Warren Cowgill
Warren Cowgill | |
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| Born | December 19, 1929 Grangeville, Idaho,U.S. |
| Died | June 20, 1985(aged 55) |
| Spouse | Kathryn Markhus |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | George Cowgill(twin brother) |
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| Institutions | Yale University |
| Main interests | Indo-European languages |
Warren Crawford Cowgill(/ˈkoʊɡɪl/KOH-gill;[1]December 19, 1929 – June 20, 1985) was an American linguist. He was a professor of linguistics atYale Universityand theEncyclopædia Britannica's authority onIndo-European linguistics.[2]Two separate Indo-Europeansound lawsare named after him, both calledCowgill's lawin Greek and Germanic respectively.
Cowgill was unusual among Indo-European linguists of his time in believing that Indo-European should be classified as a branch ofIndo-Hittite,withHittiteas a sister language of the Indo-European languages, rather than a daughter language.
Warren Cowgill and his twin brother, anthropologistGeorge Cowgill,were born nearGrangeville, Idaho.Along with his brother, he graduated fromStanford Universityin 1952 and received a Ph.D. fromYalein 1957. He was a member of the Yale faculty in the Department of Linguistics until his death in 1985.[3][4]
Notes[edit]
- ^Cowgill, Warren C. (2006)."Cowgill on Cowgill: Autobiographical Letter to the LSA Archives"(PDF).In Klein, Jared (ed.).The Collected Writings of Warren Cowgill.Ann Arbor, Michigan: Beech Stave Press. p. xlvii.ISBN0-9747927-1-3.
the first syllable rhymes withknow,not withhow.
- ^"Indo-European languages,"Encyclopædia Britannica2007 Ultimate Reference Suite, Chicago 2007.
- ^"Dr. Warren C. Cowgill".The New York Times.June 25, 1985.Archivedfrom the original on January 30, 2013.
- ^"Linguistics at Yale University".RetrievedMarch 23,2007.
External links[edit]
- Table of contentsforThe Collected Writings of Warren Cowgill(ISBN0-9747927-1-3)
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