What does Ghil'ad Zuckermann study?
Q: What does Ghil'ad Zuckermann study?
A: Ghil'ad Zuckermann studies the relationship between language and identity, as well as the role of language in politics and nationhood, and the dynamics between language, religion and society. He also discovers the origins of words, figures out how new words enter a language, and investigates words that come from several sources at the same time.
Q: What is Ghil'ad Zuckermann an expert in?
A: Ghil'ad Zuckermann is a leading world expert in language revival. He reclaims languages that are no longer spoken and suggests ways to compensate people whose mother tongue was "killed".
Q: What did Stephen Fry interview him about?
A: Stephen Fry interviewed Ghil'ad Zuckermann about his knowledge on the revival of Hebrew language.
Q: Where does he teach?
A: Ghil'ad Zuckermann gives lectures at the University of Adelaide in Australia. He also teaches students from all over the world in an online course that he created on Language Revival: Securing the Future of Endangered Languages.
Q: How many learners has he had for his online course?
A: For his online course on Language Revival, Ghil’ad Zuckermann has had more than 20,000 learners from 190 different countries.
Q: When was he born?
A:Ghil’ad Zuckermann was born on 1 June 1971 in Tel Aviv.
Q: Where did he study?
A:Ghil’ad Zukcermann studied at St Hugh's College (University of Oxford), Churchill College (University of Cambridge), Tel Aviv University and United World College of the Adriatic.
