Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre


Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre was a French linguist based at LACITO–CNRS, internationally known for her work on the languages of New Caledonia.
She completed her doctorate in linguistics in 1973, with a dissertation titled Le iaai, langue mélanésienne d'Ouvéa , at Université Paris III, where she was a student of Haudricourt and Hagège. She became a member of the CNRS in 1972 and joined LACITO in 1976, where she remained until her retirement in 2006.
She published extensively on several New Caledonian languages, especially Iaai; the various languages of Hienghène ; Fagauvea; and Nyelâyu. She was known for her work on Austronesian comparative linguistics, in particular for the application of the comparative method to the study of Oceanic languages.
Her husband,, was also a linguist working on the languages of New Caledonia.

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