Erik John Anonby


Erik John Anonby is a Canadian linguist and professor at Carleton University. Along with his role as editor-in-chief of the
Atlas of the Languages of Iran, he is author of a number of books. He has published in journals such as Science, Linguistics, Iranian Studies, Journal of Semitic Studies, Journal of the International Phonetic Association, Journal of Linguistic Geography, and Journal of Ethnobiology.
Anonby is known for the development of the multi-dimensional model of language classification. In this model, relationships between languages are explicitly distinguished as genealogical
, structural/typological, and social, and brought together in a composite relational web. Along with Adam Stone, he also developed the Evaluative Language Mapping
Typology, a tool for analyzing and constructing language maps.
Anonby is a Humboldtian, having received the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s
Fellowship for Experienced Researchers in 2016. In 2021, he was elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.

Publications

Books

  • A Phonology of Southern Luri
  • Adaptive Multilinguals: A Survey of Language on Larak Island
  • A Grammar of Mambay, an Adamawa Language of Chad and Cameroon
  • Bakhtiari Studies: Phonology, Text, Lexicon
  • Mambay–French Dictionary, Accompanied by a Spelling Guide and a Grammatical Outline
  • Koroshi: a Corpus-based Grammatical Description
  • ''Bakhtiari Studies II: Orthography''

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