Marianne Mithun

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Marianne Mithun is an American linguist renowned for her extensive work on Native American languages, language typology, and the documentation of endangered languages.


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instanceOf American linguist
human
linguist
academicDiscipline anthropological linguistics
linguistics
typological linguistics
authorOf The Languages of Native North America
citizenship United States of America
continentOfActivity North America
contributedTo classification of Native North American languages
methods for documenting endangered languages
understanding of polysynthetic language structure
employer University of California, Santa Barbara NERFINISHED
era 20th century
21st century
fieldOfWork Native American languages
endangered languages
language documentation
language typology
linguistics
focusesOn North American indigenous languages
language revitalization
gender female
hasRole university professor
knownFor American Indian linguistics
documentation of endangered languages
language typology research
work on Native American languages
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Linguistic Society of America
name Marianne Mithun
nationality United States of America
notableWork The Languages of Native North America
occupation linguist
publicationType monograph
researchInterest discourse and grammar interface
language change
language contact
morphosyntax
polysynthesis
studies Athabaskan languages
Austronesian languages
Iroquoian languages
workLocation Santa Barbara

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