Colette Grinevald

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Colette Grinevald
Born1947 (age 77–78)
Other namesColette Grinevald Craig
Academic background
Alma mater Harvard University
Thesis Jacaltec Syntax: A Study of Complex Sentences (1975)
Institutions
Website www.colettegrinevald.fr

Colette Grinevald (born 1947) is a French linguist. She is professor emeritus at the University of Lyon. [1]

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Career

Grinevald earned her PhD from Harvard University in 1975 and joined the newly created Linguistics department at the University of Oregon in 1977. [2] Grinevald has written grammars of Jakaltek Popti' and Rama and advocates for endangered languages. [3] She contributed to UNESCO's language vitality criteria developed in 2003. [4] Grinevald serves on Sorosoro's scientific board. [5]

Life

Grinevald grew up in Algiers, in what was then French Algeria. She had recurrent tuberculosis as a young child. She married William Craig, then a medical student, while studying in Boston. The couple later divorced. Grinevald's children Matthias Craig and Guillaume Craig started a non-profit organization, Blue Energy. [2] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Accueil". Colette Grinevald. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Colette Grinevald talks growing up in Algeria, revolution in France, moving to America, and involvement in Latin America". StoryCorps Archive. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  3. ↑ "Colette Grinevald : "Speaking your mother tongue is not a disability!"". unesco.org. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  4. ↑ "Language Vitality and Endangerment" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "The Scientific board « Sorosoro". www.sorosoro.org. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  6. ↑ "S.F. nonprofit's energy vision lights Nicaraguan villages' future". SFGate. 2007-09-15. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
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