John Lynch (linguist)

For other people named John Lynch, see John Lynch (disambiguation).

John Dominic Lynch (8 July 1946 in Sydney, Australia^[2] – 25 May 2021 in Port Vila, Vanuatu) was a linguist specializing in Oceanic languages. He was an emeritus professor of Pacific Languages and the former Director of the Pacific Languages Unit at the University of the South Pacific in Port Vila, Vanuatu.

John Lynch
Born	John Dominic Lynch (1946-07-08)8 July 1946 Sydney, Australia
Died	25 May 2021(2021-05-25) (aged 74) Port Vila Central Hospital, Vanuatu[1]
Occupation	Linguist
Academic work
Main interests	Oceanic languages

Career

Prior to moving to Vanuatu, Lynch had served at the University of Papua New Guinea for 21 years, the last five as vice-chancellor. His areas of focus were the languages of Vanuatu, the history of languages of the Pacific, pidgin and creole languages, language change, dictionaries and orthography design.

He was the editor of the journal Oceanic Linguistics from 2007 to 2019.^[2]

References

1. "USP pays tribute to Emeritus Professor John Lynch: 8 July 1946 – 25 May 2021". Vanuatu Daily Post. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
2. Geraghty, Paul; Pawley, Andrew (2021). "John Dominic Lynch (1946–2021)". Oceanic Linguistics. 60 (2). Project Muse: 489–502. doi:10.1353/ol.2021.0016. ISSN 1527-9421.

External links

• Pacific Languages Unit