Irit Meir
Irit Meir | |
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עירית מאיר | |
Irit Meir in Dead Sea, Israel, 2004 | |
| Born | Irit Eisenstadt August 18, 1957 |
| Died | February 23, 2018 (aged 60) |
| Known for | Israeli Sign Language |
| Spouse(s) | Ron Meir, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology |
| Children | 3 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Gymnasia Rehavia |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Thesis | Thematic Structure and Verb Agreement in Israeli Sign Language (1998) |
| Doctoral advisor |
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| Other advisors | Professor Yael Ziv, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Linguist |
| Sub-discipline | Sign language linguistics |
| Institutions | University of Haifa |
| Website | signlab |
Irit Meir (Hebrew: עירית מאיר; August 18, 1957 – February 23, 2018) was an Israeli linguist, who specialized in the linguistics of sign languages. She was an associate professor in the Department of Hebrew Language and the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Haifa, and the associate director of the Sign Language Research Lab.