Einar Haugen

Einar Haugen
Born
Einar Ingvald Haugen

(1906-04-19)April 19, 1906
Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.
DiedJune 20, 1994(1994-06-20) (aged 88)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Spouse
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(m. 1932)​
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Ph.D.
Academic work
DisciplineLinguist
Institutions

Einar Ingvald Haugen (/ˈhaʊɡən/; April 19, 1906 – June 20, 1994) was an American linguist and writer known for his influential work in American sociolinguistics[1] and Norwegian-American studies, [2] [3] including Old Norse studies.

Haugen was a professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison and Harvard University. [4] He also served as president of the Linguistic Society of America, the American Dialect Society, and the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study. Haugen was also a member of the Board of Editors of the Norwegian-American Historical Association. [5] In 1972 he was awarded an honorary degree, doctor philos. honoris causa, at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, later part of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.[6]

  1. ^ Clyne, Michael (1994). "Obituary — Einar Haugen". Journal of Intercultural Studies. 15: 1. doi:10.1080/07256868.1994.9963407.
  2. ^ Milroy, Lesley; Muysken, Pieter (17 August 1995). One Speaker, Two Languages: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Code-Switching. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521479127.
  3. ^ Johannessen, Janne Bondi; Salmons, Joseph C. (15 August 2015). Germanic Heritage Languages in North America: Acquisition, attrition and change. John Benjamins Publishing Company. ISBN 9789027268198.
  4. ^ Øyvind T. Gulliksen. "Einar Haugen". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  5. ^ Obituary Haugen, Einar Ingvald, 1906-1994 Lloyd Hustvedt. Swedish-American Historical Quarterly (North Park University April 1995, v. 46, no. 2, pages 141-142
  6. ^ "Honorary doctors at NTNU". Norwegian University of Science and Technology.