Lawrence Andrew Reid (often known as Laurie Reid) is an American linguist who specializes in Austronesian languages, particularly on the

morphosyntax In linguistics, morphology () is the study of words, how they are formed, and their relationship to other words in the same language. It analyzes the structure of words and parts of words such as stems, root words, prefixes, and suffixes. Morph ...

and

historical linguistics Historical linguistics, also termed diachronic linguistics, is the scientific study of language change over time. Principal concerns of historical linguistics include: # to describe and account for observed changes in particular languages # ...

of the

Philippine languages The Philippine languages or Philippinic are a proposed group by R. David Paul Zorc (1986) and Robert Blust (1991; 2005; 2019) that include all the languages of the Philippines and northern Sulawesi, Indonesia—except Sama–Bajaw (languages ...

Education

Reid graduated with an MA in Linguistics in 1964 from the

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. He obtained his doctorate from the

in 1966. He also studied music at the

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, and theology at Commonwealth Bible College in

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Career

Reid was a long-time lecturer at the

. He has held research and teaching positions in institutions throughout the Pacific region, including at the

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Thammasat University Thammasat University (Abbreviation, Abrv: TU th, มธ.; th, มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์, , ) is a public research university in Thailand with campuses in Tha Phra Chan area of Phra Nakhon District near the ...

, and (Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa) at the

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. He also written many papers on

Formosan languages The Formosan languages are a geographic grouping comprising the languages of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, all of which are Austronesian. They do not form a single subfamily of Austronesian but rather nine separate subfamilies. The Taiwa ...

Publications

Reid has published numerous books, articles, reviews, and translations. His books include ''An Ivatan Syntax''; ''Central Bontoc: Sentence, Paragraph and Discourse Structures''; ''Philippine Minor Languages: Word Lists and Phonologies''; ''Bontok-English Dictionary''; and ''Guinaang Bontok Texts''. *''An Ivatan syntax'' (1966) *''Central

Bontoc Bontoc may refer to: * Bontoc, Mountain Province, Philippines * Bontoc, Southern Leyte, Philippines * Bontoc people, an ethnic group from Central Luzon, Philippines * Bontoc language Bontoc (Bontok) (also called Finallig) is the native language ...

: Sentence, paragraph and discourse'' (1970) *''Philippine Minor Languages'' (1971) *'' Bontok-English dictionary, with English-Bontok finder list'' (1976) *''Philippine linguistics: The State of the art: 1970–1980'' (1981) *''The demise of Proto-Philippines'' (1982) *''Guinaang Bontok texts ''(1992) *''Morphological evidence for

Austric The Austric languages are a proposed language family that includes the Austronesian languages spoken in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and Madagascar, as well as the Austroasiatic languages spoken in Mainland Southeast ...

'' (1994) *''Guide to Isinay Orthography'' (2016)

References

Living people Linguists of Austronesian languages Linguists from the United States University of Hawaiʻi alumni Linguists of Philippine languages University of Hawaiʻi faculty Year of birth missing (living people) Historical linguists {{US-linguist-stub