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Benjamin Fortson is a Professor of Greek and Latin in the Department of Classical Studies and Linguistics at the University of Michigan. He is affiliated with the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies (CMENAS) as faculty. His research focuses on Indo-European linguistics, comparative philology, and historical linguistics, with expertise in Italic, Greek, Indo-Iranian, Anatolian, and Germanic languages. He also explores metrics, poetics, and lexicography.
Fortson holds a B.A. from Yale University (1989) and a Ph.D. from Harvard University (1996). His academic contributions include seminal works such as Indo-European Language and Culture and Language and Rhythm in Plautus. He previously served as Senior Lexicographer for The American Heritage Dictionary of English.
His research spans comparative linguistics of Indo-European branches, mechanisms of phonological and morphological change, and the intersection of language and culture. Recent projects include studies on Italic dialectology and Hittite-Latin language connections.
Fortson’s publications reflect his expertise in Latin and Greek historical linguistics, epigraphy, and metrics. He has contributed to journals like Journal of Cuneiform Studies and Glotta, and has edited volumes on Indo-European studies.
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Advising and grants information is not detailed in the provided text. His work is centered at the intersection of classical languages and broader linguistic methodologies.
He is part of the CMENAS faculty, contributing to interdisciplinary studies in the Middle East and North Africa through his linguistic research.
