Ghil'ad Zuckermann | |
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![]() Zuckermann in 2011 | |
Born | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1 June 1971
Alma mater | University of Oxford (D.Phil.) University of Cambridge (Ph.D.) Tel Aviv University (M.A.) United World College of the Adriatic |
Known for | Hybridic theory of Israeli Hebrew, Classification of camouflaged borrowing, Phono-semantic matching, Revivalistics, Language reclamation and mental health |
Awards | President of the Australian Association for Jewish Studies (since 2017) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Linguistics, Revivalistics |
Institutions | Churchill College, Cambridge[1][2] Shanghai Jiao Tong University[3] Weizmann Institute of Science[3] National University of Singapore University of Texas at Austin Middlebury College Shanghai International Studies University[4] The University of Adelaide[5] Flinders University[6] La Trobe University[7][8] East China Normal University[4] |
Ghil'ad Zuckermann (Hebrew: גלעד צוקרמן, pronounced [ɡiˈlad ˈt͜sukeʁman]; 1 June 1971) is an Israeli-born language revivalist[9] and linguist who works in contact linguistics, lexicology and the study of language, culture and identity.[10]