American linguist
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]
Awards and distinctions
- 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]
Publications
- 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.
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