Garry Davis

  • Professor Emeritus, Linguistics
  • Professor Emeritus, Ancient & Modern Languages, Literatures, & Cultures

Education

  • PhD, University of Michigan
  • MA, University of Michigan
  • BA, University of Michigan

Courses Taught

  • LINGUIS 211 - Origins of Words
  • LINGUIS 470 - Historical/Comparative Linguistics
  • LINGUIS 474 - Language Typology and Language Universals
  • LINGUIS 490 - Field Methods

Teaching Interests

  • Historical Linguistics
  • Language Typology
  • Areal Linguistics
  • Field Methods

Research Interests

  • Historical Linguistics
  • Germanic Linguistics
  • Thai and Lao Linguistics, a real linguistic change in SE Asia and Europe

Related Activities

  • Joint appointment with the German Program in the Department of Ancient & Modern Languages, Literatures, & Cultures

Biographical Sketch

Teaching Interests Historical Linguistics, Language Typology, Areal Linguistics, Field Methods Courses Taught

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Other Relevant Activities 

Selected Publications

Davis, Garry. “The Story of Lao r: Filling in the Gaps” Journal of Lao StudiesSpecial Issue.2 Ed. Baird, Ian. (2015): 97-109.
Davis, Garry. “The Dialect of Wermelskirchen: Three Vowel Systems in just 40 Years?” Zeitschrift fuer Dialektologie und Linguistik [Journal of Dialectology and Linguistics]78.3 (2011): 321-333.
Davis, Garry. “The Differential Development of Proto-Southwestern Tai *r in Lao and Thai” Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society3.2 (2010): 49-60.