Paul Proulx
Paul Proulx | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 November 1942 Biddeford, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | 5 December 2005 |
| Education | B.A. in Spanish from Amherst College, Master's degree in Linguistics from Cornell University, Ph.D. in Linguistics from Cornell University |
| Occupation(s) | Linguist, Anthropological Linguist |
| Known for | Research on Algonquian and Algic languages |
Paul Proulx (21 November 1942 – 5 December 2005) was an American-born Canadian linguist specializing in Algonquian and Algic studies.
Biography
[edit]Paul Martin Proulx was born in Maine in 1942 and completed his bachelor's degree at Amherst College with a major in Spanish in 1965.[1][2] Proulx pursued a master's degree in linguistics at Cornell University in 1967, after which he began studying the Huayla dialect of the Quechua language.[3] During his time researching in Peru, he co-authored Gramática del Quechua de Huaylas, published in Lima with Augusto Escribens in 1970.[3] After returning to North America, he earned a doctorate in linguistics, again at Cornell.[1] He continued to publish many papers throughout his career, focusing on the Algonquian languages and the reconstruction of Proto-Algic.[4] He taught at St. Francis Xavier University and Brandon University, living in Nova Scotia to be near the Mi'kmaq people and their language.[5]
Proulx passed away on 5 December, 2005, of leukemia.[1]
Selected works
[edit]- 1970: Gramática del Quechua del Huaylas (with Antonio Escribens). National University of San Marcos.
- 1977: "Connective Vowels in Proto-Algonquian." International Journal of American Linguistics, vol. 43.
- 1978: Micmac Inflection (Ph.D. thesis). Cornell University.
- 1980: "The Linguistic Evidence on Algonquian Prehistory." Anthropological Linguistics, vol. 22.
- 1984-1992: "Proto-Algic (I-IV)." International Journal of American Linguistics.
- 1985: "The Semantics of Yurok Terms Referring to Water." Anthropological Linguistics, vol. 27.
- 1988: "Algic Color Terms." Anthropological Linguistics, vol. 30.
- 1989: "A Sketch of Blackfoot Historical Phonology." International Journal of American Linguistics, vol. 55.
- 2003: "The Evidence on Algonquian Genetic Grouping: A Matter of Relative Chronology." International Journal of American Linguistics, vol. 45.
- 2005: "Reduplication in Proto‐Algonquian and Proto‐Central‐Algonquian." International Journal of American Linguistics, vol. 71.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Ehrmann, David. "Paul M. Proulx '65". Amherst.edu. Archived from the original on 3 Nov 2019. Retrieved 13 Jun 2025.
- ^ Proulx, Paul (August 1978). Micmac Inflection. Cornell University. p. ii. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Gramática del Quechua de Huaylas (in Spanish). A. Escribens and P. Proulx. National University of San Marcos, 1970. Preface by Inés Pozzi-Escot.
- ^ "Paul Proulx published works". JSTOR. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
- ^ "Paul Proulx papers, 1980". ArchivesWest.org. Retrieved 13 June 2025.