Mary Haas
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Mary Rosamond Haas[1] (January 23, 1910 – May 17, 1996) was an American linguist who specialized in North American Indian languages, Thai, and historical linguistics. She served as president of the Linguistic Society of America. She was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Born | (1910-01-23)January 23, 1910 |
Died | May 17, 1996(1996-05-17) (aged 86) Alameda County, California, U.S. |
Known for | Training linguists; work in North American Indian languages; work in Thai, and historical linguistics. |
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Awards | Honorary doctorates from:
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Education | PhD in linguistics, Yale University, 1935 |
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Thesis | A Grammar of the Tunica Language (1935) |
Doctoral advisor | Edward Sapir |
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Discipline | Linguist |
Sub-discipline | Historical linguistics, Language documentation |
Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
Doctoral students | William Bright, William Shipley, Karl Teeter, Catherine Callaghan, Margaret Langdon, Terrence Kaufman, Victor Golla, Marc Okrand |
Main interests | Native American languages, Thai |
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