Alan S. Kaye

{{Short description|American linguist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox scientist | honorific_prefix = | name = Alan S. Kaye | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image =  | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | birth_name =  | birth_date = March 2, 1944 | birth_place = Los Angeles, California | death_date = May 31, 2007 | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | other_names = | siglum = | pronounce = | citizenship =  | nationality =  | fields = linguistics | workplaces = California State University, Fullerton | patrons = | education = University of California, Berkeley (PhD) | alma_mater = He received his bachelor’s degree in Semitic linguistics in 1965 from UCLA, and his master’s degree (1968) and Ph.D. (1971) in linguistics from UC Berkeley. | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse =  | partner =  | children = | parents = | father = | mother = | relatives = | signature =  | signature_alt = | website =  | footnotes = }} '''Alan Stewart Kaye''' (1944-2007) was an American linguist and professor at California State University, Fullerton. He is best known for his works on Semitic and other language families.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Prunet |first1=Jean-François |title=In Memoriam: Alan S. Kaye (1944-2007) |journal=The Canadian Journal of Linguistics |date=2008 |volume=53 |issue=2 |pages=399–400 |doi=10.1353/cjl.0.0021 |s2cid=144173340 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/259927/pdf |issn=1710-1115|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Linguist Travels to United Arab Emirates to Research for Book |url=http://calstate.fullerton.edu/news/inside/2006/kaye.html |website=calstate.fullerton.edu}}</ref> He died of cancer on May 31, 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title=CSUF Professor Alan Kaye Dies of Cancer |url=http://calstate.fullerton.edu/news/inside/2007/kaye.html |website=calstate.fullerton.edu}}</ref>

==Books== * ''Semitic Studies in Honor of Wolf Leslau'', A. Kaye, ed.(1991) * ''The Persian Contributions to the English Language: A Historical Dictionary'', Garland Cannon and Kaye S. Alan, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2001 * ''Afroasiatic Linguistics, Semitics, and Egyptology: Selected Writings of Carleton T. Hodge'', Co-edited with Scott Noegel. Bethesda, MD: CDL Press, 2004 * ''Chadian and Sudanese Arabic in the Light of Comparative Arabic Dialectology'', De Gruyter Mouton 1976 * ''Pidgin and creole languages : a basic introduction'', with Alan S.l Tosco, 2001 * ''A Dictionary of Nigerian Arabic''. California: Undena Publications. 1982.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Abu-Absi |first1=Samir |title=Alan S. Kaye. A Dictionary of Nigerian Arabic. Bibliotheca Afroasiatica, Vol. 1. Malibu, California: Undena Publications. 1982. Pp. xvi + 92. |journal=Canadian Journal of Linguistics |date=1986 |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=81–83 |doi=10.1017/S0008413100011452 |s2cid=149203657 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-linguistics-revue-canadienne-de-linguistique/article/abs/alan-s-kaye-a-dictionary-of-nigerian-arabic-bibliotheca-afroasiatica-vol-1-malibu-california-undena-publications-1982-pp-xvi-92/72036350D3D5DFAF99029EF4E987DA1D |language=en |issn=0008-4131|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rouchdy |first1=Aleya |title=Alan S. Kaye, A Dictionary of Nigerian Arabic, Bibliotheca Afroasiatica, Vol. I (Malibu: Undena Publications, 1982). Pp. vii + 92. |journal=International Journal of Middle East Studies |date=May 1984 |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=285–286 |doi=10.1017/S0020743800028063 |s2cid=163801066 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-middle-east-studies/article/abs/alan-s-kaye-a-dictionary-of-nigerian-arabic-bibliotheca-afroasiatica-vol-i-malibu-undena-publications-1982-pp-vii-92/5C7900EEE1EE1B32547D6839390F8135 |language=en |issn=1471-6380|url-access=subscription }}</ref> *''Morphologies of Asia and Africa'' (ed.), Penn State University Press 2007

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