Sandra Thompson (linguist)
Sandra Thompson | |
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| Born | July 6, 1941 |
| Known for | Rhetorical structure theory |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Ohio State University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Linguist |
| Sub-discipline | Discourse analysis, typology, interactional linguistics |
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Sandra Annear Thompson (born July 6, 1941) is an American linguist specializing in discourse analysis, typology, and interactional linguistics. She is Professor Emerita of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). She has published numerous books, her research has appeared in many linguistics journals, and she serves on the editorial board of several prominent linguistics journals.