Arthur Capell

Arthur Capell ( an haife shi 28 Maris 1902 - 10 Agusta 1986) [1] masanin harshe ne na Australiya, wanda ya ba da gudummawa sosai ga nazarin Harsunan Australiya, Harsunan Austronesian da Harsunan Papua. [2]

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Capell a Newtown, New South Wales a cikin 1902, ɗa kaɗai na Sarah Ann (née Scott) da mijinta, Henry Capell .  Ya halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Arewacin Sydney.

## Ayyuka
Capell ya kammala karatu daga Kwalejin Malamai ta Sydney a cikin Harsunan Zamani a 1922 da Jami'ar Sydney a wannan shekarar a matsayin wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta Jami'ar a cikin Classic. Ya koyar a makarantun sakandare na tsawon shekaru uku a makarantar sakandare ta Canterbury Boys da Tamworth. Daga nan aka naɗa shi dikon a 1925 kuma firist a 1926 a Cocin Ingila a Ostiraliya. Ya yi aiki a Newcastle na tsawon shekaru goma, a matsayin Curate, St Peter's, Hamilton (1926-1928); Firist-in-Charge, All Saints, Belmont (1928-1929); a matsayin malami a Broughton School for Boys a Newcastle (1929-1932), inda aka gabatar da shi ga masanin ilimin ɗan adam da firist A. P. Elkin; kuma a matsayin Curat ga Elkin a Cocin St James, Morpeth (1932-1935).

Ya ci gaba da karatunsa na ilimin harshe a asirce, amMA ya ci gaba da samun MA a cikin Classic a Jami'ar Sydney (1931). Elkin ya karfafa shi, ya gudanar da shirin digiri a Jami'ar London a 1935, kuma ya kammala a shekara mai zuwa tare da Ph.D. daga Makarantar Nazarin Gabas da Afirka, tare da rubutun kan *Matsayin harshe na kudu maso gabashin Papua*, wanda aka buga a cikin littafi a 1943. Babban sha'awarsa shine harsunan Pacific da New Guinea, kuma an ce ya dauki bincikensa na harsunan asali ya zama batun aikin karshen mako,  kodayake ya shafe lokaci mai tsawo yana yin aikin gona a duka Kimberleys da Arnhem Land.

Lokacin da aka nada Elkin, a lokacin shugaban Anglican a Morpeth, a matsayin farfesa a fannin ilimin ɗan adam a Sydney, Capell ya yi aiki a matsayin locum tenens a cikin Ikklisiya. A lokacin hutu a Morpeth, Elkin ya burge shi da kyaututtuka na harshe na Capell, kuma daga ƙarshe ya shirya masa lacca a fannin harshe  a cikin 1945. An nada shi mai karatu a 1948, kuma ya kasance a wannan mukamin har zuwa lokacin da ya yi ritaya a shekarar 1967. An sanya shi canon mai daraja na SS Peter da Paul Cathedral, Dogura a shekarar 1956. 

Duk da aikinsa mai yawa a kan yarukan Papuan da Polynesian, gami da ƙamus na Fijian, Palau da Western Futuna, Capell ya sami nasarar ba da gudummawa ga ilimin harshe na Australiya, musamman a gano harsunan arewa maso yamma da ba za a iya daidaita su da iyalan harshen Pama-Nyungan ba.

## Rayuwa ta mutum
Capell yana son yin amfani da kalmomi,  misali shine furcinsa na semantics a matsayin "wasu abubuwan ban dariya".  Lokacin da mai kula da gidansa ya yi rashin lafiya, sai ya hayar wani don kula da ita kuma, lokacin da na biyu ya yi rashin aiki, Capell ya kula da su duka biyu.

Ya mutu a shekara ta 1986, yana da shekaru 84. Bai yi aure ba.

## Kyauta
Jami'ar Sydney ta ba da kyautar shekara-shekara a cikin sunan Capell don wata kasida a kan ilimin harshe na Australiya da Pacific.

Gidan kayan gargajiya na Australiya yana riƙe da tarin Capell na Hotunan Solomon Islands .  An tsara bayanan Capell kuma an ajiye su tare da National Library of Australia. A wasu lokuta, takardunsa ne kawai rikodin da ya tsira na harsunan da suka ɓace.

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