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Eric Pratt Hamp (born November 16, 1920) is an American linguist widely respected as a leading authority on Indo-European linguistics, with particular interests in Celtic languages and Albanian. Unlike many Indo-Europeanists, who work entirely on the basis of written materials, he has conducted extensive fieldwork on lesser-known Indo-European languages and dialects, such as Albanian, Arbëresh and Arvanitika; Breton; Welsh; Irish; and Scots Gaelic. His wide-ranging interests have also included American Indian languages. He served for many years as editor of the ''International Journal of American Linguistics'' and did field work on Quileute and Ojibwa. He also studied linguistic aspects of braille.〔(), Hamp, Eric, et al., ''Four Analytic Studies of the American Literary Braille Code,'' American Printing House for the Blind, 1995.〕 Hamp's scholarship is characterized by the densely argued, narrowly focused note, essay and review, generally consisting of a few pages. He has written more than 3,500 articles and reviews, and nearly every important aspect of historical linguistics has been dealt with, often multiple times, in Hamp's writings. He is the Robert Maynard Hutchins Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago〔(), University of Chicago Department of Linguistics, Faculty, Eric P. Hamp〕 and in spite of his advanced age, he continues to write, edit, speak and travel at select meetings and conferences,〔(), Metcalf, Allan, "The Most Demanding Science: Homage to Eric Hamp," Lingua Franca blog, ''The Chronicle of Higher Education,'' 16 January 2013 (accessed 6 August 2013)〕 and remains an Associate Editor of the journal ''Anthropological Linguistics''. ==Education== Born in London in 1920, Hamp attended Tome School as a young boy and entered Amherst College at age 16 where he received his BA in 1942. He served in the U.S. Army and after being discharged in 1947 resumed his studies, receiving an MA (1948) and PhD (1954) both from Harvard University. Among Hamp's teachers at Harvard were Joshua Whatmough and Kenneth H. Jackson. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eric P. Hamp」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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