sir george abraham grierson

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Definition of sir george abraham grierson in English English dictionary

born Jan. 7, 1851, County Dublin, Ire. died March 9, 1941, Camberley, Surrey, Eng. Anglo-Irish civil servant and linguist. While holding a succession of British government posts in Bengal (1873-98), Grierson carried out pioneering research on South Asian, particularly Indo-Aryan, languages. In 1898 he began work on the 19-volume Linguistic Survey of India and spent the next 30 years publishing data on hundreds of languages and dialects. His work was of enormous value; nevertheless, his hypothetical linguistic constructs such as "Rajasthani," "Bihari," and "Lahnda" misled most nonspecialists

Hyphenation

sir George A·bra·ham Grier·son

Turkish pronunciation

sır côrc eybrıhäm grîrsın

Pronunciation

/ˈsər ˈʤôrʤ ˈābrəˌham ˈgrərsən/ /ˈsɜr ˈʤɔːrʤ ˈeɪbrəˌhæm ˈɡrɪrsən/