linguist Jeff Leer
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Jeff Leer was an American linguist renowned for his extensive documentation and analysis of Tlingit and other Native Alaskan languages.
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| Jeff Leer | 0 |
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| instanceOf |
American
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linguist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
preservation of Native Alaskan languages
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preservation of Tlingit ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticFocus | Native peoples of Alaska ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Northern Athabaskan languages
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surface form:
Athabaskan languages
Na-Dene ⓘ
surface form:
Na-Dene languages
Native Alaskan languages ⓘ Tlingit ⓘ
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Tlingit language
linguistics ⓘ |
| hasNotableStudentOrCollaborator | Tlingit language community ⓘ |
| knownFor |
analysis of Native Alaskan languages
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analysis of Tlingit ⓘ documentation of Native Alaskan languages ⓘ documentation of Tlingit ⓘ |
| languageStudied |
Northern Athabaskan languages
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surface form:
Athabaskan languages
Eyak ⓘ Tlingit ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| notableWork |
documentation of Tlingit oral literature
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reconstruction of Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit ⓘ research on Tlingit verb morphology ⓘ |
| occupation | linguist ⓘ |
| studied | indigenous languages of Alaska ⓘ |
| studiesTopic |
comparative linguistics
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historical linguistics ⓘ morphology ⓘ phonology ⓘ syntax ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Alaska
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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