LaVerne Masayesva Jeanne is an anthropologist and linguist at the University of Nevada at Reno, where she is an emerita associate professor.[1]
LaVerne Masayesva Jeanne | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | PhD, MIT |
| Known for | Work on the Hopi language, endangered languages. One of the first two Native Americans to have received a degree in linguistics. |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Anthropologist and linguist |
| Institutions | University of Nevada at Reno |
| Academic advisors | Ken Hale |
She received her PhD at MIT in 1978, where she studied with linguist Ken Hale.[2] Together with MIT her classmate Navajo Paul R. Platero, Jeanne is one of the first two Native Americans to have received a PhD degree in linguistics.[3]
Her work has been primarily focused on the Hopi language (her mother language). Her 1978 thesis (supervised by Hale) was entitled Aspects of Hopi Grammar.[4] She also co-authored a heavily cited article in Language with Hale, Michael Krauss, Colette Craig, and others on the state of endangered languages.[5] She was also involved with Hopi revitalization projects.[6][7][8]
References
edit- ^ "LaVerne Masayesva -Jeanne - Anthropology". sites.unr.edu. University of Nevada, Reno. Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
- ^ "Alumni and their Dissertations – MIT Linguistics". linguistics.mit.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ Woo, Elaine (2001-10-24). "Kenneth Hale, 67; Legendary Linguist". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ Jeanne, LaVerne Masayesva (1978). Aspects of Hopi grammar (Thesis) (Thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. hdl:1721.1/16325. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
- ^ Hale, K.; M. Krauss; L. J Watahomigie; A. Y Yamamoto; C. Craig; L. V.M Jeanne; N. C England (1992). "Endangered languages". Language. 68 (1): 1–42. doi:10.2307/416368. JSTOR 416368.
- ^ "First Things First - October 2013 Newsletter". www.azftf.gov. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ "Keeping the Hopi language alive". Navajo-Hopi Observer News. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ "A Final Report on Hopi Lavayi Early Childhood Assessment Project for the Coconino Regional Partnership Council and the Hopi Tribal Council" (PDF). 2013.
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