Judith Aissen

Judith Aissen is a well-known linguist and professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Biography

She began to study Mayan languages in 1972, when she graduated from Harvard University and became a linguist. In 1983 Judith Aissen joined the University of California, Santa Cruz. In 1995, she began making repeated trips to the area to teach indigenous Mayan speakers how to analyze and help preserve their languages.[1] In January 3, 2008 she became a Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America.[2]

Judith Aissen is particularly known for her analysis of Tzotzil and other Mayan languages having abstract obviation systems akin to those described in Algonquian languages.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Scott Rappaport (4 October 2007). "Saving Endangered Languages". Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Scott Rappaport (13 January 2008). "Judith Aissen named Fellow of Linguistic Society of America". Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Aissen, Judith. "On the syntax of obviation". Language. 73 (4): 705–750. doi:10.1353/lan.1997.0042. ISSN 1535-0665.


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