Murray Barnson Emeneau
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Murray Barnson Emeneau's Degrees
- PhD Linguistics University of California, Berkeley
- Masters Linguistics University of California, Berkeley
- Bachelors Linguistics University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Murray Barnson Emeneau was the founder of the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. Early life and education Emeneau was born in Lunenburg, a fishing town on the east coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. Having distinguished himself in classical languages in high school, he obtained a four-year scholarship to Dalhousie University in Halifax to further his classical studies. On obtaining his B.A. degree from Dalhousie, Emeneau was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Balliol College at Oxford University. From Oxford he arrived at Yale University in 1926, where he took a teaching appointment in Latin. While at Yale, Emeneau began Sanskrit and Indo-European studies with the Sanskritist Franklin Edgerton and Indo-Europeanist Edgar Sturtevant. In 1931 Emeneau was awarded his Ph.D. with a dissertation on the Vetālapañcaviṃśatī.
Murray Barnson Emeneau's Published Works
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Published Works
- Defining a Linguistic Area: South Asia (1978) (212)
- India as a Lingustic Area (1956) (192)
- A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary (1963) (172)
- ENGLISH IN SOUTH ASIA (1994) (109)
- Foundations of Language. Louis H. Gray (1940) (66)
- Structure of Assamese (1982) (43)
- The Letters of Sir William Jones (1971) (43)
- Studies in Vietnamese (Annamese) grammar (1951) (42)
- Toda grammar and texts (1984) (37)
- ONOMATOPOETICS IN THE INDIAN LINGUISTIC AREA (1969) (36)
- History of Sanskrit poetics (1961) (35)
- India and Linguistics (1955) (27)
- Aryan and Non-Aryan in India (1981) (27)
- Language and Linguistic Area: Essays (1980) (23)
- Toward a Phonological Typology of the Indian Linguistic Area (1971) (22)
- Dravidian borrowings from Indo-Aryan (1962) (21)
- The vowels of the Badaga language (1939) (21)
- Sanskrit Philosophy of Language (1971) (19)
- Types Of Indic Oral Tales (1960) (18)
- Munda and Non-Munda Austroasiatic Languages (1971) (16)
- Taboos on Animal Names (1948) (16)
- Kolami : a Dravidian language (1956) (15)
- Dravidian linguistics: An introduction (1990) (15)
- An Echo-Word Motif in Dravidian Folk-Tales (1938) (14)
- The tribal art of middle India (1951) (13)
- The South Dravidian Languages (1967) (12)
- Style and Meaning in an Oral Literature (1966) (12)
- Kashmiri and Other Dardic Languages (1971) (12)
- The Tibeto-Burman Languages of South Asia (1971) (11)
- Brahui and Dravidian comparative grammar (1962) (11)
- The Nasal Phonemes of Sanskrit (1946) (11)
- Language and Non-Linguistic Patterns (1950) (11)
- Comparative Dravidian Studies (1971) (10)
- Sociolinguistics in South Asia (1971) (9)
- The Semantics of Kinship in South India and Ceylon (1971) (9)
- A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary: Supplement (1969) (9)
- The Dialect of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (1935) (8)
- Towards an Onomastics of South Asia (1978) (8)
- Comparative Dravidian Linguistics: Current Perspectives (2001) (8)
- Ritual structure and language structure of the Todas (1976) (7)
- Kota Texts: Part One (1945) (7)
- TODA MARRIAGE REGULATIONS AND TABOOS (1937) (7)
- The Dravidian Verbs 'Come' and 'Give' (1945) (7)
- Studies in Dravidian Verb Stem Formation (1975) (6)
- Homonyms and Puns in Annamese (1947) (6)
- Assamese, its formation and development : a scientific treatise on the history and philology of the Assamese language ... (1942) (6)
- Official Language Problems and Policies in South Asia (1971) (6)
- Phonetic Observations on the Brāhūi Language (1937) (6)
- ORAL POETS OF SOUTH INDIA- THE TODAS (1958) (6)
- Linguistics in South Asia (1971) (5)
- The Gesture Language of the Hindu Dance (1942) (5)
- Sanskrit syntactic particles — Kila, khalu, nūnam (1969) (5)
- PERSONAL NAMES OF THE TODAS (1938) (5)
- Elamite and Dravidian: Further Evidence of Relationship [and Comments and Reply] (1975) (5)
- The strangling figs in Sanskrit literature (1949) (4)
- Dravidian Kinship Terms (1953) (4)
- Tamil expressives with initial voiced stops (1993) (4)
- Dravidian Comparative Phonology: A Sketch (1975) (4)
- Linguistics in Ceylon, (I) (1971) (4)
- Personal Names of the Coorgs (1976) (4)
- A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary. Supplement (1974) (4)
- Proto-Dravidian *c- and Its Developments (1988) (4)
- Dravidian Linguistics, Ethnology, and Folktales: Collected Papers (1969) (4)
- Linguistic Studies in Pakistan (1971) (4)
- Digital Dictionaries of South Asia (3)
- India and historical grammar : lecture on diffusion and evolution in comparative linguistics and lecture on India and the linguistic areas delivered as special lectures at the Linguistics Department of the Annamalai University in 1959 (1965) (3)
- The Right Hand is the 'Eating Hand': an Indian Areal Linguistic Inqui ry (1987) (3)
- Phonetic Laws and Grammatical Categories (1989) (3)
- Bibliographical Review of Bengali Studies (1971) (3)
- Sanskrit Studies of M. B. Emeneau: Selected Papers. (1990) (3)
- A Union List of Printed Indic Texts and Translations in American Libraries (1935) (3)
- Koḍagu Vowels@@@Kodagu Vowels (1970) (3)
- Today, a Dravidian Language (1957) (3)
- Studies in the Folk-Tales of India: III: Jain Literature and Kota Folk-Tales (1947) (3)
- Sanskrit sandhi and exercises (1954) (3)
- The Burushaski Language@@@The Dumāki Language: Outlines of the Speech of The Ḍoma, or Bērīcho, of Hunza@@@Language Hunting in the Karakoram@@@The Dumaki Language: Outlines of the Speech of The Doma, or Bericho, of Hunza (1940) (3)
- Dravidian Studies: Selected Papers (1996) (3)
- Ootacamund in the Nilgiris: Some Notes (1963) (2)
- Kolami, a Dravidian Language (1961) (2)
- Tawi tales : folk tales from Jammu (1975) (2)
- Statements for the Conference on Archiving (1954) (2)
- Language and Linguistic Area. Essays by Murray Emeneau (1981) (2)
- A Story of Vikrama's Birth and Accession (1935) (2)
- Kālidāsa's Śakuntalā and the Mahābhārata@@@Kalidasa's Sakuntala and the Mahabharata (1962) (2)
- Kṛṣṇa Steals the Gopīs' Clothes: A Folktale Motif@@@Krsna Steals the Gopis' Clothes: A Folktale Motif (1989) (2)
- A Nova Scotian Becomes a Linguistic Indologist (1991) (2)
- Bloomfield and Pānini@@@Bloomfield and Panini (1988) (2)
- Historical grammar of Old Kannada (based entirely on the Kannada Inscriptions of the 8th, 9th and 10th centuries A.D (1947) (2)
- New Perspectives in Language, Culture, and Personality: Proceedings of the Edward Sapir Centenary Conference (Ottawa, 1-3 Oct. 1984). Edited by William Cowan, Michael K. Foster & Konrad Koerner (1988) (2)
- Nepali and Pahari (1971) (2)
- The Non-Literary Dravidian Languages (1971) (2)
- Dravidian Etymological Notes: Supplement to DED, DEDS, and DBIA, Pt. II (1972) (2)
- Middle Indo-Aryan (1971) (2)
- Koagu and Brahui developments of Proto-Dravidian * (1971) (2)
- Ambrose and Cicero (2)
- Oriya and Assamese (1971) (2)
- India and Indology: Selected Articles by W. Norman Brown (1981) (2)
- The Faithful Dog as Security for a Debt: A Companion to the Brahman and the Mongoose Story-Type (1941) (2)
- Studies in the Folktales of India. II: The Old Woman and Her Pig (1943) (2)
- Proto-Dravidian *c-: Toda t- (1953) (1)
- The Young Wife and Her Husband's Brother: Rgveda 10.40. 2 and 10.85. 44 (1991) (1)
- Kṣemendra as kavi@@@Ksemendra as kavi (1933) (1)
- Two Thousand Years of Tamil Literature. (1961) (1)
- Studies in the Folk-Tales of India: I: Some Origin Stories of the Todas and Kotas (1943) (1)
- Language And Social Forms: A Study Of Toda Kinship And Dual Descent (1941) (1)
- Brahui etymologies and phonetic developments: new items (1997) (1)
- Confusion in Prakrit between the Sanskrit Prepositions prati and pari (1931) (1)
- The Etymology of the Name Sāyaṇa@@@The Etymology of the Name Sayana (1974) (1)
- A Dravidian-Sanskrit Etymology (1969) (1)
- An Interpolation in some MSS. of the Bṛhatkathāmañjarī (1933) (1)
- Annamese, Arabic, and Panjabi Riddles (1945) (1)
- A Note on the Development of the Indo-European Dental Groups (1933) (1)
- Studies in Indian Linguistics: Professor M. B. Emeneau ṣaṣṭipūrti Volume@@@Studies in Indian Linguistics: Professor M. B. Emeneau sastipurti Volume (1970) (1)
- Was There Cross-Cousin Marriage among the Śākyas?@@@Was There Cross-Cousin Marriage among the Sakyas? (1939) (1)
- The Todas and Sumeria—A Hypothesis Rejected (1953) (1)
- Ko $$\underset{\raise0.3em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\cdot}$}}{d} $$ agu and Brahui developments of Proto-Dravidian * $$\underset{\raise0.3em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle-}$}}{r} $$ (1971) (1)
- The Pengo language, grammar, texts, and vocabulary (1971) (1)
- The Thief of Love: Bengali Tales from Court and Village (1965) (0)
- Balti Grammar@@@The Pronunciation of Kashmiri@@@Three Persian Dialects (1941) (0)
- Kalidasa's Sakuntala (1966) (0)
- 105. A Chatelaine from Coorg, South India (1940) (0)
- Some Origins of Kota -J(-) (2000) (0)
- Elements of Kuṛux Historical Phonology@@@Elements of Kurux Historical Phonology (1974) (0)
- Tirukkuṛaḷ of Tiruvaḷḷuvar (In Roman Transliteration) with English Translation@@@Tirukkural with English Translation and Commentary and an Introduction@@@Tirukkural of Tiruvalluvar (In Roman Transliteration) with English Translation (1954) (0)
- Another Example of the Echo-Word Motif in Dravidian Folk-Tales (1939) (0)
- Tulu Lexicon [tuḷu nighaṇṭu], Vol. 1@@@Tulu Lexicon [tulu nighantu], Vol. 1 (1991) (0)
- Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpurṣacaritra, or the Lives of Sixty-three Illustrious Persons, by Ācārya Śrī Hemacandra. Vol. IV@@@Trisastisalakapursacaritra, or the Lives of Sixty-three Illustrious Persons, by Acarya Sri Hemacandra. Vol. IV (1959) (0)
- Vedic Variants. Volume III: Noun and Pronoun Inflection (1935) (0)
- A Grammar of Maria Gondi, as Spoken by the Bison Horn or Dandami Marias of Bastar State (1943) (0)
- ASIA: Maria Murder and Suicide. Verrier Elwin (1945) (0)
- Folk-Tales of Mahakoshal@@@Folk-Songs of the Maikal Hills (1946) (0)
- Vedic Bibliography... of All Important Work Done since 1930.. (1949) (0)
- Toda Garments and Embroidery (1937) (0)
- Jambhaladatta's version of the Vetālapañcaviṅśati : a critical Sanskrit text in transliteration (1934) (0)
- Linguistics in Ceylon, (II): Tamil (1971) (0)
- The Mahābhārata. Vol. 5. The VirāṭaparvanThe Mahābhārata. Vol. 6. The UdyogaparvanThe Mahabharata. Vol. 5. The VirataparvanThe Mahabharata. Vol. 6. The Udyogaparvan (1942) (0)
- The Burmese Writing System.@@@A Grammar of Pashto.@@@The Tibetan System of Writing. (1957) (0)
- Vedic Variants. Noun and Pronoun Inflection (0)
- Dr. C. Kunhan Raja Presentation Volume: A Volume of Indological Studies@@@Acharya Dhruva Smaraka Grantha (Acharya Dhruva Commemoration Volume), Parts II and III@@@Shri K. M. Munshi Diamond Jubilee Volume-Part I@@@Homage to Vaisali@@@Sir William Jones. Bicentenary of His Birth, Commemoration Volume, (1951) (0)
- Pūṣan in the Rig-Veda@@@Pusan in the Rig-Veda (1942) (0)
- The Mahābhārata. Vol. 2. The SabhāparvanThe Mahabharata. Vol. 2. The Sabhaparvan (1946) (0)
- A Further Note on the Dialect of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (1940) (0)
- Indian Demonstrative Pronominal Bases – A Revision (1980) (0)
- Priorities Among South Asian Languages (1960) (0)
- Master List of Abbreviations (1971) (0)
- Toda Grammar and Texts@@@A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary (1985) (0)
- A History Of Sanskrit Literature Classical Period Vol I (2013) (0)
- Dravidian nouns: a comparative study: S.V. Shanmugam, Annamalai University, Department of Linguistics, publication no. 25. Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, 1971. xv, 413 pp. Rs. 8.00 (1974) (0)
- Tribal Myths of Orissa@@@The Parji Language (1956) (0)
- Toda Grammar and Texts@@@A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary (1985) (0)
- 33. Linguistics in India: Past and Future (2000) (0)
- Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra by Ācārya Śrī Hemacandra. Vol. III. Books IV and V@@@Trisastisalakapurusacaritra by Acarya Sri Hemacandra. Vol. III. Books IV and V (1951) (0)
- Toda vowels in non-initial syllables (1979) (0)
- Tirukkuṛaḷ of Tiruvaḷḷuvar with English TranslationTirukkural with English Translation and Commentary and an IntroductionTirukkural of Tiruvalluvar with English Translation (1954) (0)
- The palatalizing rule in Tamil-Malayalam and Telugu (1995) (0)
- Selections from Classical Sanskrit Literature, with English Translation and Notes (1952) (0)
- The Sāhityadarpaṇa of Viśvanātha (Paricchedas I, II, X Arthālaṇkāras), with Exhaustive Notes and the History of Sanskrit Poetics@@@The Sahityadarpana of Visvanatha (Paricchedas I, II, X Arthalankaras), with Exhaustive Notes and the History of Sanskrit Poetics (1952) (0)
- Dr. C. Kunhan Raja Presentation Volume: A Volume of Indological StudiesAcharya Dhruva Smaraka Grantha , Parts II and IIIShri K. M. Munshi Diamond Jubilee Volume-Part IHomage to VaisaliSir William Jones. Bicentenary of His Birth, Commemoration Volume, 1746-1946 (1951) (0)
- Book Review:Southeast Asia, Crossroad of Religions Kenneth Perry Landon (1951) (0)
- W. Norman Brown. Man in the Universe : Some Continuities in Indian Thought. Pp. ix, 111. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1966. $4.00 (1966) (0)
- Social and Physical Anthropology of the Nayadis of Malabar@@@The Maria Gonds of Bastar (1939) (0)
- A Century of Toda Studies@@@The Toda of South India: A New Look (1988) (0)
- Second International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, July 22-26, 1935 (1936) (0)
- Mary Haas and Berkeley Linguistics (1996) (0)
- The Gāndhārī DharmapadaThe Gandhari Dharmapada (1962) (0)
- The Vasanta Vilāsa@@@The Mahimnastava, or Praise of Shiva's Greatness@@@The Vasanta Vilasa (1966) (0)
- Committee on Memorial Resolutions (2007) (0)
- Brahui Laterals from Proto-Dravidian *ṙ@@@Brahui Laterals from Proto-Dravidian *r (1980) (0)
- Barkcloth in India-Sanskrit Valkala (1962) (0)
- The Sāhityadarpaṇa of Viśvanātha , with Exhaustive Notes and the History of Sanskrit PoeticsThe Sahityadarpana of Visvanatha , with Exhaustive Notes and the History of Sanskrit Poetics (1952) (0)
- Index of Languages (1971) (0)
- Notes on the Kālakācāryakathā@@@Notes on the Kalakacaryakatha (1951) (0)
- Some Neologisms in '-ize' (1947) (0)
- Publications Received (1951) (0)
- Book Review:In Memory of J. R. Firth C. E. Bazell, J. C. Catford, M. A. K. Halliday, R. H. Robins (1968) (0)
- The Gāndhārī Dharmapada@@@The Gandhari Dharmapada (1962) (0)
- Toda Dream Songs (1965) (0)
- Kannaḍa Kampa, Tamil Kampaṉ: Two Proper Names@@@Kannada Kampa, Tamil Kampan: Two Proper Names (1985) (0)
- A Further Note on 'The Faithful Dog as Security for a Debt' (1942) (0)
- Balti GrammarThe Pronunciation of KashmiriThree Persian Dialects (1941) (0)
- More on the Dravidian Etymologies in Lang. 24.62 (1948) (0)
- Comparative Indo-Aryan (1971) (0)
- 1. Rats, mice, and other small rodents in the Indian linguistic area (1993) (0)
- Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary@@@Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Reader (1954) (0)
- Kota Texts. Volume 2, Nos. 1 and 2@@@Folk-Tales of Mahakoshal@@@Folk-Songs of the Maikal Hills@@@Folk-Dances of South India (1946) (0)
- General Linguistics in South Asia (1971) (0)
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