David Appleyard

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David Appleyard

Communications

#5045

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#7036

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Linguistics

#1203

World Rank

#1518

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David Appleyard's Degrees

• Bachelors Linguistics University of Oxford

Why Is David Appleyard Influential?

According to Wikipedia, David Appleyard is a British academic and an specialist in Ethiopian languages and linguistics. He is Professor Emeritus of the Languages of the Horn of Africa at the School of Oriental and African Studies in the University of London, where he specialized in Amharic and other Ethiopian Semitic languages, as well as various Cushitic languages of the region. He went first to SOAS as a student in 1968, studying Amharic and Linguistics, and completed his doctorate there on the Semitic basis of the Amharic lexicon in 1975, with Edward Ullendorff as supervisor. He then joined the staff at SOAS where he remained from 1975 until his retirement in September 2006. He taught Amharic language and literature, as well as courses on Ge’ez, Tigrinya, Somali, Oromo, African linguistics, and Ethiopian cultural history.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With David Appleyard?

David Appleyard is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of Oxford