--- title: "Ronny Meyer — author profile and papers · Semitic languages" description: "Ronny Meyer, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2012–2024), h-index 12 — affiliations, topics…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ronny-meyer/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ronny-meyer/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Ronny Meyer # Ronny Meyer Ronny Meyer has 3 papers in our library, in 2012–2024, most of them on [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/). 3 papers in our library · 2012–2024 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5008493856) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8476-5531) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58152154) · [**h-index 12**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5008493856) · [111 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5008493856) · [523 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5008493856&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ronny-meyer/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 1 time in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ronny-meyer/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #11082](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/111/#star-11082) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Ronny+Meyer) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Ronny+Meyer) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Ronny+Meyer) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Ronny+Meyer) ## Affiliations [🔬**Langage, langues et cultures d'Afrique** Villejuif · France 2017–2026 · 57 papersEmployment since 2017 · enseignant-chercheur*current*](https://ror.org/024mt9310) · [🎓**Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales** Paris · France 2017–2026 · 33 papersEmployment since 2017 · enseignant-chercheur, Département Afrique et Océan indien*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/institut-national-des-langues-et-civilisations-orientales/) · [🔬**Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique** Paris · France 2019–2026 · 29 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique/) · [🎓**Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz** Mainz · Germany 1997–2012 · 4 papersEducation 1997–2003 · Dr. phil. (PhD), Institut für Ethnologie und AfrikastudienEmployment 1997–2008 · PhD researcher, Postdoc, SFB 295: Cultural and Linguistic Contacts](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/johannes-gutenberg-university-mainz/) · [🎓**Addis Ababa University** Addis Ababa · Ethiopia 2011–2023 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/addis-ababa-university/) 🏛️**Addis Ababa University, College of Humanities, Language Studies, Journalism and Communication** Addis Ababa · [Ethiopia](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/ethiopia/) 2010–2017Employment 2010–2017 · Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics 🏛️**Bibliothèque interuniversitaire des langues orientales** [France](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/france/) 2017Employment since 2017 🏛️**Addis Ababa University, Institute of Languages Studies** Addis Ababa · [Ethiopia](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/countries/ethiopia/) 2008–2010Employment 2008–2010 · Associate Professor, Department of Ethiopian Languages and Literature [🎓**Leipzig University** Leipzig · Germany 1991–1997Education 1991–1997 · M.A., Afrikanistik](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/leipzig-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 1 more institution on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 4 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Semitic languages · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ronny-meyer/year/2024/) ### 2010s [**2013** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ronny-meyer/year/2013/) · [**2012** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ronny-meyer/year/2012/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Ideophones and verbal constructions with the verb ‘say’ in Amharic](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/meyer-2024-ideophones-verbal-constructions-verb-say/)** *(2024 · 1 citation)* The paper asks whether Amharic ideophones form a distinct word class and how they behave inside complex predicates. 2. **[Michael B. Ahland: Language Death in Mesmes: A Sociolinguistic and Historical-comparative Examination of a Disappearing Ethiopian-Semitic Language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/meyer-2013-michael-b-ahland-language-death/)** *(2013 · 1 citation)* This is Ronny Meyer's review article of Michael B. Ahland's book on Mesmes (Mäsmäs), an Ethiosemitic Gurage language that has recently died out. Ahland's monograph is an edited version of his 2004 M.A. thesis. It builds on a short text recorded in 2001 from the last remaining speaker, together with older wordlists… 3. **[December 13–14, 2007 in Mainz: Workshop on “Language contact in Ethiopia: Examples from Cushitic, Omotic and Semitic languages”](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/meyer-2012-december-1314-2007-mainz-workshop/)** *(2012)* This item is a short conference report, not a research paper, so it contains no data, experiments or measured results. ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Aethiopica](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/aethiopica/) ×2: [Aethiopica 2013](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/aethiopica/2013/), [Aethiopica 2012](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/aethiopica/2012/) - [Linguistic Typology at the Crossroads](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/linguistic-typology-at-the-crossroads/): [Linguistic Typology at the Crossroads 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/linguistic-typology-at-the-crossroads/2024/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 1 time (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [1 citing paper with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ronny-meyer/cited-by/). 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