Randy J. LaPolla

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Randy_J._LaPolla
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:birthYear 1957
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:James_Matisoff
gptkbp:editor The Sino-Tibetan Languages
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Nanyang_Technological_University
gptkb:Beijing_Normal_University
gptkb:La_Trobe_University
gptkbp:field gptkb:Sino-Tibetan_languages
historical linguistics
linguistics
language documentation
typology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Randy J. LaPolla
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:language_typology
work on Sino-Tibetan languages
work on Qiangic languages
gptkbp:languageStudied gptkb:Qiang
gptkb:Rawang
gptkb:Sino-Tibetan_languages
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Linguistic_Society_of_America
International Association of Chinese Linguistics
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.)
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:linguist
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gptkb:Tibeto-Burman_studies
gptkb:The_Sino-Tibetan_Languages_(co-editor)
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