Sergei Anatolyevich Starostin (Russian: Серге́й Анато́льевич Ста́ростин; March 24, 1953 – September 30, 2005)[1] was a Russian historical linguist and philologist, perhaps best known for his reconstructions of hypothetical proto-languages, including his work on the controversial Altaic theory, the formulation of the Dené–Caucasian hypothesis, and the proposal of a Borean language of still earlier date. None of his proposed macrofamilies have seen wide-scale acceptance in the linguistic community (and are mostly seen as implausible), though his proposals remain influential outside of academia. He was also the author of a widely respected reconstruction of Old Chinese.[citation needed]
Sergei Anatolyevich Starostin
Starostin at the conference in memory of V. M. Illich-Svitych on October 21–23, 2004
The Tower of Babel, a large linguistics database built largely by Sergei and George Starostin
January 01, 1970
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Sergei Anatolyevich Starostin Russian Serge j Anato levich Sta rostin March 24 1953 September 30 2005 1 was a Russian historical linguist and philologist perhaps best known for his reconstructions of hypothetical proto languages including his work on the controversial Altaic theory the formulation of the Dene Caucasian hypothesis and the proposal of a Borean language of still earlier date None of his proposed macrofamilies have seen wide scale acceptance in the linguistic community and are mostly seen as implausible though his proposals remain influential outside of academia He was also the author of a widely respected reconstruction of Old Chinese citation needed Sergei Anatolyevich StarostinStarostin at the conference in memory of V M Illich Svitych on October 21 23 2004Born 1953 03 24 March 24 1953Moscow Russian SFSRDiedSeptember 30 2005 2005 09 30 aged 52 Moscow RussiaChildrenGeorgiy StarostinAcademic backgroundInfluencesAharon Dolgopolsky Vladislav Illich Svitych Andrey Zaliznyak Vladimir Dybo Sergei YakhontovAcademic workSchool or traditionMoscow school historical linguisticsMain interestsLong range language reconstruction especially Nostratic and Dene Caucasian glottochronology accentology especially Indo European Notable ideasDene Caucasian hypothesis reconstruction of Proto Altaic Proto North Caucasian Proto Yeniseian Proto Tibeto Burman Proto Kiranti reconstruction of Old Chinese and Proto Japanese advancement of recalibrated glottochronology InfluencedMerritt Ruhlen John Bengtson Contents 1 Theories 2 Evolution of Human Languages project 3 Selected works 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksTheories editIn 1986 Starostin and Igor M Diakonoff suggested that the Hurro Urartian languages belong to the Northeast Caucasian language family Starostin was also instrumental in the reconstruction of Proto Kiranti Proto Tibeto Burman Proto Yeniseian Proto North Caucasian and Proto Altaic He developed the hypothesis originated by Abu al Ghazi Bahadur Khan in the 17th century but really revived by Gustaf John Ramstedt in the early 20th century that Japanese is related to the Turkic and Mongolic languages through an Altaic family citation needed The Dene Caucasian hypothesis proposes that Northwest Caucasian Northeast Caucasian Yeniseian Sino Tibetan and Na Dene form a single higher order language family According to Starostin the Dene Caucasian and Austric macrofamilies together with the Nostratic macrofamily as envisaged by Vladislav Illich Svitych with some modifications can further be linked at an earlier stage which Starostin called the Borean i e Northern languages Evolution of Human Languages project editMain article Evolution of Human Languages Since 1985 Starostin had been developing STARLING 2 a database management system designed for his Tower of Babel ru website He was assisted in his work 3 by Murray Gell Mann a Nobel Prize winning physicist 4 At the time of his death he was a professor at the Russian State University for the Humanities a visiting professor at the Santa Fe Institute and a frequent guest lecturer at Leiden University in the Netherlands where he was awarded the degree of doctor honoris causa in June 2005 Starostin died of a heart attack on September 30 2005 in Moscow after a lecture at the Russian State University for the Humanities His son Georgiy Starostin is also a linguist Selected works edit1986 Co authored with Igor M Diakonoff Hurro Urartian as an Eastern Caucasian Language Munich R Kitzinger 1991 Altajskaja problema i proisxozdenie japonskogo jazyka The Altaic Problem and the Origin of the Japanese Language Moscow Nauka 1995 The historical position of Bai 5 Moskovskij Lingvisticheskij Zhurnal 1 174 190 Moscow 2003 Co authored with Anna V Dybo and Oleg A Mudrak An Etymological Dictionary of the Altaic Languages 3 volumes Leiden Brill ISBN 9004131531 2005 Co authored with Svetlana Burlak Comparative linguistics ISBN 5 7695 1445 0 See also editMoscow School of Comparative LinguisticsNotes edit The Tower of Babel Starling rinet ru 2005 09 30 Retrieved 2012 08 07 The Tower of Babel Starling rinet ru Retrieved 2012 08 07 Sergei Starostin and I established the Evolution of Human Languages project Poisk v Google Retrieved 2012 08 07 Evolution of Human Languages Ehl santafe edu Retrieved 2012 11 27 The Historical Position of Bai PDF Starling rinet ru Archived from the original PDF on 2012 10 12 Retrieved 2012 11 27 References editBaxter William H 2006 Eulogy Sergej Anatol evic Starostin PDF Journal of Chinese Linguistics 34 1 164 166 JSTOR 23754153 Bengtson John D Blazek Vaclav 2005 Obituary Sergei Anatolyevich Starostin PDF Journal of Indo European Studies 33 3 4 307 314 Woodward Richard B 2006 The Man Who Loved Languages PDF The American Scholar 75 4 44 57 JSTOR 41222651 External links editThe Tower of Babel a large linguistics database built largely by Sergei and George Starostin Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sergei Starostin amp 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