• Professor Emeritus
• University Research Professor, MUN, 1999-2004
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 2002
• Henrietta Harvey Research Professor, MUN, 2004-2007
• Publications (CV)
• Bajuni database
• Bajuni refugees
• Bantu tense and aspect systems
• Niger-Congo

Research Interests

Historical linguistics; Comparative linguistics; Swahili: Historical Swahili; Ethnolinguistics; Bantu languages; East African languages; Language change (especially phonological change); Language contact; Phonology (especially phonological change), Typology, Interface of Linguistics, Archaeology, and History; Niger-Congo; Tense and Aspect Systems in Bantu and Niger-Congo.

Contact Info

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• Home Tel: (1-)778-433-5419
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• Email: dereknurse@shaw.ca 
• Personal web page:  http://www.faculty.mun.ca/dnurse/