James Sneddon

James Neil Sneddon is an Australian linguist who specializes in Indonesian and languages of Sulawesi.

Education He studied Linguistics and Indonesian at the University of Sydney. In 1974, he obtained a doctorate from the Australian National University, where he completed his dissertation Tondano Phonology and Grammar. He was an associate professor at Griffith University in Queensland.

Career Sneddon has written numerous works on the Indonesian language, including grammar textbooks. He is the author of the book Colloquial Jakartan Indonesian, which describes the Jakarta dialect.

Sneddon's proto-language reconstructions include Proto-Minahasan and Proto-Sangiric.

Books Indonesian Reference Grammar (1996) Indonesian: A Comprehensive Grammar (1996) Understanding Indonesian Grammar: A Student’s Reference And Workbook. (2000) The Indonesian Language: Its History and Role in Modern Society (2003) Colloquial Jakartan Indonesian (2006)