Gregory Anderson (linguist)

Gregory David Shelton Anderson is an American linguist specializing in languages of Siberia, Munda languages, and auxiliary verbs.^[1] Anderson earned his doctorate in linguistics from the University of Chicago in 2000,^[2] and is currently director of the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. He was featured in the documentary film The Linguists.^[3]

Gregory Anderson
Born	Gregory David Shelton Anderson
Nationality	American
Occupation	Linguist
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Chicago
Thesis	Language Contact in South Central Siberia (2000)
Academic work
Institutions	Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages

Books

Anderson is the author of books including:

• Tuvan Dictionary (with K. David Harrison, LINCOM, 2003)^[4]
• Auxiliary Verb Constructions in Altai-Sayan Turkic (Turcologica 51, Harrossowitz Verlag, 2004)^[5]
• Language contact in South Central Siberia (Turcologica 54, Harrossowitz Verlag, 2005)^[6]
• Auxiliary Verb Constructions (Oxford University Press, 2006)^[7]
• The Munda Verb: Typological Perspectives (De Gruyter, 2007)

He is also editor of an edited volume, The Munda Languages (Routledge, 2008).^[8]