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Robert Lawrence "Larry" Trask (November 10, 1944 - March 27, 2004) was Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sussex and an authority on Basque language and historical linguistics. November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (87th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Linguistics is the scientific study of language. ... Basque (native name: Euskara) is the language spoken by the Basque people who inhabit the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain and the adjoining region of South-Western France. ...

Born in upstate New York, USA, he initially studied chemistry in his home country, but after a brief stint in the Peace Corps he took an interest in linguistics. He received his PhD in linguistics from the University of London, and thereafter taught at various universities in the United Kingdom. He became a professor of linguistics at the University of Sussex. NY redirects here. ... This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Peace Corps volunteers usually serve for two years. ... The University of London is a university based primarily in London. ... The University of Sussex is an English campus university located near the East Sussex village of Falmer, near Brighton and Hove. ...

He was an authority on the Basque language: his book The history of Basque (1997) is an essential reference on diachronic Basque linguistics and probably the best introduction to Basque linguistics as a whole. He was at work compiling an etymological dictionary of that language when he died. He was also an authority on historical linguistics, and had written about the problem of the origin of language. Basque (native name: Euskara) is the language spoken by the Basque people who inhabit the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain and the adjoining region of South-Western France. ... Not to be confused with Entomology, the study of insects. ... The dictionary is a list of words with their definitions, a list of characters with their glyphs, or a list of words with corresponding words in other languages. ... Historical linguistics (also diachronic linguistics or comparative linguistics) is primarily the study of the ways in which languages change over time. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

He also published two introductory books to linguistics: Language: The basics (1995) and Introducing Linguistics (coauthored with Bill Mayblin) (2000), and several dictionaries on different topics of this science: A dictionary of grammatical terms in linguistics (1993), A dictionary of phonetics and phonology (1996), A student's dictionary of language and linguistics (1997), Key concepts in language and linguistics (1999), The dictionary of historical and comparative linguistics (2000) and The Penguin dictionary of English grammar (2000).

Other of his books include:

• Language change (1994)
• Historical Linguistics (1996), ISBN 0-340-60758-0
• The Penguin Dictionary of English Grammar (2000), ISBN 0-14-051464-3
• Time Depth in Historical Linguistics (co-editor) (2000), ISBN 1-902937-06-6
• Mind the Gaffe (2001), ISBN 0-14-051476-7
• How to Write Effective Emails (2005), ISBN 0-14-101719-8

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External links

• The Larry Trask Archive
• Interview with The Guardian
• Contributions to Ask-a-Linguist
• Larry Trask's review of The Atoms of Language: The Mind’s Hidden Rules of Grammar by Mark C. Baker
• Obituaries
  • The Guardian
  • The Telegraph
  • Linguist List
  • Peace Corps Online
  • University of Sussex Newsletter