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John Colarusso

b. 1945

Canadian linguist

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About John Colarusso

Born 1945. John Colarusso is a Canadian linguist and anthropologist.

John Colarusso is a linguist specializing in Caucasian languages. Since 1976, he has taught at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.

Colarusso has published more than sixty-five articles on linguistics, myths, politics, and the Caucasus; he has also authored three books, edited one, and is finishing two further books.

Among other works, he has published grammar books of the Kabardian language.

Selected publications

Colarusso, John (1997). "Phyletic Links between Proto-Indo-European and Proto–Northwest Caucasian". The Journal of Indo-European Studies (Chicago Linguistic Society) 25 (1–2): 119–151.

Colarusso, John (2003). "Further Etymologies between Indo-European and Northwest Caucasian". In Holisky, Dee Ann; Tuite, Kevin. Current Issues in Linguistic Theory. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. pp. 41–60. . Colarusso, John (2014). The Northwest Caucasian Languages (RLE Linguistics F: World Linguistics): A Phonological Survey (Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics) Kindle Edition

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Who is John Colarusso?

Canadian linguist

When was John Colarusso born?

John Colarusso was born on 30 June 1945.

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John Colarusso is a linguist and anthropologist.

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John Colarusso is Canadian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: John Colarusso

· Wikidata: Q23879800

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