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French linguist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nicolas Tournadre is a professor at the University of Provence specializing in morphosyntax and typology. He is a member of the LACITO lab of the CNRS.[1]
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Nicolas Tournadre | |
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Born | 1959 (age 64–65) |
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Alma mater | University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle |
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Institutions | University of Provence |
His research mainly deals with ergative morphosyntax and grammatical semantics of tense, aspect, mood and evidentiality.[2]
Tournadre specializes in Tibetic languages. Since 1986, he has carried out fieldwork on the Tibetan High Plateau, in the Himalayas and the Karakoram in China, India, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan.
Tournadre taught at the Institute of Oriental Languages (Inalco), at the Paris 8 University, at the University of Virginia and conducted research in the Tibet Academy of Social Sciences.
He obtained his Ph.D. in 1992 at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle under the supervision of Claude Hagège.
In 2000, he was awarded the CNRS Bronze Medal.
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