Contributors

1. Acehnese: Dr. Mark Durie, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

2. Afrikaans: Professor Paul T. Roberge, University of North Carolina

3. Akan: Professor Samuel R. Obeng, Indiana University

4. Akkadian: Dr. Benjamin R. Foster, Yale University

5. Albanian: Professor Gary Bevington (Retired), Northeastern Illinois University

6. Amharic: Professor Monica S. Devens, University of Washington

7. Arabic: Professor Michael G. Carter, Oslo University, Norway

8. Aramaic: Professor Robert D. Hoberman, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York

9. Arapesh: Dr. Lise M. Dobrin, University of Virginia

10. Armenian: Dr. John A.C. Greppin, Cleveland State University

11. Assamese: Professor Colin Paul Masica, University of Chicago, and Professor Sanjib Baruah, Bard College

12. Aymara: Professor Martha J. Hardman, University of Florida

13. Azerbaijanian: Dr. Lars Johanson, Universitaet Mainz, Mainz, Germany

14. Balinese: Dr. Adrian Clynes, Brunei Darussalam

15. Balochi: Carina Jahani, Uppsala University, Sweden

16. Bangla: Dr. Tanmoy Bhattacharya, Universitact Leipzig, Germany

17. Basque: Dr. R. L. Trask, University of Sussex, Brighton, England

18. Belorussian: Professor Raymond H. Miller, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine

19. Bemba: Professor Debra Spitulnik, Emory University, and Mubanga E. Kashoki, University of Zambia

20. Bhojpuri: Professor Shaligraim Shukla, Georgetown University

21. Bikol: Professor Malcolm W. Mintz, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia

22. Bugis: Professor Roger Tol, Royal Institute of Linguistics, Leiden, Netherlands

23. Bulgarian: Professor Ernest A. Scatton, State University of New York, Albany

24. Burmese: Dr. F. K. Lehman, University of Illinois

25. Caribbean Creole English: Professor Ronald Kephart, University of North Florida, Jacksonville

26. Catalan: Dr. Nafflia Dfaz-lnsens (Independent Scholar)

27. Cebuano: Professor John U. Wolff, Cornell University

28. Cherokee: Professor William Pulte, Southern Methodist University, Dallas

29. Chichewa: Professor Sam Mchombo, University of California, Berkeley

30. Chinese Languages:

31. Classical Chinese: Professor David Prager Branner, University of Maryland

32. Gan: Professor Laurent Sagart, CRLAO, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (UM8563 du CNRS), Paris, France

33. Hakka: Professor Anne 0. Yue, University of Washington

34. Mandarin: Dr. Xiaonong Zhu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

35. Min: Professor David Prager Branner, University of Maryland

36. Wu: Dr. P.J. Rose, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

37. Xiang: Professor You Rujie, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

38. Yue: Professor Anne 0. Yue, University of Washington

39. Coptic: Professor Antonio Loprieno, University of California, Los Angeles

40. Creek: Professor Jack B. Martin, College of William and Mary

41. Czech: Professor Charles Townsend, Princeton University

42. Dagaare: Dr. Adams Bodomo, University of Hong Kong

43. Danish: Professor Thomas Lundskaer-Nielsen and Professor Robert Allan, University College, London, England

44. Dutch: Dr. Theo Janssen, Free University of Amsterdam

45. Egyptian, Ancient: Professor Antonio Loprieno, University of California, Los Angeles

46. English: Dr. Jon Erikson, Universitaet zu Koln, Koln, Germany

47. Etruscan: Dr. Larissa Bonfante, New York University

48. Ewe: Dr. Felix Ameka, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands

49. Finnish: Dr. Erika Mitchell, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

50. French: Professor Cynthia A. Fox, University of Albany

51. Fula: Dr. Carole Paradis, Universit6 Laval, Quebec, Canada

52. Galician: Dr. Henrique Monteagudo, University Santiago de Compostela

53. Ge'ez: Professor Monica Devens, University of Washington

54. Georgian: Karina Varnling, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

55. German: Professor Terrence McCormick, University of Connecticut

56. GTkigyu: Dr. Kimani Njogu, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

57. Gondi: Dr. Rosanne Pelletier, University of Connecticut

58. Goikc: Professor Charles Barrack, University of Washington

59. Greek, Ancient: Professor Brian Joseph, Ohio State University

60. Greek, Modern: Professor Brian Joseph, Ohio State University

61. Guarani: Dr. Maura Velazquez-Castillo, Colorado State University, Fort Collins

62. Gujarat~ Professor P. J. Mistry, California State University, Fresno

63. Gusii: Professor Lee Bickmore, University of Albany

64. Haitian Creole: Dr. Flore Zephir, University of Missouri, Columbia

65. Hausa: Professor Paul Newman, Indiana University

66. Hebrew, Biblical: Professor Gary Rendsburg, Cornell University

67. Hebrew, Modem: Monica Devens, University of Washington

68. Hiligaynon: Dr. David Zorc (Independent Scholar)

69. Hindi: Professor Michael Shapiro, University of Washington

70. Hittite: Professor Kenneth Shields, Millersville University

71. Hungarian: Professor Robert Hetzron (Deceased), University of California, Santa Barbara

72. Ibibio: Professor Okon Essien, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria

73. Igbo: Professor Victor Manfredi and Ejike Eze, Boston University I

74. Ilocano: Dr. Carl Rubino, University of California, Santa Barbara and Australian National University

75. Irish: Professor James McCloskey, University of California, Santa Cruz

76. Italian: Professor Lori Repetti, State University of New York, Stony Brook

77. Japanese: Professor Tim Vance, Connecticut College

78. Javanese: Dr. Hein Steinhauer, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands

79. Kam: Professor Jerold Edmondson, University of Texas

80. Kannada: Professor Shikaripur Sridhar, State University of New York, Stony Brook

81. Kanuri: Dr. John Hutchinson, Boston University

82. Kapampangan: Hiroaki Kitano, Aichi University of Education, Aichi-Ken, Japan

83. Kazakh: Professor Lars Johanson, Universitaet Mainz, Mainz, Germany

84. Khmer: Dr. Robert Headley (Independent Scholar)

85. Kikongo Kituba: Professor Salikoko Mufwene, University of Chicago

86. Kinyarwanda: Professor Alexandre Kimenyi, California State University, Sacramento

87. Kirghiz: Professor Lars Johanson, Universitaet Mainz, Mainz, Germany

88. Konkani: Professor Rocky Miranda, University of Minnesota

89. Korean: Professor Young-Mee Yu Cho, Rutgers University

90. Kurmanji Kurdish: Dr. Geoffrey Haig, Universitaet Kiel, Kiel, Germany, and Dr. Ludwig Paul, Universitaet Goettingen, Gennany

91. Lakota: Professor David Rood, University of Colorado

92. Lao: Professor Thomas Gething, University of Washington

93. Latin: Professor Rex Wallace, University of Massachusetts

94. Latvian: Professor Lalita Muizniece, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo

95. Lingala: Professor Salikoko Mufwene, University of Chicago

96. Lithuanian: Professor Jules Levin, University of California, Riverside

97. Luganda: Professor Francis Katamba, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, England

98. Macedonian: Professor Victor Friedman, University of Chicago

99. Madurese: Professor Alan M. Stevens, Queens College (CUNY)

100. Maithili: Professor Yogendra P. Yadava, Royal Nepal Academy, Kathmandu, Nepal

101. Malagasy: Professor Edward L. Keenan, University of California, Los Angeles, and Dr. Roger Rabenelaina, University of Antan-anarivo

102. Malayfindonesian: Professor Hein Steinhauer, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands

103. Malayalam: Professor Rodney Moag, University of Texas

104. Maninka-Bambara-Dyula: Professor Jessica Barlow, San Diego State University, San Diego

105. ManipurilMeithei: Professor Shobhana Chelliah, University of North Texas, Denton

106. Marathi: Professor Franklin C. Southworth (Retired), University of Pennsylvania

107. Maya: Professor Gary Bevington (Retired), Northeastern Illinois University

108. Mende: Professor David Dwyer, Michigan State University

109. Minangkabau: Dr. Ismet Fanany, School of Australian/ INTL Studies, Burwood, Victoria, Australia

110. Mongolian: Professor Robert Binnick, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

111. Moore: Professor Norbert Nikiema, University of Ouagadougou, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

112. Nahuatl: Dr. Frances Karttunen (Retired), University of Texas Nama: Dr. Wilfred Haacke, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia

113. Navajo: Professor Margaret Field, San Diego State University

114. Nepali: Professor Manindra Verma, University of Wisconsin

115. Nivkh: Professor Johanna Mattissen, University of Cologne

116. Norwegian: John Weinstock, University of Texas

117. Occitan: Professor Thomas T. Field, University of Maryland

118. Oriya: Dr. Subhadra Ramachandran, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

119. Oromo: Dr. Cynthia Robb Clamons, Hamline University

120. Pali: Dr. John Peterson, Universitaet Munchen, Munich, Germany

121. Pangasinan: Dr. Carl Rubino, University of California, Santa Barbara

122. Pashto: Dr. Igor Inozerntsev, University of Chicago

123. Persian: Dr. John Perry, University of Chicago

124. PhoenicianIPunic: Dr. Charles Krahmalkov, University of Michigan

125. Polish: Professor Katarzyna Dziwirek, University of Washington

126. Polynesian Languages: Dr. Jeff Marck, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

127. Portuguese: Dr. Cristina Schmitt, Michigan State University

128. Pulaar: Fallon Ngom, University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign

129. Punjabi: Professor Tej K. Bhatia, Syracuse University

130. Pwo Karen: Dr. Masahiko Kato, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan

131. Quechua: Professor Serafin Coronel-Molina, University of Michigan

132. Rajasthani: Dr. J. D. Smith, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England

133. Romani: Professor Ian Hancock, University of Texas

134. Romanian: Professor Charles M. Carlton, University of Rochester

135. Rundi: Professor Patrick Bennett, University of Wisconsin

136. Russian: Dr. Tom Beyer, Middlebury College

137. Sango: Professor W. J. Samarin, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

138. Sanskrit: Professor Michael Witzel, Harvard University

139. Santali: Professor Gregory D. S. Anderson, University of Chicago

140. Serbo-Croatian: Professor Wayles Browne, Cornell University

141. Sesotho: Professor Katherine Demuth, Brown University

142. Shan: Professor David Solnit, University of Michigan

143. Shona: Professor Hazel Carter, University of Wisconsin

144. Sindhi: Professor Jennifer Cole, University of Illinois

145. Sinhala: Dr. Sunil Kariyakarawana (Independent Scholar)

146. Siraiki: Dr. Christopher Shackle, University College, London, England

147. siSwati: Mpunga wa Ilunga, Citalde University, Louvain-laNeuve, Belgium

148. Slovak: Professor David Short, University College, London, England

149. Slovene: Dr. Marc Greenberg, University of Kansas

150. Sogdian: Professor Yutuka Yoshida, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, Kobe, Japan

151. Somali: Professor John Saeed, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

152. Spanish: Professor Louis Lopez, University of Illinois

153. Sukuma: Dr. Herman M. Batibo, University of Botswana

154. Sumerian: Dr. Daniel Snell, University of Oklahoma

155. Sundanese: Professor Abigail Cohn, Cornell University

156. Swahili: Dr. Kimani Njogu, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

157. Swedish: Dr. Kersti Borjars, University of Manchester, Manchester, England

158. Tagalog: Professor Videa P. DeGuzman, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

159. Tajik: Dr. John Perry, University of Chicago

160. Tamazight: Professor Ali Alalou, Columbia University, and Professor Patrick Farrell, University of California, Davis

161. Tamil: Dr. Sanford Steever (Independent Scholar)

162. Tatar: Professor Lars Johanson, Universitaet Mainz, Mainz, Germany

163. Tay Nung: Professor Peter A. Ross, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

164. Telugu: Dr. Rosanne Pelletier, University of Connecticut

165. Thai: Dr. Alexander Robertson Coupe, LaTrobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

166. Tibetan: Professor Christopher 1. Beckwith, Indiana University

167. Tigrinya: Professor Tesfay Tewolde (Independent Scholar)

168. Tocharian: Professor Douglas Adams, University of Idaho

169. Tok Pisin: Professor Suzanne Romaine, Merton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England

170. Tshiluba: Dr. Mpunga wa Ilunga, Citalde University, Louvainla-Neuve, Belgium

171. Tswana: Professor Karen Mistry, California State University, Fresno

172. Turkish: Professor Robert Underhill, San Diego State University

173. Turkmen: Professor Lars Johanson, Universitaet Mainz, Mainz, Germany

174. Ukrainian: Professor Andrij Hornjatkevye, University of Alberta, Edmondton, Alberta, Canada

175. UMbundu: Dr. Thilo Schadeberg, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands

176. Urdu: Professor Tashin Siddiqi, University of Michigan

177. Qyghur: Dr. Arienne Dwyer, Universitaet Mainz, Mainz, Germany

178. Uzbek: Professor Lars Johanson, Universitaet Mainz, Mainz, Germany

179. Vietnamese'. Professor Dinh-Hoa Nguyen, SIU Center for Vietnamese Studies

180. Waray-Waray: Dr. Carl Rubino, University of California, Santa Barbara

181. Warlpiri: Dr. Angela Terrill, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany

182. Welsh: Nicholas Kibre, University of California, Santa Barbara, California

183. Wolaitta: Azeb Amba, University of Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands

184. Wolof. Professor Omar Ka, University of Maryland

185. Xhosa: Professor Laura Downing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

186. Yi: Professor David Bradley, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

187. Yiddish: Dr. Paul Glasser, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, New York, New York

188. Yoruba: Professor Akinbiyi Akinlabi, Rutgers University

189. Yup'ik (Central Alaskan Yup'uk Eskimo): Professor George Charles, University of Alaska, and Dr. Carl Rubino, University of California, Santa Barbara.

190. Zhuang-Bouyei: Professor Jerrold Edmondson, University of Texas

191. Zulu: Professor Sandra Sanneh, Yale University