Robert Blust
Robert Blust | |||||||
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| Born | Robert Andrew Blust May 9, 1940 | ||||||
| Died | January 5, 2022 (aged 81) | ||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||
| Other names | Bai Lesi (白樂思) | ||||||
| Education | B.A. in Anthropology (1967),
M.A. in Linguistics (1968), PhD in Linguistics (1974), University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa | ||||||
| Occupation(s) | Historical linguistics, lexicography and ethnology | ||||||
| Employer | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa | ||||||
| Title | Professor of Linguistics; Review editor for the journal Oceanic Linguistics | ||||||
| Spouse | Laura Chang-Blust (白嫪拉) | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 白樂思 | ||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||
Robert Andrew Blust (May 9, 1940 – January 5, 2022)[1] was an American linguist. His works were about historical linguistics, lexicography and ethnology. He was a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Blust's works were also about the Austronesian languages.
Blust died of cancer on January 5, 2022 in Honolulu, Hawaii at the age of 81.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Adelaar, Alexander (2009). Austronesian historical linguistics and culture history: a festschrift for Robert Blust. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. ISBN 978-0-85883-601-3. OCLC 320478674.
- ↑ "LLM Volume 40, 2022". 7 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
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