David Nash (linguist)

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David Nash
Born
David George Nash

(1951-03-05) 5 March 1951 (age 74)
NationalityAustralian
Education Australian National University
Alma mater Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation(s)Linguist and anthropologist

David George Nash (born 5 March 1951) [1] is a prominent Australian field linguist, specialising in the Aboriginal languages of Australia. Brought up in Parkes, New South Wales, he received a BA in pure mathematics from the Australian National University followed by an M.A. in Linguistics. He then went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studied with Ken Hale and received his PhD in linguistics in 1980. Before returning to Australia, he worked on the Lexicon Project at MIT. In 2005 he was Ken Hale Professor at the Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute. He works as a consultant for various Aboriginal organisations. He is also a Visiting Fellow of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.

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Nash is an expert on Warlpiri and other languages of the Northern Territory of Australia as well as on the oral history of the Aboriginal peoples of this area. In this capacity, in addition to his purely scholarly work, he has provided expert testimony regarding land claims. He is also known for his knowledge of the history of research on Australian Aboriginal languages.

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  1. information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding Library of Congress Linked Data Service :  linked authority record n85369827 . Retrieved on 4 October 2021.