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Mary Haas

Anthropological and Documentary Linguistics

Mary Rosamond Haas 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, and was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Facts
Birth Year
1910 1
Death Year
1996 1
Role
American linguist specializing in North American indigenous languages, Thai, and historical linguistics 1
Birth Date
1910-01-23 1
Death Date
1996-05-17 1
Classification
Nationality
United States 1
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Thai, Languages

A leading specialist in Thai alongside her documentation of endangered Native American languages such as Tunica and Natchez; her Thai-English Student Dictionary became a standard reference.

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1. Wikipedia: Mary Haas
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  • Lead sentence, birth date in parenthetical
    January 23, 1910, May 17, 1996
  • Lead sentence, birth year in parenthetical
    January 23, 1910, May 17, 1996
  • Lead sentence, occupational description
    was an American linguist who specialized in North American indigenous languages, Thai, and historical linguistics.
  • Lead sentence, death date in parenthetical
    January 23, 1910, May 17, 1996
  • Lead sentence, death year in parenthetical
    January 23, 1910, May 17, 1996
  • Nationality, Mary Haas entity page
    Mary Rosamond Haas was an American linguist who specialized in North American indigenous languages, Thai and historical linguistics.
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