David Gil

David Gil (born November 1, 1953 in London, United Kingdom) is a linguist specializing in Indonesian and Malay linguistics. His research interests include Malayic comparative linguistics, syntax, semantics, linguistic typology, language evolution.[1]

David Gil
Born	1 November 1953
Nationality	British
Occupation	Linguist
Academic background
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Academic work
Institutions	Max Planck Institute

Education

In 1972, he received a B.A. in mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He completed his master's degree in linguistics in 1978 at the University of Tel Aviv. In 1982, he defended his PhD thesis Distributive Numerals at the University of California, Los Angeles.[2]

Publications

• Riau Indonesian: A Language without Reference and Predication? (1999)[2]
• Colloquial Indonesian Dialects: How Real Are They? (2003)[2]
• The World Atlas of Language Structures (2005)[2]
• What is Riau Indonesian? (2009)
• Language Complexity as an Evolving Variable (2009)[2]

References

1. "David Gil, Author at De Gruyter Conversations". De Gruyter Conversations. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
2. CV.