Henri Ramirez
{{short description|Brazilian linguist}}
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| alma_mater = University of Provence
| thesis_title = Le Parler Yanomamɨ des Xamatauteri
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| thesis_year = 1994
| doctoral_advisor = Jean Doneux
| workplaces = Federal University of Rondônia, Guajará-Mirim
| main_interests = Arawakan languages and ethnobiology
| notable_works = Enciclopédia das línguas Arawak (2020)
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Henri Ramirez is a French-Brazilian linguist known especially for his research on Arawakan languages and other language families of the Amazonian region. He is currently a professor at the Federal University of Rondônia, Guajará-Mirim.
Education
Born in Algeria (then part of France), Ramirez graduated with a master's degree in Engineering from the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures in 1977.Denny Moore, "Henry Ramirez–Linguist in Amazonia," International Journal of American Linguistics 75, no. 3 (July 2009): 433-433. {{doi|10.1086/605419}} Afterwards, he obtained a Bachelor's, Master's, and doctorate degree at the University of Provence.[http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.do?id=K4767959H9 Henri Ramirez]. Lattes. Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações e Comunicações. He has lived among the Yanomami people for years and documented their language in various dissertations and monographs.Ramirez, Henri. [http://linguistica.museu-goeldi.br/?page_id=4406 Selected vocabulary (fauna, flora, basic lexicon) of 350 languages of Lowland South America]. Goeldi Museum.
Selected works
=Monographs=
Ramirez mainly publishes monographs. One of his best-known books is Línguas Arawak da Amazônia Setentrional: Comparação e Descrição (2001). Others include:[http://www.etnolinguistica.org/perfil:248 Biblioteca Digital Curt Nimuendajú]
- Enciclopédia das línguas Arawak: acrescida de seis novas línguas e dois bancos de dados (2020)
- A Língua dos Hupd'äh do Alto Rio Negro: dicionário e guia de conversação (2006)
- As línguas indígenas do Alto Madeira: estatuto atual e bibliografia básica (2006)
- Dicionário da Língua Baniwa (2001)
- A Fala Tukano dos Ye'pâ-Masa (1997)
- Le Bahuana: une nouvelle langue de la famille arawak (1992)
=Articles=
- Koropó, puri, kamakã e outras línguas do Leste Brasileiro (Ramirez, Vegini & França 2015)
- O warázu do Guaporé (tupi-guarani): primeira descrição linguística (Ramirez, Vegini & França 2017)
=Dissertations=
- Le Parler Yanomamɨ des Xamatauteri (1994)
- Une nouvelle langue de la famille Arawak (1992)
- Aspects de la morpho-syntaxe du Yanomamɨ (1991)
References
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External links
- [http://www.etnolinguistica.org/perfil:248 Biblioteca Digital Curt Nimuendajú]
- [https://scholar.google.com.br/citations?user=NDKP01AAAAAJ&hl=pt-BR Google Scholar]
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Category:Linguists of Arawakan languages
Category:Linguists from Brazil
Category:University of Provence alumni
Category:Linguists of indigenous languages of South America
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