John Bengtson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948 |
| Died | March 3, 2024 |
| Occupation | Linguist |
| Academic work | |
| Main interests | Historical linguistics |
John D. Bengtson (1948-2024) was an American historical and anthropological linguist.[1][2] He had been president and vice-president of the Association for the Study of Language in Prehistory, and had served as editor (or co-editor) of the journal Mother Tongue (1996–2003, 2007–2024).[3] Since 2001 he had been a member/researcher of Evolution of Human Languages,[4] an international project on the linguistic prehistory of humanity coordinated by the Santa Fe Institute. His areas of specialization included Scandinavian languages and linguistics, Indo-European linguistics, Dené–Caucasian (Sino-Caucasian) languages, and paleolinguistics (the study of human prehistory through linguistic evidence).[5]