R. David Zorc (also R. David Paul Zorc;[1] born 1943[2]) is an American linguist primarily known for his work on Austronesian languages and linguistics, particularly the Philippine languages.[3][4]
R. David Zorc
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Born | Reynold Duane Zorc (changed legally in 1963) 1943
United States
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Nationality | American |
Occupation | Linguist |
Spouse | Nellie Reyes Prado Zorc |
Children | David Nicolas Prado Zorc |
Parent(s) | Joseph John Zorc, Anne Gertrude Slana Zorc |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Cornell University |
Thesis | The Bisayan dialects of the Philippines: Subgrouping and reconstruction (1975) |
Doctoral advisor | Charles F. Hockett |
Other advisors | John U. Wolff |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Linguist |
Institutions | Language Research Center & Dunwoody Press, Hyattsvile, MD |
Main interests | Austronesian linguistics, historical linguistics |
Website | zorc |
Zorc graduated cum laude with an A.B. in Philosophy from Georgetown University in 1965. From 1965 to 1969, he was a Peace Corps member in the Philippines. In 1971, he obtained an M.A. in Linguistics & Anthropology from Cornell University, and graduated with a Ph.D. in Linguistics in 1975.[5] His doctoral dissertation was a comprehensive survey of the Bisayan languages.[6]
From 1976 to 1986, Zorc was a Senior Lecturer at the School of Australian Linguistics (SAL).[7]
Zorc has contributed to major works on Austronesian historical linguistics such as the Comparative Austronesian Dictionary (1995), to which he contributed an index of Proto-Austronesian reconstructions.[8] He has also published various dictionaries such as the Tagalog slang dictionary (1991).[9][10]
Other than Austronesian languages, Zorc has also published works on Armenian, Nguni languages, and Cushitic languages.[11]
Zorc currently lives in Wheaton, Maryland.[5]
The following are some of Zorc's works.