Robert Nicolaï
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Robert Nicolaï is a French linguist specializing in the Songhay languages
, professor at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis
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He is also founder and co-editor of the Journal of Language Contact
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Songhay languages
The Songhay, Songhai, or Songai languages are a group of closely related languages/dialects centered on the middle stretches of the Niger River in the west African states of Mali, Niger, Benin, Burkina Faso, and Nigeria. They have been widely used as a lingua franca in that region ever since the...
, professor at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis
University of Nice Sophia Antipolis
The University of Nice Sophia Antipolis is a university located in Nice, France and neighboring areas. It was founded in 1965 and is organized in 8 faculties, 2 autonomous institutes and an engineering school....
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He is also founder and co-editor of the Journal of Language Contact
Journal of Language Contact
The Journal of Language Contact is a peer-reviewed academic journal published in English and French. It covers research on language contact, use, and change. This includes linguistic, anthropological, historical, and cognitive factors. The journal was established in 2007...
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Selected publications
- Nicolaï, Robert (1981). Les dialectes du songhay (contribution à l'étude des changements linguistiques). Paris: SELAF
- Nicolaï, Robert (1984). Préliminaires à une étude sur l'origine du songhay (problématique, matériaux et hypothèses). Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.
- Nicolaï, Robert (1990). Parentés linguistiques (à propos du songhay). Paris: Editions du CNRS.
- Nicolaï, Robert; Zima, Petr (1997). Songhay. Münich/Newcastle: Lincom Europa.
- Nicolaï, Robert. (2000). La Traversée de l’empirique : essai d’épistémologie sur la construction des représentations de l’évolution des langues. Paris: Ophrys.
- Nicolaï, Robert (2003). La force des choses ou l’épreuve nilo-saharienne : questions sur les reconstructions archéologiques et l’évolution des langues. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
- Nicolaï, Robert (2007). La vision des faits, De l'a posteriori à l'a priori dans la saisie des langues. Paris: L'Harmattan.