Jerold A. Edmondson | |
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| Born | Jerold Alan Edmondson (1941-09-30)September 30, 1941 Plainfield, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | August 26, 2023(2023-08-26) (aged 81) Arlington, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Linguist |
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| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
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| Institutions | University of Texas at Arlington |
| Main interests | Languages of Southeast Asia |
Jerold Alan Edmondson (Chinese name: 艾杰瑞 Aì Jiéruì, September 30, 1941 – August 27, 2023) was an American linguist. His work spans four subdisciplines: historical and comparative linguistics, East Asian linguistics, field linguistics, and phonetics. He was a leading specialist inTai–Kadai languages of East Asia, especially theKam–Sui andKra branches.
Edmondson was born inPlainfield, Indiana. He earned his PhD in Germanic Languages fromUCLA in 1973 and a Habilitation in General Linguistics fromTechnische Universität Berlin in 1979. He was an Assistant Professor of English and General Linguistics atTechnische Universität Berlin from 1976 to 1980. He joined the faculty of theUniversity of Texas at Arlington in 1981 and went on to attain the rank of Professor, becoming aProfessor Emeritus in 2011. As founding director of the Program in Linguistics from 1991 to 1999, he shepherded its growth into the current Department of Linguistics and TESOL. Edmondson earned many accolades while at UT Arlington, including the Outstanding Research Award, the Distinguished Record of Research Award,[1] the Alicia Wilkerson Smotherman Faculty Award,[2][3] and induction into the Academy of Distinguished Scholars.[4] In 2012, he established the Jerold A. Edmondson Research Endowment in Linguistics, proceeds of which generate research grants for students at UTA, with a priority given to projects focusing on field linguistics and endangered languages.[5]
Edmondson died inArlington, Texas, on August 27, 2023, at the age of 81.[6][7][8]
Edmondson specialized in researching theTai–Kadai languages, especially theKam–Sui andKra branches. He was one of the researchers who documented theEn language during a linguistic field expedition to northern Vietnam in the late 1990s. In 1996, he received aNational Science Foundation grant to study the minority languages spoken along the Vietnam and China borders.[9] He tracked down two previously undocumented languages,Xa Pho andNung Ven, in northern Viet Nam.[10] Edmondson has performed field investigations of many Southeast Asian languages such as variousLoloish languages,Bai,Kháng, andPa-Hng, as well as languages spoken on other continents, such asTriqui andDinka.
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