Margaret Langdon | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1926 |
| Died | October 25, 2005 |
| Occupation | Linguist |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of California-Berkeley (Ph.D., 1966) |
| Doctoral advisor | Mary Haas |
| Academic work | |
| Notable students | Pamela Munro,Leanne Hinton |
| Main interests | Languages of theAmerican Southwest andCalifornia |
Margaret Langdon (c. 1926 in Louvain, Belgium – October 25, 2005) was a USlinguist who studied and documented many languages of theAmerican Southwest andCalifornia, includingKumeyaay, Northern Diegueño (Ipai), andLuiseño.[1]
Langdon (née Storms) was born inBelgium and immigrated to theUnited States followingWorld War II. She grew up speakingFrench andFlemish. She earned her PhD in 1966 at the University of California-Berkeley underMary Haas.[2] Herdoctoral thesis was adictionary of theMesa Grandedialect ofDiegueño.[1][3]
She taught at the Linguistics Department of theUniversity of California, San Diego from 1965 to 1991, where she served as chair of the department from 1985 to 1988.[3]
Langdon worked with various tribal elders throughout her career on southwestern languages. She compiled the first dictionary of the Mesa Grande language.[4] She was a leading figure in the field of Yuman language studies.[5][6]
She was an advisor to 17 graduate dissertations in linguistics, addressing such languages asNavajo,Palauan,Mojave,Havasupai,Seri, and others.[7] Among her students at UCSD were linguistsPamela Munro,Leanne Hinton, Cheryl Hinton, Steve Elster, and Loni Langdon.
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