Jean-Marie HOMBERT

Founding member

[email protected]

Teams :       DiLiS 

TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

RESEARCH INTERESTS

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

TEACHING

OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

DIPLOMAS

• 1984 - "Thèse d'Etat" in Linguistics, Université de Provence
• 1975 - Ph-D in Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley
• 1972 - Master of Engineering in Computer Science, INSA, Lyon

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Research Director, CNRS since 2005
• Professor of Linguistics, Université Lumière Lyon 2, 1980-2004
• Professor of Linguistics , University of California, Santa-Barbara, USA, 1977-1980
• Post-Doc, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, 1975-1977
• Teaching Assistant, Univeristy of California, Berkeley, USA, 1975

RESPONSABILITIES

• Head of South East Region, CNRS, 2004-2005
• Head of Humanities and Social Sciences Department,CNRS, 2002-2004
• French Representative in the Humanities Committee, European Science Foundation, 2002-2004
• French Represnetative for the European program EUROCORES "The Origin of Man, Language and Languages", 2002-2004
• Member of the scientific council INALCO, 1999-2001
• Member of the National Committee for the Development of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1998-2001
• Chairman of the board, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Fontenay-St Cloud, 1998-2001
• Member of the National Committee for Scientific Research (section 34), 1996-2001
• Coordinator of the ARASSH (Agence Rhône-Alpes des Sciences Sociales et Humaines), 1996-2000 (with François d'Arcy)
• Head of "Dynamique du Langage" Laboratory (UMR 5596, CNRS and Université Lumière Lyon 2), 1994-2004
• Vice-president in charge of research and the documentary policy of the Univeristé Lumière Lyon 2, 1991-1996
• Member of the Scientific Council of the Université Lumière Lyon 2, 1989-2004

OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

• Président of Editorial Committee of CNRS Editions (2002-2004)
• Reviewer for "Language", "Journal of African Languages and Linguistics" and "Journal of Phonetics"
• Evaluations for "National Science Foundation", "National Institute of Health", "National Institute of Mental Health", "ANR", "European Research Council"

MAIN PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Hombert, J.M. & Lenclud, G., 2014, "Comment le langage est venu à l'Homme"/1, Paris, Fayard, 560 p., Histoire de la pensée  (Couverture)

Idiata, D.F., Ratanga Atoz, A. & Hombert, J.M., 2013, "Atlas des langues du Gabon", Editions du CENAREST, Editions du CENAREST, 434 p., 9782356650696

Hombert, J.M., 1984, "Phonétique expérimentale et diachronie: application à la tonogénèse", Thèse d'Etat, .Linguistique, Université de Provence

Hombert, J.M., 1975, "Towards a theory of tonogenesis: An empirical, physiologically and perceptually-based account of the development of tonal contrasts in language", Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of California, Berkeley

d'Errico, F. & Hombert, J.M. (eds), 2009, "Becoming Eloquent", John Benjamins

Hombert, J.M. & Perrois, L. (eds), 2007, "Coeur d'Afrique. Gorilles, cannibales et pygmées dans le Gabon de Paul Du Chaillu", Paris, CNRS Editions  (Couverture)

Hombert, J.M. (ed), 2005, "Aux origines des langues et du langage", Fayard, 514 p.  (Couverture)

Hombert, J.M. & Hyman, L. (eds), 1999, "Bantu Historical Linguistics, Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives", CSLI Publications

Hombert, J.M. & Grollemund, R., 2018, "Phylogenetic Classification of Grassfields Languages", in Revealing structure: Finding patterns in grammars and using grammatical patterns to elucidate language. A Festschrift to honor Larry M. Hyman, Buckley, G., Crane, T. & Good, J. (eds), Stanford, California, CSLI Publications, pp. 85-103

Coupé, C., Hombert, J.M., Marsico, E. & Pellegrino, F., 2013, "Investigations into Determinants of the Diversity of the World’s Languages. ", in East Flows the Great River: Festschrift in Honor of Prof. William S-Y. Wang on his 80th Birthday, Shi, F. & Peng, G. (eds), Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong Press, pp. 75-108  (paper)

Grollemund, R. & Hombert, J.M., 2012, "Use of Plant Names for the Classification of the Bantu Languages of Gabon", in Selected Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference on African Linguistics, Connell, B. & Rolle, N. (eds), Somerville, MA, Cascadilla Proceedings Project, pp. 150-163 (pdf)

Coupé, C. & Hombert, J.M., 2005, "Les premières traversées maritimes : Une fenêtre sur les cultures et les langues de la préhistoire ", in Aux origines des langues et du langage, Hombert, J.M. (ed), Paris, Fayard, pp. 118-161  (chapter)

Quintana-Murci, L. & Hombert, J.M., 2005, "Gènes et Langues : une évolution parallèle", in Aux Origines des langues et du langage, Hombert, J.M. (ed), Paris, Fayard, pp. 308-327  (Pdf)

Coupé, C. & Hombert, J.M., 2005, "Polygenesis of linguistic strategies: a scenario for the emergence of language", in Language Acquisition, Change and Emergence: essays in evolutionary linguistics, Minett, J. & Wang, W.S. (eds), Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong Press, pp. 153-201

Li, C. & Hombert, J.M., 2002, "On the evolutionary origin of language ", in Mirror Neurons and the evolution of Brain and Language, Stamenov, M. & Gallese, V. (eds), John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 175-205  (Pdf)

Hombert, J.M., 1989, "Tonper: un test de perception pour langues tonales", in Mélanges de phonétique générale et expérimentale offerts à Péla Simon, Institut de Phonétique de Starsbourg, .. (ed), 2 volumes  (Pdf)

Hombert, J.M., 1986, "Word games: their phonological implications", in Experimental Phonology, Ohala, J. & Yaeger, J. (eds), Academic Press, pp. 175-186  (Pdf)

Hombert, J.M., 1986, "Development of nasalized vowels in the Teke language group", in The Phonological Representation of Suprasegmentals, Bogers et al, K. (ed), Dordrecht, Foris Publications, pp. 359-379  (Pdf)

Hombert, J.M., 1980, "Noun classes of the Beboid Languages", in Noun classes in the Grassfield Bantu borderland, Hyman, L. (ed), Southern California Occasional Papers in Linguistics 8, pp. 83-98  (pdf)

Hombert, J.M., 1980, "Le groupe noun", in l'Expansion bantoue, Hyman, L. & Voorhoeve, J. (eds), Viviers, Actes du Colloque International du CNRS, pp. 143-163  (Pdf)

Hombert, J.M., 1978, "Consonant types, vowel quality, and tone", in Tone: A linguistic survey, Fromkin, V. (ed), New York, Academic Press, pp. 77-111

Hombert, J.M., 1976, "Noun classes and tone in Ngie", in Studies in Bantu Tonology, Hyman, L. (ed), University of Southern California Occasional Papers in Linguistics 3, pp. 3-21  (Pdf)

Hombert, J.M., 1975, "The perception of contour tones", in Proceedings of the First Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistic Society, Cogen, C. (ed), Berkeley Linguistic Society, pp. 221-232  (Pdf)

Lopez, M., Choin, J., Sikora, M., Siddle, K., Harmant, C., Costa, H., Silvert, M., Mouguiama-Daouda, P., Hombert, J.M., Froment, A., LeBomin, S., Perry, G., Barreiro, L., Bustamante, C., Verdu, P., Patin, E. & Quintana-Murci, L., 2019, "Genomic Evidence for Local Adaptation of Hunter-Gatherers to the African Rainforest", Current Biology , 29, pp. 1-10

Lopez, M., Kousathanas, A., Quach, H., Harmant, C., Mouguiama-Daouda, P., Hombert, J.M., Froment, A., Perry, G., Barreiro, L., Verdu, P., Patin, E. & Quintana-Murci, L., 2018, "The demographic history and mutational load of African hunter-gatherers and farmers", Nature ecology & evolution , 2(4), pp. 721-730

Patin, E., Lopez, M., Grollemund, R., Verdu, P., Harmant, C., Quach, H., Laval, G., Perry, G., Barreiro, L., Froment, A., Heyer, E., Massougbodji, A., Fortes-Lima, C., Migot-Nabias, F., Bellis, G., Dugoujon, J.M., Pereira, J., Fernandes, V., Pereira, L., Van der Veen, L., Mouguiama-Daouda, P., Bustamante, C., Hombert, J.M. & Quintana-Murci, L., 2017, "Dispersals and genetic adaptation of Bantu-speaking populations in Africa and North America ", Science, 356:6337, pp. 543-546

Bostoen, K., Clist, B., Doumenge, C., Grollemund, R., Hombert, J.M., Koni Muluwa, J. & Maley, J., 2015, "Middle to Late Holocene Palaeoclimatic Change and the Early Bantu Expansion in the Rain Forests of West Central-Africa", Current Anthropology, 56:3, pp. 354-384

Patin, E., Siddle, K., Laval, G., Quach, H., Harmant, C., Becker, N., Froment, A., Régnault, B., Lemée, L., Gravel, S., Hombert, J.M., Van der Veen, L., Dominy, N., Perry, G., Barreiro, L., Verdu, P., Heyer, E. & Quintana-Murci, L., 2014, "The impact of agricultural emergence on the genetic history of African rainforest hunter-gatherers and agriculturalists", Nature communications, 5, pp. [doi:10.1038/ncomms4163]

Verdu, P., Becker, N., Froment, A., Georges, M., Grugni, V., Quintana-Murci, L., Hombert, J.M., Van der Veen, L., Le Bomin, S., Bahuchet, S., Heyer, E. & Austerlitz, F., 2013, "Sociocultural Behavior, Sex-Biased Admixture, and Effective Population Sizes in Central African Pygmies and Non-Pygmies", Molecular Biology and Evolution, 30:4, pp. 918-937

Berniell-Lee, G., Calafell, F., Bosch, E., Heyer, E., Bertranpetit, J., Van der Veen, L., Hombert, J.M., Quintana-Murci, L. & Comas, D., 2009, "Genetic and demographic implications of the Bantu expansion: insights from human paternal lineages", Molecular Biology and Evolution, 26:7, pp. 1581-1589

Patin, E., Laval, G., Barreiro, L., Salas, A., Semino, O., Santachiara-Benerecetti, S., Kidd, K., Kidd, J., Gessain, A., Van der Veen, L., Hombert, J.M., Froment, A., Heyer, E. & Quintana-Murci, L., 2009, "Inferring the Demographic History of African Farmers and Pygmy Hunter–Gatherers Using a Multilocus Resequencing Data Set", PLoS Genet, 5:4 : e1000448. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000448

Verdu, P., Austerlitz, F., Estoup, A., Vitalis, R., Georges, M., Théry, S., Froment, A., Lebomin, S., Gessain, A., Hombert, J.M., Van der Veen, L., Quintana-Murci, L., Bahuchet, S. & Heyer, E., 2009, "Origins and Genetic Diversity in Pygmy Hunter-Gatherers from Western Central Africa", Current Biology, 19:4, pp. 312-318 doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.12.049

Quintana-Murci, L., Quach, H., Harmant, C., Luca, F., Massonnet, B., Patin, E., Sica, L., Mouguiama-Daouda, P., Comas, D., Tzur, S., Balanovsky, O., Kidd, K., Kidd, J., Van der Veen, L., Hombert, J.M., Gessain, A., Verdu, P., Froment, A., Bahuchet, S., Heyer, E., Dausset, J., Salas, A. & Behar, D., 2008, "Maternal traces of deep common ancestry and asymmetric gene flow between Pygmy hunter-gatherers and Bantu-speaking farmers", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS), 105:5, pp. 1596-1601  (PDF)

Hombert, J.M., 1992, "Terminologie des odeurs dans quelques langues du Gabon", Pholia, 7, pp. 61-66  (Pdf)

Hombert, J.M., 1990, "Les langues du Gabon: Etat des connaissances", Revue gabonaise des Sciences de l'homme, 2, pp. 29-36  (Pdf)

Hombert, J.M., 1990, "Atlas linguistique du Gabon", Revue gabonaise des Sciences de l'homme, 2, pp. 37-42  (Pdf)

Hombert, J.M., Manfoumbi, M. & Mbongo, J.L., 1989, "Notes sur la phonologie diachronique du saké", Pholia, 4, pp. 149-156  (Pdf)

Hombert, J.M., Medjo Mvé, P. & Nguéma, R., 1989, "Les Fangs sont-ils bantu?", Pholia, 4, pp. 133-147  (Pdf)

Hombert, J.M. & Mouélé, M., 1988, "Eléments de phonologie diachronique du wanzi (langue bantu du Gabon - groupe B 50)", Pholia, 3, pp. 183-205  (Pdf)

Louali, N. & Hombert, J.M., 1988, "Contribution à l'étude de l'évolution des occlusives dentales du proto-berbère", Pholia, 3, pp. 213-225  (Pdf)

Hombert, J.M., 1987, "Phonetic conditioning for the development of nasalization in teke", Pholia, 2, pp. 85-94  (Pdf)

Hombert, J.M. & Mortier, A.M., 1984, "Bibliographie des langues du Gabon", Pholia, 1, pp. 165-188  (pdf)

Hombert, J.M., Ohala, J. & Ewan, W., 1979, "Phonetic explanations for the development of tones", Language, 55, pp. 37-58  (Pdf)

Hombert, J.M., 1977, "Consonant types, vowel height and tone in Yoruba", Studies in African Linguistics, 82, pp. 173-198  (Pdf)

Hombert, J.M., 1977, "Development of tones from vowel height", Journal of Phonetics, 5, pp. 9-16  (Pdf)

Hombert, J.M., 1976, "Perception of tones of bisyllabic nouns in Yoruba", Studies in African Linguistics, sup. 6, pp. 109-121

Hombert, J.M., 1975, "The Perception of contour tones", Berkeley Linguistic Society , 1, pp. 22-32

Hombert, J.M., 1974, "Universals of downdrift: their phonetic basis and significance for a theory of tone", Studies in African Linguistics, sup. 5, pp. 169-183  (Pdf)

Hombert, J.M., 1973, "Speaking backwards in Bakwiri", Studies in African Linguistics , 4, pp. 27-35  (Pdf)

Hombert, J.M., 2016, "Anciennes questions et nouvelles réponses sur l’origine et la diffusion du langage ", proc. of Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Paris, Mars 2016 (vidéo)

Hombert, J.M. & Philippson, G., 2009, "The Linguistic Importance of Language Isolates: The African Case", proc. of Language Documentation and Linguistic Theory 2, London, United Kingdom, November 13-14, 2009, Austin, P., Bond, O., Charette , M., Nathan, D. & Sells, P. (eds), University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, pp. 145-151

Hombert, J.M., 2008, "Continuity between non-human primates and modern humans"Proceedings of the 7th International Conference Evolang, Barcelone, 12-15 March 2008, Smith, A., Smith, K. & Ramon, F. (eds), World Scientific Publishing Company, pp. 441-2, Evolang  (pdf)

Hombert, J.M. & Ohala, J., 1982, "Historical development of tone patterns", proc. of Papers from the 3rd International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Amsterdam, ., Maher et al, J.P. (ed), John Benjamins , pp. 75-84  (Pdf)

Hombert, J.M., 2010, "Language isolates and linguistic diversity: A case for a mosaic approach to language emergence ", proc. of Berkeley Linguistic Society, Berkeley, CA, United States, February 14-16, 2009

Grollemund, R., Branford, S., Hombert, J.M. & Pagel, M., 2016, "Genetic unity of the Niger-Congo family", Towards Proto-Niger Congo: Comparison and Reconstruction (2nd International Congress), Paris, Sept 1-3

Grollemund, R., Branford, S., Field, S., Hombert, J.M. & Pagel, M., 2015, "Towards a new phylogeny of Niger-Congo languages", World Congress of African Linguistics (WOCAL 8), Kyoto, Japan, 21-24 August 2015

Bostoen, K., Clist, B., Doumenge, C., Hombert, J.M., Grollemund, R., Koni Muluwa, J. & Maley, J., 2013, "Impact of Late Holocene palaeoclimatic changes on the Bantu expansion: A multidisciplinary view", 5th International Conference on Bantu Languages (Bantu 5), Paris, June 12-15, 2013

Grollemund, R. & Hombert, J.M., 2012, "Linguistic Classification and population movements in the North Western part of the Equatorial forest", Colloque ‘The impact of a major environmental crisis on species, populations and communities: the fragmentation of African forests at the end of the Holocene’, Académie des Sciences, Paris, 1-2 mars 2012

Coupé, C. & Hombert, J.M., 2012, "Impact of climatic and ecological contexts on sociolinguistic factors among Bantu populations.", The impact of a major environmental crisis on species, populations and communities: the fragmentation of African forests at the end of the Holocene., Académie des Sciences, Paris, 1-2 March (poster)  (poster, abstract)

Hombert, J.M., 2010, "Les langues du Gabon", sorosoro, Paris, 2010 (vidéo)

Hombert, J.M. & Mondot, J.F., 2010, "Un projet tel qu'une traversée maritime ne pouvait aboutir sans langage", T02281/118, Les Cahiers de Science et Vie, pp. 16-18

Hombert, J.M., 2009, "La diversité culturelle de l'Afrique est menacée", 429, La Recherche, pp. 36-39  (pdf)

Hombert, J.M. & Dury, C., 2016, ""Jean-Marie Hombert, en images et sons" réalisé par Christian Dury", 10mn (vidéo)

Hombert, J.M., 2009, "Collecte de données linguistiques sur l'Akele des Lacs et le Punu en collaboration avec Luc-Henri Fage (http://www.youtube.com/sorosorotv) ", Gabon, 30h (punu, Akele )

Fage, L.H., Hombert, J.M. & Perrois, L., 2007, "Sur les Traces de Paul Du Chaillu", France, 63 minutes (site du film)