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Donald Ringe | |
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| Education | University of Kentucky University of Oxford Yale University |
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| Institutions | Bard College University of Pennsylvania |
Donald Ringe (/ˈrɪndʒ/) is an American linguist and Indo-Europeanist.
He has been described as a historical linguist and as a mathematical linguist.[1][2] He is multi-lingual.[3] His work is on language family trees and the Proto-Indo-European language, and he uses mathematics in this.[3][4]
Ringe graduated from University of Kentucky and received a Master of Philosophy in linguistics as a Marshall Scholar from the University of Oxford. He received a Ph.D in linguistics at Yale University in 1984, under the supervision of Warren Cowgill. He taught Classics at Bard College from 1983 to 1985. Since 1985, he has been on the Faculty in Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania, where he has been a full professor since 1996.[1]
He is the author of numerous articles and books, chiefly on historical Indo-European linguistics, especially Ancient Greek, Tocharian and the Germanic languages.
- ^ a b Mercer, David (6 November 2019). "Linguistics Paper Co-authored By Warnow Settled Key Questions, Honored for Its Influence". Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ Bernal, M. (1987). Black Athena: The linguistic evidence. Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization. Rutgers University Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-8135-3655-2. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ a b Leong, Y.K. (2021). Art And Practice Of Mathematics, The: Interviews At The Institute For Mathematical Sciences, National University Of Singapore, 2010-2020. World Scientific Publishing Company. p. 122. ISBN 978-981-12-1960-3. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ Poser, William (1993). "Reviewed Work: On Calculating the Factor of Chance in Language Comparison by Donald A. Ringe, Jr". Language. 69 (3): 635–36. doi:10.2307/416732. JSTOR 416732. Retrieved 4 October 2024.