Alan S. Kaye
{{Short description|American linguist}}
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| workplaces = California State University, Fullerton
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Alan Stewart Kaye (1944-2007) was an American linguist and professor at California State University, Fullerton. He is best known for his works on Semitic and other language families.{{cite journal |last1=Prunet |first1=Jean-François |title=In Memoriam: Alan S. Kaye (1944-2007) |journal=The Canadian Journal of Linguistics |date=2008 |volume=53 |issue=2 |pages=399–400 |doi=10.1353/cjl.0.0021 |s2cid=144173340 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/259927/pdf |issn=1710-1115|url-access=subscription }}{{cite web |title=Linguist Travels to United Arab Emirates to Research for Book |url=http://calstate.fullerton.edu/news/inside/2006/kaye.html |website=calstate.fullerton.edu}}
He died of cancer on May 31, 2007.{{cite web |title=CSUF Professor Alan Kaye Dies of Cancer |url=http://calstate.fullerton.edu/news/inside/2007/kaye.html |website=calstate.fullerton.edu}}
Books
- Semitic Studies in Honor of Wolf Leslau, A. Kaye, ed.(1991)
- The Persian Contributions to the English Language: A Historical Dictionary, Garland Cannon and Kaye S. Alan, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2001
- Afroasiatic Linguistics, Semitics, and Egyptology: Selected Writings of Carleton T. Hodge, Co-edited with Scott Noegel. Bethesda, MD: CDL Press, 2004
- Chadian and Sudanese Arabic in the Light of Comparative Arabic Dialectology, De Gruyter Mouton 1976
- Pidgin and creole languages : a basic introduction, with Alan S.l Tosco, 2001
- A Dictionary of Nigerian Arabic. California: Undena Publications. 1982.{{cite journal |last1=Abu-Absi |first1=Samir |title=Alan S. Kaye. A Dictionary of Nigerian Arabic. Bibliotheca Afroasiatica, Vol. 1. Malibu, California: Undena Publications. 1982. Pp. xvi + 92. |journal=Canadian Journal of Linguistics |date=1986 |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=81–83 |doi=10.1017/S0008413100011452 |s2cid=149203657 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-linguistics-revue-canadienne-de-linguistique/article/abs/alan-s-kaye-a-dictionary-of-nigerian-arabic-bibliotheca-afroasiatica-vol-1-malibu-california-undena-publications-1982-pp-xvi-92/72036350D3D5DFAF99029EF4E987DA1D |language=en |issn=0008-4131|url-access=subscription }}{{cite journal |last1=Rouchdy |first1=Aleya |title=Alan S. Kaye, A Dictionary of Nigerian Arabic, Bibliotheca Afroasiatica, Vol. I (Malibu: Undena Publications, 1982). Pp. vii + 92. |journal=International Journal of Middle East Studies |date=May 1984 |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=285–286 |doi=10.1017/S0020743800028063 |s2cid=163801066 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-middle-east-studies/article/abs/alan-s-kaye-a-dictionary-of-nigerian-arabic-bibliotheca-afroasiatica-vol-i-malibu-undena-publications-1982-pp-vii-92/5C7900EEE1EE1B32547D6839390F8135 |language=en |issn=1471-6380|url-access=subscription }}
- Morphologies of Asia and Africa (ed.), Penn State University Press 2007
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