Department of Linguistics College of Humanities The University of Utah Details for Lyle Campbell : Department of Linguistics

Lyle Campbell

Professor, Linguistics

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Degrees:
1971 PhD UCLA

Lyle Campbell (PhD UCLA), has been professor at U of Missouri, SUNY Albany, LSU, U of Canterbury (New Zealand), and visiting professor at Australian National U, Colegio de M

 

Publications:

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See CV

 

Research Keywords, Regions of Interest and Languages:
Research Keywords: American Indian languages; endangered languages; Historical Linguistics (4); Sociolinguistics (5); typology (3); Uralic (Finno-Ugric);
Regions of Interest: Argentina (3); Central America (7); South America (17); Guatemala; Finland; Mexico (18);
Languages: Finnish - Fluent; German - Fluent (51); Maori - Basic; Nahuatl - Basic (2); Portuguese - Basic (15); Quechua - Basic; Spanish - Fluent (68);

Research Projects:

  Chaco language documentation [show / hide]

Project supported by NSF and SOAS grants to document three languages of northern Argentina, Chulupí, Chorote and Wichí -- to produce grammars, dictionaries, collections of stories, and many audio and video recordings, and to use these materials in programs for revitalizing these languages.

Collaborators: Dr. Verónica Grondoan (E Michigan U);


  Mesoamerican Language documentation [show / hide]

NSF grant for documentation of several Mesoamerican languages very near extinction. Objectives are: 1. To digitize recordings. 2. To database all materials, the foundation for producing the dictionaries and grammars. 3. To make these materials available to indigenous organizations and community programs for their and on-going language revitalization efforts. 4. To complete and publish dictionaries of these languages. 5. To complete grammars of the languages. The results contribute to greater understanding of the structure and history of these languages, which in turn contributes significantly to aspects of linguistic theory – what is possible in the world’s language (and thus what the potential and limitations of human cognition are) –, to linguist theory, to Mesoamerican linguistics, and to understanding their contribution to the prehistory of the area. The practical benefits from this research include training of several graduate students and members of indigenous communities; involvement of undergraduates in hands-on research; production of dictionaries and grammars for six languages, which will form the basis for materials for language revitalization programs in the indigenous communities and schools.

Courses I Teach:
LING 4130 Intro Historical Ling
LING 5200 Structure Selected Lang
LING 5210 Field Methods
LING 5981 Special Topics
LING 6080 Sem-General Linguistics
LING 6130 Historical Linguistics
LING 6200 Ling of a Select Lang
LING 6210 Field Methods

Awards:
2006 Presidential Professorship -University Of Utah
2001 University Of Canterbury Research Medal -University Of Canterbury, New Zealand
1999 Leonord Bloomfield Book Award (twice) -Linguistic Society Of America
1997 Fellow Of The Royal Society Of New Zealand -Royal Society Of New Zealand

Additional grants not linked to a specific project:
See CV (2007)

Favorite Hobbies:
Hiking and mountain biking

Lyle Campbell
Professor, Linguistics

Email: lyle.campbell@linguistics.utah.edu
Phone numbers:
 (office): 581-3441
Office: 2311 LNCO

Linguistics
Languages & Communication Bldg
255 S Central Campus Dr Rm 2300
Salt Lake City, Utah   84112-0492

 

 

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