James W. Gair

James Wells Gair (December 27, 1927 – December 10, 2016) was an American linguist who specialized in the

• Gair, James W. (1968). "Sinhalese Diglossia".
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• Gair, James W. (1970). Colloquial Sinhalese Clause Structures. The Hague: Mouton.
• Fairbanks, Gordon H.; Gair, James W.; De Silva, M. W. S. (1968). Colloquial Sinhalese. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University.
• Gair, James W.; Karunatillake, W. S. (1974). Literary Sinhala. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University.
• Gair, James W.; Karunatillake, W. S. (1976). Literary Sinhala Inflected Forms: A Synopsis with a Transliteration Guide to Sinhala Script. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University.
• Gair, James W.; Karunatillake, W. S. (1976). Samples of Contemporary Sinhala Prose with Glossary and Brief Grammatical Notes. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University.
• Gair, James W. (1985). "How Dravidianized Was Sinhala Phonology?: Some Conclusions and Cautions". In Acson, Veneeta Z.; Leed, Richard L. (eds.). Oceanic Linguistics Special Publication No. 20: For Gordon H. Fairbanks. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. pp. 37–55.
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• Gair, James W.; Paolillo, John C. (1997). Sinhala. Munich: Lincom Europa.

On Pali

• Gair, James W.; Karunatillake, W. S. (1998). A New Course in Reading Pāli: Entering the Word of the Buddha (PDF). Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.

References

1. ^ "James Wells Gair (1927–2016)". The Ithaca Journal. December 24, 2016. Archived from the original on April 4, 2021 – via Legacy.com.
2. ^ "James W. Gair, linguistics professor emeritus, dies at 88". Cornell Chronicle. January 17, 2017. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017.
3. ^ "James W. Gair (1927–2016)". Cornell University. Archived from the original on January 5, 2017.
4. ^ Whitman, John. "James W. Gair (December 27, 1927 – December 10, 2016)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 10, 2021.
5. ^ "In Memoriam: James W. Gair, 1929-2016". Linguistic Society of America. December 14, 2016. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021.
6. ^ "James Gair and W.S. Karunatillake — Photos Illustrating Decades of Collaboration Promoting the Study of Sinhala". American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies. Archived from the original on February 19, 2015.
7. ^ "James Gair (Cornell University)". Archived from the original on March 17, 2005.

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