Simon James Greenhill is a New Zealand scientist who works on the application of quantitative methods to the study of cultural evolution and human prehistory. He is well known for creating and building various linguistics databases, including the
Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database
The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database or ABVD is a large database of basic vocabulary lists that mainly covers the Austronesian languages. It also has a comprehensive inventory of basic vocabulary lists for Kra–Dai languages, Hmong–Mien l ...
, TransNewGuinea.org, Pulotu, and many others. In addition to Austronesian, he has contributed to the study of the phylogeny of many language families, including Dravidian and Sino-Tibetan.
He is a graduate of
University of Auckland
, mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work
, established = 1883; years ago
, endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021)
, budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021)
, chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant
, vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...
,
New Zealand
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. The title of his 2008 doctoral thesis is ''The archives of history : a phylogenetic approach to the study of language''.
Greenhill is currently a scientist affiliated with the
Australian National University
The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...
in
Canberra
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is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci ...
, Australia, and the
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
The Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (german: Max-Planck-Institut für Menschheitsgeschichte) performs basic research into archaeological science. The institute is one of 80+ research institutes of the Max Planck Society and ...
in
Jena
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, Germany.
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References
External links
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Austronesian Basic Vocabulary DatabaseTrans-New Guinea OnlinePOLLEX: Polynesian Lexicon Project OnlinePulotu
Database of Pacific Religions
Database of Places, Language, Culture and Environment
(D-PLACE)
;Profiles
Australian National UniversityGoogle ScholarResearchGate
Computational linguistics researchers
Linguists of Austronesian languages
University of Auckland alumni
Australian National University faculty
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Phylogenetics researchers
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