Books
- Historical Linguistics, Cambridge University Press, 1977
- James and Theodora Bynon (eds.), Hamito-Semitica, London 1975
- Masayoshi Shibatani & Theodora Bynon, Approaches to language typology, Clarendon Press, 1995.[4]
Notes and References
- Book: Bynon . Theodora . Historical Linguistics . Bynon . Professor of Historical Linguistics Soas Theodora . 1977-09-15 . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-29188-0 . en.
- Bynon . Theodora . 1979 . The Ergative Construction in Kurdish . Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London . 42 . 2 . 211–224 . 10.1017/S0041977X0014577X . 615012 . 153447165 . 0041-977X.
- Web site: Book review .
- Haspelmath . Martin . 1996 . Review of Approaches to Language Typology . Journal of Linguistics . 32 . 2 . 513–517 . 10.1017/S0022226700016005 . 4176380 . 144800272 . 0022-2267.
