Carol Genetti

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Carol Genetti
Born1961 (age 62–63)
Education University of Oregon (Ph.D.)
Occupations
  • Linguist
  • professor

Carol E. Genetti (born 1961) is an American linguist who is known for her research into Tibeto-Burman languages and languages of the Himalayans.

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Academic career

Genetti earned her Ph.D. in Linguistics in 1990 from the University of Oregon. [1] Genetti is an emerita professor from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she was a faculty member in the Department of Linguistics until 2020. [2] [3] Between 2013 and 2020 she was also the Dean of the UCSB Graduate Division, and she served as Chair of the Department of Linguistics from 1999-2005. [4] Genetti now serves as the Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Programs at NYU Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. [5]

Her work into Newar language is the first comprehensive grammar, focusing on the Dolakhae dialect. Her investigation into languages of the Indosphere has increased understanding of many typological features, including auxiliaries. [6]

In 2008, she founded InField (now called CoLang), [7] an international training workshop in field linguistics and language documentation. [8] (See papers in Grenoble and Furbee. [9] ) She served as Director of the first InField when it was hosted by the University of California, Santa Barbara. [10] [11] InField/CoLang has provided significant training/support for documentation of endangered languages in North America and worldwide. [12] [13]

Awards and distinctions

Publications

Related Research Articles

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Shobhana Chelliah is an Indian-American linguist who specializes in Sino-Tibetan languages. As of 2023, she is a professor of linguistics at Indiana University, Bloomington.  Her research focuses on the documentation of the Tibeto-Burman languages of Northeast India.

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Kristine Hildebrandt is an American linguist who is known for her research into Tibeto-Burman languages and languages of the Himalayas. Her work focuses on the Nar-Phu and Gurung languages and other languages of the Manang District of Nepal, with an expertise in phonetics.

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