Mary Haas
Mary Haas | |
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| Born | January 23, 1910 |
| Died | May 17, 1996 (aged 86) |
| Known for | Training linguists; work in North American Indian languages; work in Thai, and historical linguistics. |
| Spouses | |
| Awards | Honorary doctorates from:
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| Academic background | |
| Education | PhD in linguistics, Yale University, 1935 |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | A Grammar of the Tunica Language (1935) |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward Sapir |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Linguist |
| Sub-discipline | Historical linguistics, Language documentation |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
| Doctoral students | William Bright, William Shipley, Karl Teeter, Catherine Callaghan, Margaret Langdon, Terrence Kaufman, Victor Golla, Marc Okrand, Sydney Lamb |
| Main interests | Native American languages, Thai |
Mary Rosamond Haas (January 23, 1910 – May 17, 1996) was an American linguist who specialized in North American indigenous languages, Thai, and historical linguistics. She served as president of the Linguistic Society of America. She was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.