Irit Meir

Irit Meir
עירית מאיר‎
Irit Meir in Dead Sea, Israel, 2004
Born
Irit Eisenstadt

(1957-08-18)August 18, 1957
Jerusalem, Israel
DiedFebruary 23, 2018(2018-02-23) (aged 60)
Kiryat Tiv'on, Israel
Known forIsraeli Sign Language
Spouse(s)Ron Meir, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Children3
Academic background
EducationGymnasia Rehavia
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem
ThesisThematic Structure and Verb Agreement in Israeli Sign Language (1998)
Doctoral advisor
  • Yehuda Falk, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Wendy Sandler, University of Haifa
Other advisorsProfessor Yael Ziv, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Academic work
DisciplineLinguist
Sub-disciplineSign language linguistics
InstitutionsUniversity of Haifa
Websitesignlab.haifa.ac.il/index.php/2013-01-16-09-49-17/irit-meir
Irit Meir: Thematic Structure and Verb Agreement in Israeli Sign Language, submitted to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1998

Irit Meir (August 18, 1957 – February 23, 2018) was an Israeli linguist, who specialized in the linguistics of sign languages. She was an associate professor in the Department of Hebrew Language and the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Haifa, and the associate director of the Sign Language Research Lab.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Irit Meir | 2017 Linguistic Institute". lsa2017.uky.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  2. ^ "Irit Meir's scientific contributions while affiliated with University of Haifa (Haifa, Israel) and other places". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2018-04-20.;
    "Irit Meir – Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.se. Retrieved 2018-04-20.