Thomas Pellard

Thomas Pellard is a Research Officer at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), affiliated with the Center for Linguistic Research on East Asia (CRLAO), a joint research unit of CNRS, EHESS, and INALCO. His professional address is CRLAO, INALCO, 2 rue de Lille, 75007 Paris.

Dr. Pellard specializes in historical and comparative linguistics of Ryukyuan languages and Japanese. His research spans descriptive linguistics of endangered languages, computational approaches to linguistic analysis, and methodological critiques of language family proposals. He has made significant contributions to understanding Japanese dialects, particularly regarding rendaku (sequential voicing) patterns, accent systems, and the historical development of Japonic languages.

His scholarly work demonstrates strong interdisciplinary connections between linguistics, archaeology, and genetics, while maintaining rigorous methodological standards in historical-comparative work. Recent publications reveal increasing integration of spatial statistics and computational tools in linguistic analysis, particularly for documenting endangered languages.

Pellard has co-organized significant academic events including the 38th Paris Meeting on East Asian Linguistics and the Phon-udl workshop on phonetic approaches to under-endowed languages. His research notebook at cipanglo.hypotheses.org serves as a platform for sharing thoughts on languages and linguistics, particularly focused on Japanese languages.

His academic collaborations span multiple institutions and countries, with frequent co-authorship with researchers from Japanese universities and international colleagues working on East Asian linguistics, computational methods, and language evolution.