William A. Foley
William A. Foley (William Auguste "Bill" Foley; born 1949) is an American linguist and professor at the University of Sydney. He specialises in Papuan and Austronesian languages.
William A. Foley | |
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| Born | William Auguste Foley 1949 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Linguist |
| Academic background | |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Sydney |
| Main interests | Papuan languages |
| Notable works | The Papuan Languages of New Guinea (1986) |
In 1986, Foley published The Papuan Languages of New Guinea through Cambridge University Press. In 1991, his book The Yimas Language of New Guinea was published by Stanford University Press. He developed Role and Reference Grammar in a partnership with Robert Van Valin.
Works
- William A. Foley and Robert D. Van Valin, Jr (1984). Functional syntax and universal grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- William A. Foley (1986). The Papuan Languages of New Guinea. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-28621-2. Google Books
- William A. Foley (1991). The Yimas Language of New Guinea. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-1582-3
- William A. Foley (1997). Anthropological Linguistics: an introduction. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
- William A. Foley (2005). "Linguistic prehistory in the Sepik - Ramu basin." In: Andrew Pawley, Robert Attenborough, Robin Hide and Jack Golson, eds, Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples, 109–144. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
- Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
- Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 433–568. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
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