Lawrence A. Reid

Lawrence Andrew Reid (often known as Laurie Reid) is an American linguist who specializes in Austronesian languages, particularly on the morphosyntax and historical linguistics of the Philippine languages.[1]

Lawrence A. Reid
Born
Lawrence Andrew Reid
NationalityAmerican
OccupationLinguist
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Hawaii
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Hawaii
Main interestsAustronesian linguistics

Education

Reid graduated with an MA in Linguistics in 1964 from the University of Hawaii. He obtained his doctorate from the University of Hawaii in 1966. He also studied music at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, and theology at Commonwealth Bible College in Brisbane, Australia.[1]

Career

Reid was a long-time lecturer at the University of Hawaii. He has held research and teaching positions in institutions throughout the Pacific region, including at the University of Auckland, Australian National University, Thammasat University, and ILCAA (Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa) at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.[1]

He also written many papers on Formosan languages.[2]

Publications

Reid has published numerous books, articles, reviews, and translations. His books include An Ivatan Syntax; Central Bontoc: Sentence, Paragraph and Discourse Structures; Philippine Minor Languages: Word Lists and Phonologies; Bontok-English Dictionary; and Guinaang Bontok Texts.[1][2]

  • An Ivatan syntax (1966)
  • Central Bontoc: Sentence, paragraph and discourse (1970)
  • Philippine Minor Languages (1971)
  • Bontok-English dictionary, with English-Bontok finder list (1976)
  • Philippine linguistics: The State of the art: 1970–1980 (1981)
  • The demise of Proto-Philippines (1982)
  • Guinaang Bontok texts (1992)
  • Morphological evidence for Austric (1994)
  • Guide to Isinay Orthography (2016)

References
  1. "Lawrence Reid". Guampedia. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
  2. "Background". Lawrence A. Reid's Homepage. Retrieved 2020-05-02.


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