James Sneddon
Born
James Neil Sneddon
NationalityAustralian
OccupationLinguist
Academic background
Alma materAustralian National University
ThesisTondano Phonology and Grammar (1974)
Academic work
InstitutionsGriffith University
Main interestsIndonesian language
Notable worksColloquial Jakartan Indonesian; The Indonesian Language: Its History and Role in Modern Society

James Neil Sneddon is an Australian linguist who specializes in Indonesian and languages of Sulawesi.

Education

He studied Linguistics and Indonesian at the University of Sydney. In 1974, he obtained a doctorate from the Australian National University, where he completed his dissertation Tondano Phonology and Grammar. He was an associate professor at Griffith University in Queensland.[1]

Career

Sneddon has written numerous works on the Indonesian language, including grammar textbooks. He is the author of the book Colloquial Jakartan Indonesian, which describes the Jakarta dialect.[1] In the book The Indonesian Language: Its History and Role in Modern Society, he presents the history of the Indonesian language and its function in modern Indonesia.[2]

Sneddon's proto-language reconstructions include Proto-Minahasan and Proto-Sangiric.[3][4]

Books

  • Indonesian Reference Grammar (1996)
  • Indonesian: A Comprehensive Grammar (1996)
  • Understanding Indonesian Grammar: A Student’s Reference And Workbook. (2000)
  • The Indonesian Language: Its History and Role in Modern Society (2003)
  • Colloquial Jakartan Indonesian (2006)

References

  1. 1 2 "The Team". Bahasakita.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020.
  2. Hugh Stretton (2005). Australia Fair. UNSW Press. ISBN 978-0-86840-539-1.
  3. Sneddon, James N. 1978. Proto-Minahasan: phonology, morphology, and wordlist. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
  4. Sneddon, James N. (1984). Proto-Sangiric and the Sangiric languages. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
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