Gabriel Manessy
{{Short description|French linguist (1923–1996)}}
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| occupation = Linguist
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Gabriel Manessy (28 March 1923 – 17 June 1996) was a French linguist who worked on Niger–Congo languages, especially the Gur languages.
Manessy is known for his historical-comparative work on the Gur languages.Manessy, Gabriel. 1979. Contribution à la Classification Généalogique des Langues Voltaïques. (Langues et Civilisations à Tradition Orale, 37.) Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. He wrote extensively on the Gurunsi,Manessy, Gabriel. 1969. Les Langues Gurunsi: Essai d'application de la méthode comparative à un groupe de langues Voltaïques. (Bibliothèque de la SELAF, 12, 13.) Paris: SELAF. Oti–Volta,{{cite book|last=Manessy|first=Gabriel|title=Les langues Oti-Volta|date=1975|publisher=SELAF|location=Paris}}{{cite book|last=Manessy|first=Gabriel|title=Contribution à la classification généalogique des langues voltaïques : - le proto-central|date=1979|publisher=PARIS|location=SELAF|edition=Langues et civilisations à tradition orale №37}} and Senufo languages.Nicolaï, Robert (2001). "[https://www.academia.edu/8416847/Hommage_%C3%A0_Gabriel_Manessy Hommage à Gabriel Manessy]. Leçons d’Afrique : Filiations, ruptures et reconstitutions des langues, 7-9. Peeters.
Career
Manessy was born on 28 March 1923. After studying literature, his interest shifted to ethnology.
After working briefly at the CNRS, he taught linguistics at the Faculty of Letters of Dakar and became the first Director of the Centre de linguistique appliquée de Dakar (CLAD). He was appointed Professor in 1964. He supervised Masters students in African Linguistics, first at Dakar, then at the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences at Aix-en-Provence. From 1969 to 1988, he taught at the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences at the University of Nice. He retired in 1988.
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External links
- [https://www.persee.fr/authority/228788 Publications on Persée]
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