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[clarification needed] 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]
References
- ^ Scott Rappaport (4 October 2007). "Saving Endangered Languages". Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ^ Scott Rappaport (13 January 2008). "Judith Aissen named Fellow of Linguistic Society of America". Retrieved 16 December 2014.
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