Robert Blust

Robert A. Blust (/blʌst/; Sinanci: 白樂思; : ; 9 ga Mayu, 1940 - 5 ga Janairu, 2022  ) masanin harshe ne na  kasar Amurka wanda ya yi aiki a fannoni da yawa, gami da ilimin harshe na tarihi, ƙamus da kabilanci. Ya kasance Farfesa na Harshe a Jami'ar Hawai'i a Mānoa . Blust ya ƙware a cikin Harsunan Austronesian kuma ya ba da gudummawa sosai ga fannin ilimin harsunan Australiya.

 Rayuwa ta farko da aiki 
An haifi Blust a Cincinnati, Ohio a ranar 9 ga Mayu, 1940,  kuma ta girma a California. Ya sami digiri na farko a fannin ilimin ɗan adam a shekarar 1967 da kuma PhD a fannin harshe a shekarar 1974 daga Jami'ar Hawai'i a Mānoa .  Ya koyar a Jami'ar Leiden a Netherlands daga 1976 zuwa 1984, bayan haka ya koma Sashen Harshe a Mānoa don sauran aikinsa, yana aiki a matsayin shugaban sashen daga 2005 zuwa 2008. Ya kasance Fellow na Linguistic Society of America . 

 Harsunan Austronesian 
Har zuwa 2018, ya yi aiki a matsayin editan bita na Oceanic Linguistics, mujallar ilimi da ke rufe Harsunan Austronesian. Blust an fi saninsa da aikinsa a kan wannan babban dangin harshe, gami da cikakkiyar ƙamus ta Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (1995) da ƙamus na Thao-English (2003). Wani sanannen aikinsa shine aikin 2009 da ake kira The Austronesian Languages, wanda shine littafi na farko da aka rubuta don rufe dukkan fannoni (phonology, syntax, morphology, canje-canjen sauti, rarrabuwa, da dai sauransu) na dangin yaren Austronesian gaba ɗaya.

 Ayyukan gona 
A matsayin wani ɓangare na aikinsa na fagen, Blust ya yi nazarin harsunan Austronesian 97 da ake magana a wurare kamar Sarawak, Papua New Guinea, da Taiwan. A Taiwan, ya yi aikin gona a kan Harsunan Formosan kamar Thao, Kavalan, Pazeh, Amis, Paiwan da Saisiyat . Kalmominsa na harshen Thao mai haɗari sosai, a sama da shafuka 1100, yana ɗaya daga cikin cikakkun da aka taɓa tattara don harshen Formosan. Blust kuma yana da sha'awar bincike a fannonin harshe da al'adu na bakan gizo da dodanni.

 Rayuwa da mutuwarsa 
Blust ya mutu a Honolulu, Hawaii, a ranar 5 ga Janairu, 2022, yana da shekaru 81, bayan yaƙi da ciwon daji na shekaru 13.Lobel, Jason William, Victoria Chen and Lani Blust-Char (2022). "In Memoriam: Robert A. Blust, 1940–2022". Oceanic Linguistics. 61 (2): 614–649. doi:10.1353/ol.2022.0010. S2CID 250269537.{{cite journal}}:  CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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Rukuni:Mutuwan 2022
Rukuni:Haihuwan 1940