Harry Hoijer
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Harry Hoijer was an American linguist and anthropologist known for his influential work on Athabaskan languages and Native American linguistics.
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| Harry Hoijer canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
anthropologist
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human ⓘ linguist ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
Americanist linguistics
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anthropological linguistics ⓘ descriptive linguistics ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
documentation of endangered Native American languages
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reconstruction of Proto-Athabaskan ⓘ typology of tone in Athabaskan languages ⓘ understanding of Athabaskan verb morphology ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
American Indian languages
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Athabaskan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Native American linguistics ⓘ anthropology ⓘ linguistics ⓘ |
| genre | academic writing ⓘ |
| hasEthnicFocus |
Apachean peoples
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Athabaskan-speaking peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ Native Americans in the United States ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
historical-comparative linguistics
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language and culture among Native Americans ⓘ language documentation ⓘ morphology of Athabaskan languages ⓘ phonology of Athabaskan languages ⓘ syntax of Athabaskan languages ⓘ |
| influenced |
Americanist linguistics
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later Athabaskan linguists ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | American structural linguistics ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to Athabaskan linguistics
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contributions to Native American linguistics ⓘ documentation of Native American languages ⓘ fieldwork on Native American languages ⓘ work on classification of Athabaskan languages ⓘ work on historical linguistics of Athabaskan ⓘ |
| notableWork |
grammatical descriptions of Apachean languages
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studies of Athabaskan verb structure ⓘ studies of Navaho language ⓘ work on tone in Athabaskan languages ⓘ |
| occupation | university professor ⓘ |
| studied |
Apachean languages
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Athabaskan languages ⓘ Native American cultures NERFINISHED ⓘ Navaho language ⓘ |
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