Nora England
Nora Clearman England | |
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| Born | November 8, 1946 |
| Died | January 26, 2022 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Founding director of the Center for Indigenous Languages of Latin America (CILLA) |
| Title | Dallas TACA Centennial Professor in the Humanities |
| Awards | Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | Mam Grammar in Outline (1975) |
| Doctoral advisor | Martha James Hardman |
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| Discipline | Linguistics |
| Sub-discipline | Language documentation, linguistic typology, Mayan languages, language politics, language ideology[1] |
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| Website | UT Faculty Page |
Nora Clearman England (November 8, 1946 – January 26, 2022) was an American
linguist, Mayanist, and Dallas TACA Centennial Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.[1] Her research focused on the grammar of Mayan languages and contemporary Mayan language politics.[2][3]
Education and career
England graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a B.A. in 1967 and the University of Florida in 1975 with an M.A. and a Ph.D.[4] While there, she led a workshop and field visit to Iximche, attended by Linda Schele and Nicholai Grube.[5]
After taking a post as a linguistics professor at the
University of Texas in Austin in 2001, she became the founding director of the Center for Indigenous Languages of Latin America (CILLA).[6][7] The University of Texas hosts England's Mayan Language Collection at the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America.[8]
England's previous experiences include teaching positions at
Maya generation able to receive substantial postsecondary education.[4]
England died on January 26, 2022, at the age of 75.[9]
Awards and honors
- 1993–1998 MacArthur Fellows Program[10]
- In 2017, England was inducted as a Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America.[11]
Works
- "Issues in comparative argument structure analysis in Mayan narratives'", Preferred argument structure: grammar as architecture for function, Editors John W. Du Bois, Lorraine Edith Kumpf, William J. Ashby, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2003, ISBN 978-90-272-2624-2
- "Mayan efforts toward language preservation", Endangered languages: language loss and community response, Editors Lenore A. Grenoble, Lindsay J. Whaley, Cambridge University Press, 1998, ISBN 978-0-521-59712-8
- "Control and Complementation at Kusaal", Current approaches to African linguistics, Volume 4, Editor David Odden, Walter de Gruyter, 1987, ISBN 978-90-6765-312-1
- A grammar of Mam, a Mayan language, University of Texas Press, 1983, ISBN 9780292727267
- "Space as a Mam Grammatical Theme", Papers in Mayan linguistics, Editor Nora C. England, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1978, ISBN 978-0-913134-87-0
References
- ^ a b "Profile for Nora C. England at UT Austin". Retrieved May 19, 2023.
- ^ "Nora England | The Mesoamerica Center | The University of Texas at Austin". utmesoamerica.org. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
- ^ "Nora England". scholar.google.com. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
- ^ a b "Nora C. England". www.macfound.org. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
- ^ The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs
- ^ "Nora C. England". The University of Texas at Austin Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
- ^ "Training speakers of indigenous languages of Latin America at a US university".
- ^ "Mayan Languages Collection of Nora England | The Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America". ailla.utexas.org. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
- ^ @AILLA_archive (January 28, 2022). "Words cannot express our sadness caused by the passing of our dear collaborator, teacher, and friend, Dr. Nora England, on January 26, 2022. She was a resolute advocate for Indigenous Peoples of Guatemala and beyond, and her legacy will live on for years to come" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Nora C. England". www.macfound.org. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
- ^ "Linguistic Society of America List of Fellows by Year". Retrieved March 11, 2022.
Bibliography
- England, Nora Clearman (1975). Mam Grammar in Outline (digital reproduction at OCLC 3497675.
External links
- "Nora C. England", Scientific Commons
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