Guillaume JACQUES

Guillaume JACQUES serves as a Research Director at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) affiliated with the Center for Linguistic Research on East Asia (CRLAO) at INALCO (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales) in Paris, France. His professional address is CRLAO, INALCO, 2 rue de Lille, 75007 Paris. He leads Research Team III focused on Sino-Tibetan languages and their East Asian context.

His research expertise spans Sino-Tibetan linguistics, historical linguistics, and comparative linguistics, with specialized knowledge in phonology, morphology, and the documentation of understudied languages including Tibeto-Burman languages, Tangut, and Rgyalrong. His scholarly work emphasizes linguistic reconstruction, sound change analysis, and morphosyntactic patterns in endangered East Asian languages.

Analysis of his recent publications reveals a concentrated research trajectory examining complex morphological systems across Tibeto-Burman languages, particularly Japhug Rgyalrong. His work integrates detailed language documentation with broader comparative frameworks, addressing verb morphology, clause structure, and historical phonological developments. He frequently collaborates with scholars like Anton Antonov on cross-linguistic studies of direct-inverse systems and person marking.

Dr. JACQUES actively contributes to academic knowledge dissemination through teaching graduate courses in Typology at INALCO and participating in major linguistic conferences including the annual Journées de linguistique d'Asie orientale. His digital presence includes the 'Panchronica' blog and contributions to the ANR HimalCo-Himalayan Corpora project, reflecting his commitment to open scholarship and linguistic documentation.