Aryon Dall'Igna Rodrigues (4 July 1925 – 24 April 2014) was a Brazilian linguist,[1] considered one of the most renowned researchers of the indigenous languages of Brazil.[2][3]
Aryon Rodrigues | |
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| Born | Aryon Dall'Igna Rodrigues 4 July 1925 Curitiba, Brazil |
| Died | 24 April 2014 (aged 88) Brasilia, Brazil |
| Occupation | Linguist |
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| Main interests | Indigenous languages of South America, Tupian languages |
Education and early career
editIn 1959, Rodrigues was the first Brazilian to obtain a PhD in linguistics at the University of Hamburg.[4] Aryon Rodrigues was invited by Darcy Ribeiro to organize the first post-graduate program in Linguistics in Brazil, in the recently founded the University of Brasília (UnB). Aryon left UnB following the coup in 1964, in solidarity with his colleagues dismissed and persecuted by the military, moving to the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and later to the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP).
Research and publications
editThroughout his career, which lasted nearly seventy years, he dedicated himself to the analysis of various languages such as Xetá and Tupinambá, of the Tupi–Guarani family, and Kipeá of the Kariri family (Macro-Jê). In addition to descriptive and theoretical works in linguistics, Rodrigues contributed to the study of historical and comparative linguistics of the indígenous languages of the continent, particularly of the Tupi family. He proposed the Je–Tupi–Carib hypothesis, which links Tupí, Macro-Jê and Karíb together as part of the same macrofamily.[5][6]
Aryon Rodrigues published more than 150 scientific works, among them articles, book chapters and books. He created and directed the Laboratório de Línguas Indígenas (LALI) at UnB, and was one of the creators and editors of the Revista Brasileira de Linguística Antropológica (RBLA Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine). In January 2013, he participated in the creation of the Instituto Aryon Dall'Igna Rodrigues (IADR), which will serve as the repository of his papers. Rodrigues died on 24 April 2014.[7]
Personal life
editAs of 2012,[update] Rodrigues was divorced and the father of three children.[8]
References
edit- ^ Campbell, Rosemary (6 February 2009). "Student documents rare Amazonian language". Daily Utah Chronicle. Archived from the original on 23 March 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
- ^ D'Angelis, Wilmar R. 2006. Aryon das Línguas Rodrigues Archived 22 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Estudos da Língua(gem), v. 4, n. 2, p. 13-19.
- ^ Barreto Motta, Sérgio (20 March 2006). "Museu da Língua Portuguesa é inaugurado hoje em São Paulo". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ Head, Brian F. 2015. Mattoso Câmara e Aryon Dall'Igna Rodrigues: pioneiros da linguística no Brasil. Fragmentum, no. 46, Jul./Dec. 2015, p. 19-35.
- ^ Rodrigues, Aryon D. 1985. Evidence for Tupi-Carib Relationships. In Klein, Harriet E. Manelis & Louisa R. Stark (editoras), South American Indian languages: retrospect and prospect. Austin: University of Texas Press.
- ^ Rodrigues, A. D. Evidências de relações Tupi-Karib. In: Eleonora Albano; Maria Irma Hadler Coudry; Sírio Possenti; Tania Alkmim. (Org.). Saudades da Língua. 1 ed. Campinas, SP: Mercado de Letras, 2003, v. 1, p. 393-410.
- ^ "Aryon Rodrigues (1925-2014) - Biblioteca Digital Curt Nimuendajú".
- ^ Ulhoa, Marcela (9 December 2012). "Aryon Rodrigues: "existem mais de 200 línguas e só se ensina português"". Correio Braziliense. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
External links
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