Alan R. King

Alan Roy King (24 October 1954 – 19 February 2019) was a British linguist notable for his work on Basque and Nawat.[4]

Alan R. King
Born	24 October 1954 St. Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire, England, UK[1]
Died	19 February 2019 (aged 64) Zarautz, Spain
Nationality	British
Academic background
Alma mater	Queen Mary, University of London[2][3]
Thesis	Communicative Grammar of the Basque Verb (Selected Aspects) (1993)
Academic work
Discipline	Linguist
Main interests	Basque, Nawat, Lenca
Website	alanrking.info

Notable works

Basque

• King, Alan R. (1982). A Basque Course: A Complete Initiation to the Study of the Basque Language. Unpublished typescript.
• King, Alan R. (1994). The Basque Language: A Practical Introduction. Reno: University of Nevada Press.[5][6]
• King, Alan R., and Begotxu Olaizola Elordi (1996). Colloquial Basque. London: Routledge.

Nawat

• King, Alan R. (2011). Timumachtikan!: Curso de lengua náhuat para principiantes adultos. Izalco, El Salvador: Iniciativa para la Recuperación del Idioma Náhuat.

Language revitalization

• King, Alan R. (2018). 'Language Recovery Paradigms'. In Kenneth L. Rehg and Lyle Campbell (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Endangered Languages, pp. 531–552. New York: Oxford University Press.

References

1. Celia's World.
2. British Library.
3. Linguist List.
4. Ne Bibliaj Tik Nawat.
5. Review in The Modern Language Journal, Vol. 79, No. 2, pp. 275–276.
6. Review in Language, Vol. 72, No. 2, pp. 434–435.

External links

• Personal website
• Alan R. King on Facebook
• The story of TUSHIK
• Size Isn't Everything: Studying Tiny Languages