Václav Blažek | |
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Born | 23 April 1959 | (age 65)
Nationality | Czech |
Occupation | Linguist |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Masaryk University and University of West Bohemia |
Main interests | Historical linguistics |
Václav Blažek (born 23 April 1959 in Sokolov, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech historical linguist. He is a professor at Masaryk University ( Brno, Czech Republic) and also teaches at the University of West Bohemia ( Pilsen, Czech Republic).
His major interests include Indo-European languages, Uralic languages, Altaic languages, Afroasiatic (Hamito-Semitic) languages, Nostratic languages, Dené–Caucasian languages, and mathematical linguistics ( lexicostatistics and glottochronology).
In his book Numerals, Blažek discusses words for numerals in several language families of Eurasia and Africa (Indo-European, Uralic, Altaic, Kartvelian, Egyptian, Berber, Nubian, and Saharan), with briefer discussions of numerals in other languages around the world.
Václav Blažek | |
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Born | 23 April 1959 | (age 65)
Nationality | Czech |
Occupation | Linguist |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Masaryk University and University of West Bohemia |
Main interests | Historical linguistics |
Václav Blažek (born 23 April 1959 in Sokolov, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech historical linguist. He is a professor at Masaryk University ( Brno, Czech Republic) and also teaches at the University of West Bohemia ( Pilsen, Czech Republic).
His major interests include Indo-European languages, Uralic languages, Altaic languages, Afroasiatic (Hamito-Semitic) languages, Nostratic languages, Dené–Caucasian languages, and mathematical linguistics ( lexicostatistics and glottochronology).
In his book Numerals, Blažek discusses words for numerals in several language families of Eurasia and Africa (Indo-European, Uralic, Altaic, Kartvelian, Egyptian, Berber, Nubian, and Saharan), with briefer discussions of numerals in other languages around the world.