| Birth name | James Neil Sneddon |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Linguist |
| Alma mater | Australian National University |
| Thesis year | 1974 |
| Workplaces | Griffith University |
| Main interests | Indonesian language |
| Notable works | Colloquial Jakartan Indonesian; The Indonesian Language: Its History and Role in Modern Society |
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.[1]
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.[1] In the book The Indonesian Language: Its History and Role in Modern Society, he presents the history of the Indonesian language and its function in modern Indonesia.[2]
Sneddon's proto-language reconstructions include Proto-Minahasan and Proto-Sangiric.[3][4]
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)
References
- ^ "The Team". Bahasakita.com. Archived from the original on 2020-03-12.
- ^ Michael Clyne (2005). Australia's Language Potential. Sydney: UNSW Press. ISBN 0-86840-727-5. OCLC 64310190. Archived 1 August 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
- ^ Sneddon, James N. 1978. Proto-Minahasan: phonology, morphology, and wordlist. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
- ^ Sneddon, James N. (1984). Proto-Sangiric and the Sangiric languages. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.