Ellen Contini-Morava

Ellen Contini-Morava is an anthropological linguist, interested in the meanings of linguistic forms, discourse analysis, functional linguistics and (noun) classification; in particular, in the relationship between lexicon and grammar. She specializes in Bantu languages in general, and Swahili in particular.

Education and career

Contini-Morava received her PhD from Columbia University in 1983^[1] under William Diver and Erica Garcia. She is a professor emerita at the University of Virginia.^[2]

Books

Contini-Morava is the author of the book Discourse Pragmatics and Semantic Categorization: The Case of Negation and Tense-Aspect with Special Reference to Swahili (Mouton de Gruyter, 1989).^[3]

Her edited volumes include Between Grammar and Lexicon (edited with Yishai Tobin, John Benjamins, 2000)^[4] and Cognitive and Communicative Approaches to Linguistic Analysis (edited with Robert S. Kirsner and Betsy Rodríguez-Bachiller, John Benjamins, 2004).^[5]

References

^ "Complete Bibliography". Columbia School Linguistic Society. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
^ "Ellen Contini-Morava, Professor Emerita", Faculty profiles, University of Virginia Department of Anthropology, retrieved 2020-09-20
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Reviews of Discourse Pragmatics and Semantic Categorization:
- Blommaert, Jan (January 1993), Journal of Pragmatics, 19 (1): 88–94, doi:10.1016/0378-2166(93)90073-x, hdl:1854/LU-386042{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Dahl, Östen (June 1990), Nordic Journal of Linguistics, 13 (1): 73–75, doi:10.1017/s0332586500002122, S2CID 145768124{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Elderkin, Edward D. (1992), Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 55 (2): 387–390, doi:10.1017/S0041977X00005292, JSTOR 619691, S2CID 161588525{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- King, Brian (June 1991), Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 36 (2): 196–197, doi:10.1017/s0008413100014390, S2CID 148735177{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Rueda Rueda, Mercedes (November 2016), Estudios Humanísticos. Filología (13), University of Leon: 218, doi:10.18002/ehf.v0i13.4514, hdl:10612/9473{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Schadeberg, Thilo C. (September 1990), Language, 66 (3): 584–590, doi:10.2307/414620, JSTOR 414620{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Smetánková, Irena (January 1991), "Review", Archiv Orientální, 59: 324–326, ProQuest 1304095424
^ Kaye, Alan S. (March 2002), "Review of Between Grammar and Lexicon", Language, 78 (1): 210–211, doi:10.1353/lan.2002.0030, JSTOR 3086696, S2CID 143535183
^ Becker, Sandra Cristina (December 2007), "Review of Cognitive and Communicative Approaches to Linguistic Analysis", Language, 83 (4): 912–913, doi:10.1353/lan.2008.0011, JSTOR 40070986, S2CID 143748470

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[1] "Complete Bibliography". Columbia School Linguistic Society. Retrieved 2021-12-30.

[2] "Ellen Contini-Morava, Professor Emerita", Faculty profiles, University of Virginia Department of Anthropology, retrieved 2020-09-20

[3] Reviews of Discourse Pragmatics and Semantic Categorization:
Blommaert, Jan (January 1993), Journal of Pragmatics, 19 (1): 88–94, doi:10.1016/0378-2166(93)90073-x, hdl:1854/LU-386042{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

Dahl, Östen (June 1990), Nordic Journal of Linguistics, 13 (1): 73–75, doi:10.1017/s0332586500002122, S2CID 145768124{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

Elderkin, Edward D. (1992), Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 55 (2): 387–390, doi:10.1017/S0041977X00005292, JSTOR 619691, S2CID 161588525{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

King, Brian (June 1991), Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 36 (2): 196–197, doi:10.1017/s0008413100014390, S2CID 148735177{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

Rueda Rueda, Mercedes (November 2016), Estudios Humanísticos. Filología (13), University of Leon: 218, doi:10.18002/ehf.v0i13.4514, hdl:10612/9473{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

Schadeberg, Thilo C. (September 1990), Language, 66 (3): 584–590, doi:10.2307/414620, JSTOR 414620{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

Smetánková, Irena (January 1991), "Review", Archiv Orientální, 59: 324–326, ProQuest 1304095424

[4] Blommaert, Jan (January 1993), Journal of Pragmatics, 19 (1): 88–94, doi:10.1016/0378-2166(93)90073-x, hdl:1854/LU-386042{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[5] Dahl, Östen (June 1990), Nordic Journal of Linguistics, 13 (1): 73–75, doi:10.1017/s0332586500002122, S2CID 145768124{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[6] Elderkin, Edward D. (1992), Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 55 (2): 387–390, doi:10.1017/S0041977X00005292, JSTOR 619691, S2CID 161588525{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[7] King, Brian (June 1991), Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 36 (2): 196–197, doi:10.1017/s0008413100014390, S2CID 148735177{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[8] Rueda Rueda, Mercedes (November 2016), Estudios Humanísticos. Filología (13), University of Leon: 218, doi:10.18002/ehf.v0i13.4514, hdl:10612/9473{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[9] Schadeberg, Thilo C. (September 1990), Language, 66 (3): 584–590, doi:10.2307/414620, JSTOR 414620{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[10] Smetánková, Irena (January 1991), "Review", Archiv Orientální, 59: 324–326, ProQuest 1304095424

[4] Kaye, Alan S. (March 2002), "Review of Between Grammar and Lexicon", Language, 78 (1): 210–211, doi:10.1353/lan.2002.0030, JSTOR 3086696, S2CID 143535183

[5] Becker, Sandra Cristina (December 2007), "Review of Cognitive and Communicative Approaches to Linguistic Analysis", Language, 83 (4): 912–913, doi:10.1353/lan.2008.0011, JSTOR 40070986, S2CID 143748470

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