Leanne Hinton

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Field	Value
name	Leanne Hinton
image	Leanne hinton.jpg
caption	Leanne Hinton speaking at an Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival conference, 2008
birth_date	28 September 1941
birth_place	United States
nationality	American
occupation	Linguist, Professor Emerita
years_active	1978–present
education	PhD, University of California, San Diego (1977)
known_for	Language revitalization, American Indian languages, sociolinguistics
notable_works	Bringing Our Languages Home, How to Keep Your Language Alive
awards	Cultural Freedom Award (2006), Language, Linguistics, and the Public award (2012)
employer	University of California, Berkeley (Emerita)
website	Hinton's home page
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| name = Leanne Hinton | image = Leanne hinton.jpg | caption = Leanne Hinton speaking at an Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival conference, 2008 | birth_date = 28 September 1941 | birth_place = United States | nationality = American | occupation = Linguist, Professor Emerita | years_active = 1978–present | education = PhD, University of California, San Diego (1977) | known_for = Language revitalization, American Indian languages, sociolinguistics | notable_works = Bringing Our Languages Home, How to Keep Your Language Alive | awards = Cultural Freedom Award (2006), Language, Linguistics, and the Public award (2012) | employer = University of California, Berkeley (Emerita) | website = Hinton's home page

Leanne Hinton (born 28 September 1941) is an American linguist and emerita professor of linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley.

Education and career

Hinton received her PhD in 1977 from UC San Diego, with a dissertation entitled "Havasupai songs: a linguistic perspective," written under the supervision of Margaret Langdon. After joining the Berkeley faculty in 1978, Hinton began working with California languages.

Hinton specializes in American Indian languages, sociolinguistics, and language revitalization. She has been described as "an authority on how and why languages are being lost, the significance of language diversity, and the ways in which indigenous tongues can be revitalized before it's too late." "She first worked with Native American groups on bilingual education, orthographic design and literature development.

Hinton was a director of the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages (SCOIL), and participates in language revitalization efforts and organizations, including the Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival and its biennial Breath of Life conferences, for which she is a consulting board member. In collaboration with Andrew Garrett, Hinton has also directed a project to digitize many of the SCOIL records, which are now available through the California Language Archive. Hinton was involved in the creation of the Master-Apprentice Language Learning Program while working with indigenous language speakers in California.

Awards and achievements

In 2006, Leanne Hinton was awarded a Cultural Freedom Award, which honours individuals who support communities in upholding diversity, cultural freedom and creativity, from the Lannan Foundation.

In 2012, she was awarded the Language, Linguistics, and the Public award from the Linguistic Society of America.

Published works

• ASIN B0006YSJ6W

References

References

1. Bright, William. (1982). "Bibliography of the Languages of Native California: Including Closely Related Languages of Adjacent Areas". Scarecrow Press.
2. "Leanne Hinton, LSA 213, Language Revitalization". 2009 Linguistic Institute, Linguistic Structure and Language Ecologies.
3. "Profile : Leanne Hinton - Linguistics Department, UC Berkeley".
4. (2009-10-12). "Native Tongues Untied". KPFA Pacifica Radio.
5. [http://www.aicls.org/ "Board of Directors."] ''Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival.'' (retrieved 16 Dec 2009)
6. "06.06.2008 - Breath of Life for California's native languages".
7. (2013-04-17). "American Indian tribes turn to technology in race to save endangered languages". Washington Post.
8. "Botkin Lecture Flyer for Leanne Hinton, 2011". The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
9. Johnston, Jesse. (26 June 2013). "Voices for the Future". National Endowment for the Humanities.
10. (1997-01-01). "Survival of Endangered Languages: The California Master-Apprentice Program". International Journal of the Sociology of Language.
11. "Lannan Foundation".
12. "LSA Awards Citations {{!}} Linguistic Society of America".

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