Kristine Hildebrandt

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,^[1][2] with an expertise in phonetics.

Hildebrandt earned her Ph.D. in Linguistics in 2003 from the University of California, Santa Barbara.^[3] She is a Professor of English Language and Literature, and the Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Research and Informatics Scholarship Center at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.^[4] Hildebrandt is the editor of the open-access, peer-reviewed journal Himalayan Linguistics,^[5] and the President of the Endangered Language Fund (ELF).^[6]

• Editor of the open-access, peer-reviewed journal Himalayan Linguistics^[5]
• President of the Endangered Language Fund (ELF)^[6]
• 2014 Chair of the Linguistics Society of America The Committee on Endangered Languages and Their Preservation^[7]

• 2010. Schiering, R., Bickel, B., & Hildebrandt, K. A. The prosodic word is not universal, but emergent. Journal of Linguistics, 46(3), 657–709.
• 2004. Hildebrandt, K.A. A grammar and glossary of the Manange language. Tibeto-Burman Languages of Nepal: Manange and Sherpa, 241.
• 2004. Hildebrandt, K.A. Manange tone: Scenarios of retention and loss in two communities (Nepal). PhD Dissertation. University of California, Santa Barbara.
• 2004. Genetti, C., & Hildebrandt, K. The two adjective classes in Manange. Adjective Classes: A cross-linguistic typology, 1, 74.

• Kristine Hildebrandt website
• Interdisciplinary Research and Informatics Scholarship Center
• Himalayan Linguistics
• SIUE’s Hildebrandt Expands International Impact as President of Endangered Language Fund