Randy J. LaPolla

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Randy_J._LaPolla

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:birthYear	1957
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:James_Matisoff
gptkbp:editor	The Sino-Tibetan Languages
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gptkbp:field	gptkb:Sino-Tibetan_languages historical linguistics linguistics language documentation typology
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:language_typology work on Sino-Tibetan languages work on Qiangic languages
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gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork	A Grammar of Qiang The Sino-Tibetan Languages (co-edited with Graham Thurgood) Syntax: Structure, Meaning, and Function (with Robert D. Van Valin, Jr.)
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Randy J. LaPolla