Brian Joseph
{{short description|American linguist}}
{{Infobox academic|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1951|11|22}}|workplaces=Ohio State University|alma_mater={{Plainlist|
- Yale University {{Small|(A.B.)}}
- Harvard University {{Small|(A.M., PhD)}}
}}|sub_discipline={{Plainlist|
- Historical linguistics
- Language contact
- Greek linguistics
- Albanian linguistics
- Balkan linguistics
- Morphological theory
}}|discipline=Linguist}}
Brian D. Joseph (born November 22, 1951) is an American linguist specializing in historical linguistics. He is a Distinguished University Professor of Linguistics and the Kenneth E. Naylor Professor of South Slavic Linguistics at Ohio State University.{{Cite web|url=https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/joseph.1/|title=Brian D. Joseph|website=Ohio State University|access-date=2019-04-16}} His research interests include language change, Greek, Albanian, and general Balkan linguistics, and morphological theory. He was elected a Member of the American Philosophical Society in 2019.
Joseph received an A.B. in linguistics from Yale University, and his A.M. and PhD in linguistics from Harvard University. He has spent his entire professional career at Ohio State University.{{Cite web|url=https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/joseph.1/JosephCV(Nov2018).pdf|title=Brian Daniel Joseph – Curriculum Vitae|website=Ohio State University|access-date=2019-04-16|archive-date=2019-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414235208/https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/joseph.1/JosephCV(Nov2018).pdf|url-status=dead}}
Joseph was the Vice-President of the Linguistic Society of America in 2018 and is currently serving as the organization's President.{{Cite web|url=https://www.linguisticsociety.org/about/who-we-are/governance|title=Governance|website=Linguistic Society of America|access-date=2019-04-16}} He was previously President of the North American Association for the History of the Language Sciences and currently serves as co-editor of the Journal of Greek Linguistics.[https://brill.com/view/journals/jgl/jgl-overview.xml|title= Journal of Greek Linguistics: Overview], retrieved April 14, 2019.]
Selected bibliography
- {{cite book |last=Joseph |first=Brian D. |title=The Synchrony and Diachrony of the Balkan Infinitive: A Study in Areal, General, and Historical Linguistics |publisher= |year=1983}}
- {{cite book |last1=Joseph |first1=Brian D. |title=Modern Greek |last2=Philippaki-Warburton |first2=Irene |date= |publisher=Croom Helm |year=1987}}
- {{cite book |last1=Joseph |first1=Brian D. |title=The Handbook of Historical Linguistics |last2=Janda |first2=Richard D. |last3=Vance |first3=Barbara S. |date=2003 |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |year=2003 |pages=}}
- {{cite book |last1=Joseph |first1=B. D. |title=Language history, language change, and language relationship: An introduction to historical and comparative linguistics |last2=Hock |first2=H. H. |publisher=Mouton de Gruyter |year=2009}}
Articles
- {{cite journal |last1=Janda |first1=Richard D. |last2=Joseph |first2=Brian D. |year=2003 |title=Reconsidering the canons of sound-change |journal=Amsterdam Studies in the Theory and History of Linguistic Science |pages=147}}
- {{cite journal |last=Joseph |first=Brian D. |date=2000-03-01 |title=Is there such a thing as “grammaticalization?” |journal=Language Sciences |publisher=Pergamon |volume=23 |issue=2-3 |pages=163-186}}
- {{cite journal |last1=Joseph |first1=Brian D. |last2=Janda |first2=Richard D. |year=1988 |title=The how and why of diachronic morphologization and demorphologization |journal=Theoretical Morphology |publisher=Academic Press San Diego |pages=193-210}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web|url=https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/joseph.1/JosephCV(Nov2018).pdf|title=Curriculum Vitae|accessdate=2019-04-14|archive-date=2019-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414235208/https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/joseph.1/JosephCV(Nov2018).pdf|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite web|url=https://slavica.indiana.edu/bookListings/Multi-topics/And_Thus_You_Are_Everywhere_Honored|title=And Thus You Are Everywhere Honored: Studies Dedicated to Brian D. Joseph|accessdate=2019-04-14|archive-date=2021-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119192050/https://slavica.indiana.edu/bookListings/Multi-topics/And_Thus_You_Are_Everywhere_Honored|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite web|url=https://linguistlist.org/linguists/joseph/|title=LINGUIST List: Famous Linguists - Brian D. Joseph|access-date=2019-04-14|archive-date=2019-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414235213/https://linguistlist.org/studentportal/linguists/joseph.cfm|url-status=live}}
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