Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre
French linguist
Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre (1941–2007) was a French linguist based at LACITO–CNRS, internationally known for her work on the languages of New Caledonia.
She completed her doctorate in linguistics in 1973, with a dissertation titled Le iaai, langue mélanésienne d'Ouvéa (Nouvelle-Calédonie), at Université Paris III, where she was a student of Haudricourt and Hagège. She became a member of the CNRS in 1972 and joined LACITO in 1976, where she remained until her retirement in 2006.
She published extensively on several New Caledonian languages, especially Iaai; the various languages of Hienghène (Fwâi, Pije, Jawe, Nemi); Fagauvea; and Nyelâyu. She was known for her work on Austronesian comparative linguistics, in particular for the application of the comparative method to the study of Oceanic languages.
Her husband, Jean-Claude Rivierre (1938-2018), was also a linguist working on the languages of New Caledonia.
External links
"† Françoise OZANNE-RIVIERRE – In memoriam". LACITO (in French). 2007-11-22. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
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