Background
Asher, Ronald E. was born on July 23, 1926 in Gringley-on-the-Hill, England. Son of Ernest and Doris (Hurst) Asher.
(In this study, Professor Asher shows how 16th century his...)
In this study, Professor Asher shows how 16th century historians and poets were irrisistibly drawn to the myths and legends of the glorious druids and the great celtic past in their writings. He describes how the 7th century Chronical of Fredegar, giving the Franks a Trojan ancestry, became a standard preface to any French history, while the acknowledged forgeries of Annius of Viterbo, were at first simply reproduced without comment. Obsessed with the origins of the French nation and heavily influenced by the prevailing nationalism of the age, early 16th century French writers were largely uncritical of their highly spurious sources. However, as "National Myths" explains, as the Renaissance progressed so did the historians' desire to replace fiction with fact.
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Malayalam is one of the four major Dravidian languages spoken principally in the southern part of India. It has a recorded history of eight centuries and is spoken by more than thirty million people on the Malabar coast of southern India This is the first detailed description of Malayalam, providing an in-depth analysis of the linguistic richness of this language.
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Asher, Ronald E. was born on July 23, 1926 in Gringley-on-the-Hill, England. Son of Ernest and Doris (Hurst) Asher.
Bachelor, University London, 1950. Certified in the phonetics French, University London, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, University London, 1955.
Doctor of Letters, University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1992.
Lecturer, School Oriental and African Studies, U. London, 1953-1965;
senior lecturer in linguistics, U. Edinburgh, 1965-1970;
reader in linguistics, U. Edinburgh, 1970-1977;
professor linguistics, U. Edinburgh, 1977-1993;
head department linguistics, U. Edinburgh, 1976-1980, 83-86;
associate director Center for Speech Technology Research, U. Edinburgh, 1984-1993;
associate dean faculty arts, U. Edinburgh, 1985-1986;
dean faculty arts, U. Edinburgh, 1986-1989;
vice-principal, U. Edinburgh, 1990-1993;
curator of patronage, U. Edinburgh, 1991-1993;
director Center for Speech Technology Research, U. Edinburgh, 1994;
honorary fellow Faculty Arts, U. Edinburgh, since 1993. Visiting assistant professor Tamil, University of Chicago, 1961-1962. Visiting professor linguistics University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1967.
Doctor R.P. Sethu Pillai Silver Jubilee Endowment lecturer U. Madras, India, 1968. Visiting professor Tamil and Malayalam, Michigan State University, 1968. Visiting professor linguistics University of Minnesota, 1969.
Chairedes professeurs étrangers College de France, Paris, 1970. Subrahmaniya Bharati fellow Tamil U., Thanjavur, India, 1984. Visiting professor linguistics and international committee International Christian U., Tokyo, 1994-1995.
Vaikom Muhammed Basheer chair Mahatma Gandhi U., Kottayam, Kerala, India, 1995-1996.
(In this study, Professor Asher shows how 16th century his...)
(Malayalam is one of the four major Dravidian languages sp...)
Member International Association Tamil Research (president 1981-1989), Philological Society (council member 1980-1985, 89-94, 96—), General Council, Tamil Sahitya Academy, since 2000. Linguistic Society India, Dravidian Linguistics Association.
Married Chin Asher; children: David, Michael.