Prof. Dr. Jonathan Owens PhD
Senior Fellow – Arabic Linguistics
Contact
Bayreuth International School of African Studies
University of Bayreuth
95440 Bayreuth
Tel: +49 (0) 921 55-3554
Fax: +49 (0) 921 55-3627
E-Mail: jonathan.owens@uni-bayreuth.de
http://www.arabistik.uni-bayreuth.de/de/team/Owens_Jonathan/index.htmlResearch interests
Arabic Linguistics, including spoken Arabic (sociolinguistics, dialectology, codeswitching, discourse analysis); the Arabic grammatical tradition; history of Arabic; Creole Arabic; African languages (Oromo, Glavda)
Geographical Area
Arabic speaking world, including sub-Saharan Africa
Academic Vita
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since 1987 |
Professor of Arabic Linguistics, University of Bayreuth |
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1986-1987 |
Humboldt Foundation Research Fellow, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg |
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1981-1986 |
Associate Professor at the English Department, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan |
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1979-1981 |
Lecturer at the Department of Languages and Linguistics, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria |
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1978 |
PhD in London |
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1977-1979 |
Lecturer at the English Department, Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya |
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Studies in the USA |
Memberships and functions in academic organisations
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2005-2008 |
Senior Research Scientist, Centre for Advanced Study of Language, University of Maryland |
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05/2002 |
Distinguished Visiting Professor, American University of Cairo |
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Editorial Advisory Board, Linguistics, Anthropological Linguistics, Journal of the Arabic Linguistic Tradition, Anequel de Estudios Árabes, Routledge Arabic linguistics series |
Publications
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