Terry Crowley | |
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| Born | Terence Michael Crowley 1 April 1953 Billericay, Essex, United Kingdom |
| Died | 15 January 2005 |
| Occupation | Linguist |
| Academic work | |
| Main interests | Oceanic languages and Bislama |
Terence Michael Crowley (1 April 1953 – 15 January 2005[1][2]) was a linguist specializing in Oceanic languages as well as Bislama, the English-lexified Creole recognized as a national language in Vanuatu. From 1991 he taught in New Zealand. Previously, he was with the Pacific Languages Unit of the University of the South Pacific in Vanuatu (1983–90) and with the Department of Language and Literature at the University of Papua New Guinea (1979–83).[3]