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Notes on Sibawayhi Article

The main problems I found in the Wikipedia biography of Sibawayhi had to do with wording or references. The wording was occasionally awkward, and there were several sections that I believe should be cited, most crucially Sibawayhi's death date.

Week 3: Possible Topics

Claire Bowern Has a stub article which could use major work and additions. Has done the majority of her work on historical linguistics and linguistic field methods, and has worked on aboriginal languages. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uLun3nEAAAAJ&hl=en

Andrew Carnie Has a stub article with a decent, if terse, lead section. Has done work on syntax, Celtic languages, and Scottish Gaelic. Stub lists a number of his publications and has some useful biographical references. He wrote the textbook we used in Syntax & Semantics! https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=andrew+carnie&hl=en

Maria-Luisa Zubizarreta No article on Wikipedia; has done work on syntax, the mental lexicon, prosody, along with other topics. https://dornsife.usc.edu/zubizarreta/

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