Henri Ramirez

Henri Ramirez
Born
OccupationLinguist
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Provence
ThesisLe Parler Yanomamɨ des Xamatauteri (1994)
Jean Doneux
Academic work
InstitutionsFederal University of Rondônia, Guajará-Mirim
Main interests
Arawakan languages and ethnobiology
Notable works
Enciclopédia das línguas Arawak (2020)

Henri Ramirez is a French-Brazilian linguist known especially for his research on Arawakan languages and other language families of the Amazonian region. He is currently a professor at the Federal University of Rondônia, Guajará-Mirim.

Education

Born in Algeria (then part of France), Ramirez graduated with a master's degree in Engineering from the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures in 1977. Afterwards, he obtained a Bachelor's, Master's, and doctorate degree at the University of Provence. He has lived among the Yanomami people for years and documented their language in various dissertations and monographs.

Selected works

Monographs

Ramirez mainly publishes monographs. One of his best-known books is Línguas Arawak da Amazônia Setentrional: Comparação e Descrição (2001). Others include:

Articles

Dissertations

References

  1. 1 2 Denny Moore, "Henry Ramirez–Linguist in Amazonia," International Journal of American Linguistics 75, no. 3 (July 2009): 433-433. doi:10.1086/605419
  2. ↑ Henri Ramirez. Lattes. Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações e Comunicações.
  3. ↑ Ramirez, Henri. Selected vocabulary (fauna, flora, basic lexicon) of 350 languages of Lowland South America[dead link]. Goeldi Museum.
  4. ↑ Biblioteca Digital Curt Nimuendajú