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The personal page of Ariel Gutman

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Welcome to my site!

I am a student of the École Normale Supérieure at Paris. I entered through the international selection (science) 2007, and currently I am attached to the department of cognitive studies. Last year I received my Master degree in linguistics at the ILPGA, the linguistics institute of Paris-3 university, and this year I am conducting my own research, namely a description of an Austroneisan language named Ambai. 


Studies

  • 2008–2009: Master in linguistics at ILPGA, Paris-3 university.
  • 2007–2008: A master-level exchange year at the LUCL, Leiden University, the Netherlands
  • 2004–2007: B.Sc in computer science (major) and linguistics (minor) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel


Research Interests

  • Language description and documentation
  • Semitic linguistics and in particular Neo-Aramaic languages
  • Austronesian languages
  • Linguistic typology
  • Computational linguistics

Current research projects 

  • Complex clauses in Ambai, au Austronesian language of Papua. 
  • I am taking part in PerGram, a research project devoted to the implementation of a HPSG grammar and lexicon of Persian.

Past research projects

  • The preterite in the Neo-Aramaic dialect of Zakho (see publication section below)
  • Sketch description of Ambai language, an Austronesian language (see the web page dedicated to this project)
  • Comparision of two Syriac versions of  The Prayer of Menasseh, as part of the TURGAMA project.
    • My master thesis is based on this project, and its outcome is going to be published this year at Gorgias Press.

 Publication(s)s

So far I have published one article.

CV

Download my CV in PDF format.


Contact details

Ariel Gutman
45, rue d'Ulm
75005 Paris

Phone number: +33-6-28231845
Email: Use firstName.lastName@ens.fr

 Last update: 9 May 2010