{"id":1301,"date":"2011-07-05T15:49:06","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T19:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/french\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T16:19:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:19:43","slug":"erik-anonby-2","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/french\/people\/erik-anonby-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Erik Anonby"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Office Hours:&nbsp;<\/strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">By appointment<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Biography&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2011, following a decade of research across four continents, and after a year teaching linguistics at Carleton, I settled in the French Department as a professor of French linguistics. For me, French and linguistics are, like Montr\u00e9al and smoked meat, inseparable: it was my love for French that motivated me to pursue three degrees in linguistics, and my love for linguistics has opened up my eyes to the astonishing diversity of the French language, both historically and as it is spoken around the world today. My interests revolve around Canadian French and African French, particularly in the areas of prosodic phonology and phonological variation. I am also fascinated by the effects of interaction between these varieties and the languages around them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Variation in vowel length and quality in Canadian French<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Linguistics of francophone Africa: African French, Adamawa languages, Mambay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Languages of the Middle East: Kumzari, the Persian-Luri-Kurdish continuum, Gulf dialects of Persian<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Language mapping<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Language ecology: endangerment and revitalization<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prosodic phonology: morphological templates, tone and intonation, pharyngealization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>My current projects focus on the mapping of Iran\u2019s languages. Language maps that have been produced elsewhere for Iran are either limited in geographic scope, or they rely on general impressions of where languages are spoken, without reference to specific locations or language data. In light of this, I am using the <a href=\"http:\/\/nunaliit.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nunaliit Atlas Framework<\/a> to couple geographic and demographic information with equivalent sets of actual language forms (pronunciation, grammar, and words) originating from all districts in the country. A working classification of all of Iran\u2019s languages and dialects as well as language data questionnaires are available on the <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">project website<\/a>, and detailed language maps are currently being assembled for Hormozgan Province of south-west Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2025-2026 Courses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>FREN 2401A (Fall\/Winter)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LING 3007W (Winter)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ALDS 6407F (Fall)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Grants and Research Positions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2016\u20132018. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Canada, Insight Development Grant: \u201cA pilot atlas of the languages of Iran.\u201d Co-investigator: Fraser Taylor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2014\u20132016. Carleton University \/ Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Canada, University Development Grant: \u201cCartographic representations of Iran\u2019s languages.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2014\u20132015. Carleton University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Junior Research Award: \u201cMaterials for an Atlas of Iran\u2019s languages.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2014. Visiting Scholar, Leiden University Center for Linguistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2011\u20132012. Uppsala University: \u201cPhonologies in conflict: Features of an Arabic\u2013Persian continuum across the Strait of Hormuz.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2010. Swedish Research Council: \u201cDocumentation of minority languages in Iran, sociolinguistic milieu and the role of language in individual and group identity.\u201d Principal investigator: Carina Jahani. Erik Anonby, unit leader for documentation of Kumzari, dialect of Larak Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2008\u20132010. Guest Researcher, Sultan Qaboos University \/ Leiden University Center for Linguistics: \u201cDocumentation of Kumzari, a language of northern Oman.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Selected&nbsp;Publications and Presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Monographs<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2014. (with Ashraf Asadi). <em>Bakhtiari studies: Phonology, text, lexicon<\/em>. Studia Iranica Upsaliensia 24. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. 222 pp. (<a href=\"http:\/\/uu.diva-portal.org\/smash\/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A758171\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>, open access)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2014. <em>Dictionnaire mambay-fran\u00e7ais, accompagn\u00e9 d\u2019un guide d\u2019orthographe et d\u2019une esquisse linguistique<\/em>. Cambridge: KWEF. 320 pp. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rogerblench.info\/KWEF\/KWEF\/KWEFpubs\/KWEF%20publications.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2011.&nbsp;(with Pakzad Yousefian). <em>Adaptive multilinguals: A survey of language on Larak Island, Iran<\/em>. Studia Iranica Upsaliensia 16. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. 157 pp. (<a href=\"http:\/\/uu.diva-portal.org\/smash\/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A458175\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>, open access)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2011.<em> A grammar of Mambay, an Adamawa language of Chad and Cameroon<\/em>. K\u00f6ln: R\u00fcdiger K\u00f6ppe. 571 pp. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.koeppe.de\/titel_details.php?id=604\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2008.<em> Phonology and morphology of Mambay (Niger-Congo, Adamawa)<\/em>. Doctoral dissertation. Leiden: Leiden University. 499 pp.&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/openaccess.leidenuniv.nl\/bitstream\/handle\/1887\/13045\/Complete%20dissertation%20submitted%20for%20defense.pdf?sequence=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>, open access)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2003. A phonology of Southern Luri. Munich: Lincom Europa. 150 pp. (<a href=\"http:\/\/lincom-shop.eu\/shop\/article_ISBN%25209783895867231\/LSIEL-25%3A-A-Phonology-of-Southern-Luri.html?shop_param=cid%3D156%26aid%3DISBN%25209783895867231%26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Refereed journal articles<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2014. (with Mohammad Aliakbari and Mojtaba Gheitasi). On language distribution in Ilam Province, Iran. <em>Iranian studies<\/em> 48:6, 1-16. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1080\/00210862.2014.913423\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2012. Stress-induced vowel lengthening and harmonization in Kumzari. <em>Orientalia Suecana<\/em> 61, 54-58. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.diva-portal.org\/smash\/record.jsf?pid=diva2:657333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>, open access)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2011. Illustrations of the IPA: Kumzari. <em>Journal of the International Phonetic Association<\/em> 41:3, 375-80. (<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1017\/S0025100311000314\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2010. (with Farideh Okati, Abbas Ali Ahangar and Carina Jahani). Natural processes in Sistani Persian of Iran. <em>Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies<\/em> 2:1, 93-120. (<a href=\"http:\/\/ijals2.usb.ac.ir\/article_63_17.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>, open access)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007. The labial flap in Mambay: Phonological rarity or fundamental element? <em>Journal of African languages and linguistics<\/em> 28:1, 1-17. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.degruyter.com\/view\/j\/jall.2007.28.issue-1\/jall.2007.001\/jall.2007.001.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2006. B\u0101hendayal: Bird classification in Luri. <em>Journal of ethnobiology<\/em> 26:1, 1-35. (<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.2993\/0278-0771(2006)26[1:BBCISL]2.0.CO;2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2006. Illustrations of the IPA: Mambay. <em>Journal of the International Phonetic Association<\/em> 36:2, 221-33. (<a href=\"http:\/\/journals.cambridge.org\/article_S0025100311000016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2005. Vestigial noun suffixes in Mambay (Niger-Congo, Adamawa): Vestiges of what? <em>Afrika und \u00dcbersee<\/em> 88:1\/2, 7-34. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reimer-mann-verlag.de\/controller.php?cmd=detail&amp;titelnummer=610881&amp;verlag=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2004\/5. Kurdish or Luri? Laki\u2019s disputed identity in the Luristan province of Iran. <em>Kurdische Studien<\/em> 4\/5:7-22. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.loor.ir\/files\/ketaw86\/E-books\/English\/laki-article-typset.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2003. Update on Luri: How many languages? <em>Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society<\/em> 13:2, 171-97. (<a href=\"http:\/\/journals.cambridge.org\/article_S1356186303003067\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Other publications (selection)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2013. In language survival, is every barrier a barrier? How speakers of Majma-Ma use obstacles as a context for response. <em>Endangered languages beyond boundaries: Community connections, collaborative approaches, and cross-disciplinary research. Proceedings of the 17<sup>th<\/sup> Conference of the Foundation for Endangered Languages, Carleton University, October 1-4, 2013<\/em>, ed. by Mary Jane Norris et al., 157-61. Bath, United Kingdom: Foundation for Endangered languages. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ogmios.org\/conferences\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(link<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2012. Sociolinguistic status of Lori. <em>Encyclop\u00e6dia Iranica<\/em>. New York: Center for Iranian Studies, Columbia University. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iranicaonline.org\/articles\/lori-language-ii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>, open access)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007. Review of Grammaire du beria, by Angelika Jakobi and Joachim Crass. <em>Journal of African languages and linguistics<\/em> 28:2, 217-20. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.degruyter.com\/view\/j\/jall.2007.28.issue-2\/jall.2007.011\/jall.2007.011.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Presentations at professional meetings<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2014. Most of the world\u2019s languages are disappearing. Does it matter? Carleton University Spring Conference, May 2-4, 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2014. Qu\u2019est-ce que d\u00e9couvrir une \u00ab nouvelle \u00bb langue ? Enjeux et identit\u00e9s dans la documentation linguistique. Causeries du d\u00e9partement de fran\u00e7ais \/ Language, logic and information laboratory joint presentation, Carleton University, March 14, 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2013. French in North Africa: Sociolinguistic situation and linguistic features. Guest lecture, Ethnography of North Africa, Carleton University, October 22, 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2013. In language survival, is every barrier a barrier? How speakers of Majma-Ma use obstacles as a context for response. FEL XVII \u2013 17th Conference of the Foundation for Endangered Languages: Endangered languages beyond boundaries: Community connections, collaborative approaches, and cross-disciplinary research, Carleton University, October 1-4, 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2013. (with Hassan Mohebbi Bahmani). Discovery of an Indo-Aryan language in Iran. ICIL5 \u2013 5th International Conference of Iranian Linguistics, Universit\u00e4t Bamberg, August 24-26, 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2011. Iranian\u2013Semitic contact in the Strait of Hormuz: The case of Kumzari. Guest lecture, Spr\u00e5k och litteraturer i Mellan\u00f6stern, Central- och Sydasien, Oriental Studies, Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University, October 7, 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2011. The appearance of velaro-pharyngeal emphasis in Kumzari as an effect of Arabic contact. Invited presentation, Iranian Seminar series, Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University, September 28, 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2011. (with Christina van der Wal). Iran\u2019s human mosaic. Invited presentation, Iran Cultural Day, Iranian Cultural Society, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, June 9, 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2011. Le fran\u00e7ais de l\u2019Afrique : agent ou patient ? Le langage chez les Mambay du Cameroun. Invited presentation, French Department, Carleton University, April 7, 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2010. Inheritance and adoption: How unrelated structures co-exist in Kumzari. Invited presentation, Leiden Institute of Area Studies, Middle East lecture series, April 8, 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2010. Divided we stand: Effects of transnationality on minority language vitality. Invited presentation, Department of Frisian Language and Culture, University of Groningen, April 7, 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2010. (with Christina van der Wal). Arma u mi\u2019i: Essentials of Kumzari poetry. Invited presentation, Persian Po\u00ebzieavond, Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, Leiden University, January 15, 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2008. Kumzari: Language between two worlds. Invited presentation, Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University, October 21, 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2008. Stress-induced vowel lengthening and harmonization in Kumzari. Paper presented at the 1<sup>st<\/sup> International conference on languages and dialects in Iran, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, October 28-31, 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2008. Morphological templates and ideophonic derivation in Mambay (Niger-Congo, Adamawa). Paper presented at the 38<sup>th<\/sup> Colloquium of African languages and linguistics, Leiden University, August 25-27, 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2004. The labial flap in Mambay (Niger-Congo, Adamawa). 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